ΚΑΤΑ, κατα
KATA, kata
Sounds Like: KAH-tah
Translations: down, according to, against, throughout, by, during, concerning, along
From the root: ΚΑΤΑ
Part of Speech: Preposition
Explanation: ΚΑΤΑ is a versatile preposition in Koine Greek. Its meaning varies significantly depending on the case of the noun it governs. When used with the genitive case, it often indicates movement 'down from,' opposition 'against,' or reference 'concerning' something. When used with the accusative case, it typically means 'down along,' 'according to,' 'throughout,' 'during,' or 'by' means of something. It can express direction, distribution, opposition, or a standard.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G2596 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
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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
- ΚΑΤ' — down, according to, against, throughout, by, concerning, during, for, with respect to, in accordance with
- ΚΑΤʼ — according to, in, by, against, down from, concerning, throughout, during
- 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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