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G2505 καθά (kathá)
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as

Strong's Definition

according to which things, i.e. just as

Derivation: from G2596 (κατά) and the neuter plural of G3739 (ὅς);

KJV Usage: as

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

καθά, adverb for καθ' ἅ, according as, just as: Mat_27:10. (Xenophon, Polybius, Diodorus, others; O. T. Apocrypha; the Sept. for λΗΜΰΒωΖΡψ, Gen_7:9; Gen_7:16, etc., and for λΐΜ, Gen_19:8; Exo_12:35, etc.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

καθά katha 1x can function as an adverb, just as, Mat_27:10

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

καθά , adv. (for καθ᾿ ἅ ), [in LXX : Gen_7:9 ; Gen_19:8 , al. ( H834 , כּΐ ), Isa_58:11 , Wis_3:10 , al. ;] just as, according as: Mat_27:10 ( LXX ), Luk_1:2 , D ( cf. BL, § 78, 1; Phil. Gosp., 8 f .).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

καθά [page 310] This late form for καθάπερ is first used in literature by Polybius, and is frequently found in the papyri, e.g. P Petr II. 13(1) .5 (B.C. 258 3) καθὰ ἐξειλήφαμεν , according as we have received, P Ryl II. 160( d ) ii. 18 (A.D. 42) καθὰ καίγραπται ( l. γέγραπται ), as aforesaid, P Oxy XII. 1473 .10 (A.D. 201) συμβιούτωσαν οὖν ἀλλήλοις οἱ γαμοῦντες ἀμέμπτως καθὰ καὶ πρότερον συνεβίουν . Cf. from the inscrr. Michel 1009 B .81 ( c. B.C. 129) εἰς ] τὸν ἀεὶ χρόνον καθὰ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ὑπῆρχεν , and the reff. in Kδlker Quaest. p. 300. See also Meisterhans Gr. p. 257.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

καθά for καθ᾽ ἅ, "according as, just as", Xen. :— so καθάπερ, ionic κατάπερ, Hdt. , Ar. , etc.:—strengthd., καθάπερ εἰ, ionic κατάπερ εἰ, "like as if, exactly as", Hdt. , Plat. ; καθάπερ ἄν Dem. ; καθάπερ ἂν εἰ Plat. , etc.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

καθά adv. (for καθ᾽ ἅ), [in LXX: Gen.7:9 19:8, al. (אֲשֶׁר, כְּ), Isa.58:11, Wis.3:10, al. ;] just as, according as: Mat.27:10 (LXX), Luk.1:2, D (cf. BL, § 78, 1; Phil. Gosp., 8 f.).† (AS)

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