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Name of God’s Son

ΚΑΤ', κατ'

KAT', kat'

Sounds Like: kat

Translations: down, according to, against, throughout, by, concerning, during, for, with respect to, in accordance with

From the root: ΚΑΤΑ

Part of Speech: Preposition

Explanation: This word is an elided form of the preposition ΚΑΤΑ (kata), where the final alpha has been dropped before a word beginning with a vowel. As a preposition, its meaning varies depending on the case of the noun it governs. When used with the genitive case, it often means 'down from' or 'against'. When used with the accusative case, it can mean 'according to', 'throughout', 'during', 'against', or 'with respect to'. It is used to express direction, distribution, opposition, or standard.

Inflection: Elided form of the preposition ΚΑΤΑ. Does not inflect for case, gender, or number itself, but governs nouns in the Genitive or Accusative case.

Strong’s number: G2596 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection
Aristeas
Clement of Alexandria
  • To the Newly Baptized — 1:2
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑ.

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.

  • ΚἈΠ' — down from, from, against, according to, throughout, during, by
  • ΚἈΤ — down from, against, according to, throughout, during, by, for, concerning
  • ΚΑΘ — according to, down, against, throughout, during, by, for, with respect to, concerning
  • ΚΑΘ' — according to, against, down, throughout, by, during, concerning, for
  • ΚΑΘʼ — according to, down, against, throughout, during, by, for, concerning, in, on, with
  • ΚΑΤ — down, against, according to, throughout, during
  • ΚΑΤʼ — according to, in, by, against, down from, concerning, throughout, during
  • ΚΑΤΑ — down, according to, against, throughout, by, during, concerning, along
  • ΚΑΤΕ — down, against, according to, throughout, during
  • ΚΑΤΙ — down, against, according to, throughout, during, completely
  • ΤΟΚΑΤΑ — down, against, according to, throughout, during, by, for, in, on, with, a
  • ΤΩΚΑΤΑ — (to) the, according to, down, against, throughout, during

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