ΚΑΘΑΠΕΡ, καθαπερ
KATHAPER, kathaper
Sounds Like: ka-THA-per
Translations: just as, even as, as, according as
From the root: ΚΑΘΑΠΕΡ
Part of Speech: Adverb, Conjunction
Explanation: This word is a compound adverb and conjunction meaning 'just as' or 'even as'. It is used to introduce a comparison, indicating that something is done in the same way or to the same extent as something else. It functions similarly to 'like' or 'as' in English, setting up a parallel between two actions or states.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G2509 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:11
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:30, 2:99, 4:10, 4:21, 4:29, 5:5, 9:22, 10:44, 10:76, 10:78, 11:20
- To the Newly Baptized — 1:5
Codex Sinaiticus
- Numbers — 17:12, 23:30
- Judith — 8:18
- Tobit — 3:8
- 4 Maccabees — 1:28, 6:10, 8:4, 13:6, 14:7, 14:19, 15:25, 15:31, 17:3
- Psalms — 32:22, 47:9, 55:7
- Sirach — 36:4
- Jeremiah — 13:11
- Romans — 3:4, 4:6, 11:8, 12:4
- 1 Corinthians — 10:10, 12:12
- 2 Corinthians — 1:14, 3:13, 3:18, 8:11
- 1 Thessalonians — 2:11, 3:6, 3:12, 4:5
- Hebrews — 4:2
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 2:11, 2:16, 10:246
- Book 3 — 1:20, 1:31, 5:81, 5:84, 10:247, 15:317
- Book 8 — 15:404
- Book 10 — 11:267, 11:279
- Book 11 — 5:124
- Book 12 — 5:263
- Book 14 — 7:118, 12:310
- Book 16 — 3:71, 3:80, 7:181, 8:258
- Book 18 — 6:193
- Book 19 — 1:125, 3:212
- Book 20 — 5:110, 8:152, 11:254
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 6:12, 7:8
- Book Two — 4:7, 7:14, 8:13, 8:33, 8:45, 9:8, 12:8, 13:7, 13:19, 14:25, 16:60, 18:8
- Book Three — 5:4, 7:139, 8:39
- Book Four — 1:67, 2:25, 3:22, 3:44, 3:50, 4:8, 6:30, 7:18, 8:38, 9:23, 9:51, 9:55
- Book Five — 1:4, 2:47, 4:38, 9:61, 11:31
- Book Six — 2:63, 6:22, 8:25
- Book Seven — 3:21, 8:12, 8:67, 9:4, 11:1
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 29:3
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Mathetes
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 12:4, 50:6
- Exodus — 5:7, 5:13, 5:14, 7:6, 7:10, 7:13, 7:20, 7:22, 8:13, 8:15, 8:19, 8:27, 8:31, 9:35, 17:10, 23:15, 34:4, 34:18, 38:27, 40:25
- Leviticus — 8:13, 8:21, 8:34, 9:7, 15:25, 27:8
- Numbers — 14:19, 16:47, 23:30, 27:23
- Deuteronomy — 6:3, 9:3, 9:18, 12:20, 26:18
- Joshua — 4:8, 4:12, 4:23, 8:5, 9:27, 23:8, 23:10
- 2 Samuel — 16:19
- Ezra (Alpha) — 8:11
- Judith — 8:18, 13:3
- Tobit — 3:8
- 2 Maccabees — 2:27, 2:29, 5:18, 6:14, 7:6, 7:37, 15:39
- 4 Maccabees — 1:28, 6:10, 8:4, 13:6, 14:6, 14:7, 14:19, 15:25, 15:31, 17:3
- Psalms — 32:22, 47:9, 55:7
- Sirach — 33:5
- Isaiah — 58:11
- Jeremiah — 13:11, 23:27
- Baruch — 2:20
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 2:8, 2:10, 2:11, 2:41, 2:45
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Romans — 3:4, 4:6, 11:8, 12:4
- 1 Corinthians — 10:10, 12:12
- 2 Corinthians — 1:14, 3:13, 3:18, 8:11
- 1 Thessalonians — 2:11, 3:6, 3:12, 4:5
- Hebrews — 4:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΘΑΠΕΡ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΑΘΑΠΕΡʼ — just as, even as, as, like as
- ΚΑΘΑΠΕΡΕἸΣ — just as, exactly as, as if, as though
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