καθώςkathṓs

just (or inasmuch) as, that

Greek (New Testament) · G2531

Meanings

according as, even as, just as, as: Luke 1:2 (see καθά), Luke 24:39, John 5:23, Acts 7:48, 1 Corinthians 8:2, Galatians 3:6, and elsewhere; followed by οὕτως, Luke 11:30, John 3:14, 2 Corinthians 1:5, Colossians 3:13, 1 John 2:6, and elsewhere; followed by καί, John 15:9, 1 Corinthians 15:49, 1 John 2:18, and elsewhere; οὕτως... κ., Luke 24:24; id. with ellipsis of οὕτως, Matthew 21:6, Mark 16:7, Romans 1:13, and elsewhere; with other elliptical constructions, John 6:58, John 17:21, John 17:22, Acts 15:8, 1 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Timothy 1:3, 1 John 3:2, 1 John 3:3, 1 John 3:12; καθὼς γέγραπται, Matthew 26:24, Mark 9:13, Romans 1:17, and elsewhere; introducing as a noun clause as object of verb (as in Heb.), Matthew 21:6, Mark 11:6, Luke 5:14, and elsewhere; after verbs of speaking, Acts 15:14; of proportion and degree, Mark 4:33, 1 Corinthians 12:11, 1 Corinthians 12:18, and elsewhere; of time (Nehemiah 5:6, 2 Maccabees 1:31), Acts 7:17.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 182 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 21:6 The two disciples did as Jesus commanded.
  • Matthew 26:24 For the Son of Man must die, as the Scriptures declared long ago. But how terrible it will be for the one who betrays him. It would be far better for that man if he had never been born!”
  • Matthew 28:6 He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen. Come, see where his body was lying.
  • Mark 1:2 just as the prophet Isaiah had written: “Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, and he will prepare your way.
  • Mark 4:33 Jesus used many similar stories and illustrations to teach the people as much as they could understand.
  • Mark 9:13 But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they chose to abuse him, just as the Scriptures predicted.”
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.