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καθώς

Strong’s: G2531

Associated OET lemmas: καθώς

Notes: The difference in meaning between the set κατά[g], ἐπί[s], ἐν[s], ἐκ[k], and καθώς[d] and the set πότε, ποτέ[b], ὁπότε, ὅτε[a], and ὅταν[b] (67.30: ὁπότε / 67.30: ὅταν / 67.30: ὅτε / 67.30: ποτέ / 67.30: πότε) is largely a matter of class meanings, but there may be certain subtle rhetorical differences as well.

Form 1

Part of speech: conj.

Related lemmas: ὡς

Sense 1: to the degree that, just as

Semantic entry: 78.53

Semantic domains: Degree

Subdomains: Up To, As Much As, To the Degree That [Marked Extent of Degree]

Definition: in accordance with a degree as specified by the context

Notes: There may be a number of problems of restructuring in rendering the relationship between clauses marked by καθό[b], καθώς[a], and καθότι[b]. For example, in the case of RV PE1 4:13 · LV PE1 4:13 · Read together PE1 4:13 it may be necessary to translate ‘how much you share Christ’s sufferings is how much you can rejoice.’

MRK 4:33: RV MRK 4:33 · LV MRK 4:33 · Read together MRK 4:33

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OET-RV MRK 4:33

33 ⇔And so as much as they could handle it, Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) shared the good message with them via many similar word pictures.

OET-LV MRK 4:33

33 And with_ many _such parables, he _was _speaking the message to _them, as they _were _able to _be _hearing,

ACT 2:4: RV ACT 2:4 · LV ACT 2:4 · Read together ACT 2:4

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OET-RV ACT 2:4

4 In this way they were all filled with the holy spirit and began speaking in other languages as the spirit enabled them.

OET-LV ACT 2:4

4 And they _were_ all _filled with_the_ holy _spirit, and they _began to _be _speaking with _other tongues, as the spirit was _giving to _them to _be _speaking _out.

All 12 recorded passages for this sense

MRK: RV MRK 4:33 · LV MRK 4:33 · Read together MRK 4:33

ACT: RV ACT 2:4 · RV ACT 11:29 · LV ACT 2:4 · LV ACT 11:29 · Read together ACT 2:4 · Read together ACT 11:29

CO1: RV CO1 1:6 · RV CO1 12:11 · RV CO1 12:18 · LV CO1 1:6 · LV CO1 12:11 · LV CO1 12:18 · Read together CO1 1:6 · Read together CO1 12:11 · Read together CO1 12:18

TH1: RV TH1 2:4 · LV TH1 2:4 · Read together TH1 2:4

TH2: RV TH2 1:3 · LV TH2 1:3 · Read together TH2 1:3

PE1: RV PE1 4:10 · LV PE1 4:10 · Read together PE1 4:10

JN1: RV JN1 2:6 · RV JN1 3:3 · LV JN1 2:6 · LV JN1 3:3 · Read together JN1 2:6 · Read together JN1 3:3

JN3: RV JN3 1:2 · LV JN3 1:2 · Read together JN3 1:2

Sense 2: inasmuch as, because

Semantic entry: 89.34

Semantic domains: Relations

Subdomains: Cause and/or Reason

Definition: a marker of cause or reason, often with the implication of some implied comparison

JHN 17:2: RV JHN 17:2 · LV JHN 17:2 · Read together JHN 17:2

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OET-RV JHN 17:2

2 You already gave me authority over all people so that I could grant eternal life to everyone that you’ve given me.

OET-LV JHN 17:2

2 As you _gave authority of _all flesh to _him, in _order _that everything which you _have _given to _him, you _may _give eternal life to _him.

ROM 1:28: RV ROM 1:28 · LV ROM 1:28 · Read together ROM 1:28

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OET-RV ROM 1:28

28 They didn’t want to know about God, and so he reluctantly let their depraved minds be filled with unhelpful thoughts,

OET-LV ROM 1:28

28 And as not they _approved the god to _be _having in knowledge, gave _over them the god to an_unqualified mind, to _be _doing the things not befitting,

All 12 recorded passages for this sense

JHN: RV JHN 17:2 · LV JHN 17:2 · Read together JHN 17:2

ROM: RV ROM 1:28 · LV ROM 1:28 · Read together ROM 1:28

CO1: RV CO1 1:6 · LV CO1 1:6 · Read together CO1 1:6

CO2: RV CO2 4:1 · LV CO2 4:1 · Read together CO2 4:1

EPH: RV EPH 1:4 · LV EPH 1:4 · Read together EPH 1:4

TH1: RV TH1 2:2 · RV TH1 2:5 · RV TH1 3:4 · LV TH1 2:2 · LV TH1 2:5 · LV TH1 3:4 · Read together TH1 2:2 · Read together TH1 2:5 · Read together TH1 3:4

HEB: RV HEB 3:7 · RV HEB 4:3 · LV HEB 3:7 · LV HEB 4:3 · Read together HEB 3:7 · Read together HEB 4:3

PE1: RV PE1 4:10 · LV PE1 4:10 · Read together PE1 4:10

PE2: RV PE2 1:14 · LV PE2 1:14 · Read together PE2 1:14

Sense 3: just as, in comparison to

Semantic entry: 64.14

Semantic domains: Comparison

Definition: a marker of similarity in events and states, with the possible implication of something being in accordance with something else

MAT 21:6: RV MAT 21:6 · LV MAT 21:6 · Read together MAT 21:6

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OET-RV MAT 21:6

6 So the two apprentices left and did what Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) had told them.

OET-LV MAT 21:6

6 And the apprentices/followers having _been _gone, and having _done as the Yaʸsous directed to _them,

MAT 26:24: RV MAT 26:24 · LV MAT 26:24 · Read together MAT 26:24

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OET-RV MAT 26:24

24 It’s true that the son of humanity is going to suffer what has already been written about, but on the other hand, the end won’t be good for the man who turns him in, in fact it would have been better for him if he’d never been born.”

OET-LV MAT 26:24

24 On _one _hand the son of_ the _man is _going as it _has _been _written about him, on _the _other _hand woe to _the that man by whom the son of_ the _man is _being _given _over.
It _was better for _him, if the that man was_ not _born.

All 157 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 21:6 · RV MAT 26:24 · RV MAT 28:6 · LV MAT 21:6 · LV MAT 26:24 · LV MAT 28:6 · Read together MAT 21:6 · Read together MAT 26:24 · Read together MAT 28:6

MRK: RV MRK 1:2 · RV MRK 9:13 · RV MRK 11:6 · RV MRK 14:16 · RV MRK 14:21 · RV MRK 15:8 · RV MRK 16:7 · LV MRK 1:2 · LV MRK 9:13 · LV MRK 11:6 · LV MRK 14:16 · LV MRK 14:21 · LV MRK 15:8 · LV MRK 16:7 · Read together MRK 1:2 · Read together MRK 9:13 · Read together MRK 11:6 · Read together MRK 14:16 · Read together MRK 14:21 · Read together MRK 15:8 · Read together MRK 16:7

LUK: RV LUK 1:2 · RV LUK 1:55 · RV LUK 1:70 · RV LUK 2:20 · RV LUK 2:23 · RV LUK 5:14 · RV LUK 6:31 · RV LUK 6:36 · RV LUK 11:1 · RV LUK 11:30 · RV LUK 17:26 · RV LUK 17:28 · RV LUK 19:32 · RV LUK 22:13 · RV LUK 22:29 · RV LUK 24:24 · RV LUK 24:39 · LV LUK 1:2 · LV LUK 1:55 · LV LUK 1:70 · LV LUK 2:20 · LV LUK 2:23 · LV LUK 5:14 · LV LUK 6:31 · LV LUK 6:36 · LV LUK 11:1 · LV LUK 11:30 · LV LUK 17:26 · LV LUK 17:28 · LV LUK 19:32 · LV LUK 22:13 · LV LUK 22:29 · LV LUK 24:24 · LV LUK 24:39 · Read together LUK 1:2 · Read together LUK 1:55 · Read together LUK 1:70 · Read together LUK 2:20 · Read together LUK 2:23 · Read together LUK 5:14 · Read together LUK 6:31 · Read together LUK 6:36 · Read together LUK 11:1 · Read together LUK 11:30 · Read together LUK 17:26 · Read together LUK 17:28 · Read together LUK 19:32 · Read together LUK 22:13 · Read together LUK 22:29 · Read together LUK 24:24 · Read together LUK 24:39

JHN: RV JHN 1:23 · RV JHN 3:14 · RV JHN 5:23 · RV JHN 5:30 · RV JHN 6:31 · RV JHN 6:57–58 · RV JHN 7:38 · RV JHN 8:28 · RV JHN 10:15 · RV JHN 12:14 · RV JHN 12:50 · RV JHN 13:15 · RV JHN 13:33–34 · RV JHN 14:27 · RV JHN 14:31 · RV JHN 15:4 · RV JHN 15:9–10 · RV JHN 15:12 · RV JHN 17:11 · RV JHN 17:14 · RV JHN 17:16 · RV JHN 17:18 · RV JHN 17:21–23 · RV JHN 19:40 · RV JHN 20:21 · LV JHN 1:23 · LV JHN 3:14 · LV JHN 5:23 · LV JHN 5:30 · LV JHN 6:31 · LV JHN 6:57–58 · LV JHN 7:38 · LV JHN 8:28 · LV JHN 10:15 · LV JHN 12:14 · LV JHN 12:50 · LV JHN 13:15 · LV JHN 13:33–34 · LV JHN 14:27 · LV JHN 14:31 · LV JHN 15:4 · LV JHN 15:9–10 · LV JHN 15:12 · LV JHN 17:11 · LV JHN 17:14 · LV JHN 17:16 · LV JHN 17:18 · LV JHN 17:21–23 · LV JHN 19:40 · LV JHN 20:21 · Read together JHN 1:23 · Read together JHN 3:14 · Read together JHN 5:23 · Read together JHN 5:30 · Read together JHN 6:31 · Read together JHN 6:57–58 · Read together JHN 7:38 · Read together JHN 8:28 · Read together JHN 10:15 · Read together JHN 12:14 · Read together JHN 12:50 · Read together JHN 13:15 · Read together JHN 13:33–34 · Read together JHN 14:27 · Read together JHN 14:31 · Read together JHN 15:4 · Read together JHN 15:9–10 · Read together JHN 15:12 · Read together JHN 17:11 · Read together JHN 17:14 · Read together JHN 17:16 · Read together JHN 17:18 · Read together JHN 17:21–23 · Read together JHN 19:40 · Read together JHN 20:21

ACT: RV ACT 2:22 · RV ACT 7:42 · RV ACT 7:44 · RV ACT 7:48 · RV ACT 15:8 · RV ACT 15:15 · RV ACT 22:3 · LV ACT 2:22 · LV ACT 7:42 · LV ACT 7:44 · LV ACT 7:48 · LV ACT 15:8 · LV ACT 15:15 · LV ACT 22:3 · Read together ACT 2:22 · Read together ACT 7:42 · Read together ACT 7:44 · Read together ACT 7:48 · Read together ACT 15:8 · Read together ACT 15:15 · Read together ACT 22:3

ROM: RV ROM 1:13 · RV ROM 1:17 · RV ROM 2:24 · RV ROM 3:4 · RV ROM 3:8 · RV ROM 3:10 · RV ROM 4:17 · RV ROM 8:36 · RV ROM 9:13 · RV ROM 9:29 · RV ROM 9:33 · RV ROM 10:15 · RV ROM 11:8 · RV ROM 11:26 · RV ROM 15:3 · RV ROM 15:7 · RV ROM 15:9 · RV ROM 15:21 · LV ROM 1:13 · LV ROM 1:17 · LV ROM 2:24 · LV ROM 3:4 · LV ROM 3:8 · LV ROM 3:10 · LV ROM 4:17 · LV ROM 8:36 · LV ROM 9:13 · LV ROM 9:29 · LV ROM 9:33 · LV ROM 10:15 · LV ROM 11:8 · LV ROM 11:26 · LV ROM 15:3 · LV ROM 15:7 · LV ROM 15:9 · LV ROM 15:21 · Read together ROM 1:13 · Read together ROM 1:17 · Read together ROM 2:24 · Read together ROM 3:4 · Read together ROM 3:8 · Read together ROM 3:10 · Read together ROM 4:17 · Read together ROM 8:36 · Read together ROM 9:13 · Read together ROM 9:29 · Read together ROM 9:33 · Read together ROM 10:15 · Read together ROM 11:8 · Read together ROM 11:26 · Read together ROM 15:3 · Read together ROM 15:7 · Read together ROM 15:9 · Read together ROM 15:21

CO1: RV CO1 1:31 · RV CO1 2:9 · RV CO1 4:17 · RV CO1 5:7 · RV CO1 8:2 · RV CO1 10:6–9 · RV CO1 10:33 · RV CO1 11:1–2 · RV CO1 13:12 · RV CO1 14:34 · RV CO1 15:38 · RV CO1 15:49 · LV CO1 1:31 · LV CO1 2:9 · LV CO1 4:17 · LV CO1 5:7 · LV CO1 8:2 · LV CO1 10:6–9 · LV CO1 10:33 · LV CO1 11:1–2 · LV CO1 13:12 · LV CO1 14:34 · LV CO1 15:38 · LV CO1 15:49 · Read together CO1 1:31 · Read together CO1 2:9 · Read together CO1 4:17 · Read together CO1 5:7 · Read together CO1 8:2 · Read together CO1 10:6–9 · Read together CO1 10:33 · Read together CO1 11:1–2 · Read together CO1 13:12 · Read together CO1 14:34 · Read together CO1 15:38 · Read together CO1 15:49

CO2: RV CO2 1:5 · RV CO2 1:14 · RV CO2 6:16 · RV CO2 8:5–6 · RV CO2 8:15 · RV CO2 9:3 · RV CO2 9:7 · RV CO2 9:9 · RV CO2 10:7 · RV CO2 11:12 · LV CO2 1:5 · LV CO2 1:14 · LV CO2 6:16 · LV CO2 8:5–6 · LV CO2 8:15 · LV CO2 9:3 · LV CO2 9:7 · LV CO2 9:9 · LV CO2 10:7 · LV CO2 11:12 · Read together CO2 1:5 · Read together CO2 1:14 · Read together CO2 6:16 · Read together CO2 8:5–6 · Read together CO2 8:15 · Read together CO2 9:3 · Read together CO2 9:7 · Read together CO2 9:9 · Read together CO2 10:7 · Read together CO2 11:12

GAL: RV GAL 2:7 · RV GAL 3:6 · RV GAL 5:21 · LV GAL 2:7 · LV GAL 3:6 · LV GAL 5:21 · Read together GAL 2:7 · Read together GAL 3:6 · Read together GAL 5:21

EPH: RV EPH 3:3 · RV EPH 4:4 · RV EPH 4:17 · RV EPH 4:21 · RV EPH 4:32 · RV EPH 5:2–3 · RV EPH 5:25 · RV EPH 5:29 · LV EPH 3:3 · LV EPH 4:4 · LV EPH 4:17 · LV EPH 4:21 · LV EPH 4:32 · LV EPH 5:2–3 · LV EPH 5:25 · LV EPH 5:29 · Read together EPH 3:3 · Read together EPH 4:4 · Read together EPH 4:17 · Read together EPH 4:21 · Read together EPH 4:32 · Read together EPH 5:2–3 · Read together EPH 5:25 · Read together EPH 5:29

PHP: RV PHP 1:7 · RV PHP 2:12 · RV PHP 3:17 · LV PHP 1:7 · LV PHP 2:12 · LV PHP 3:17 · Read together PHP 1:7 · Read together PHP 2:12 · Read together PHP 3:17

COL: RV COL 1:6–7 · RV COL 2:7 · RV COL 3:13 · LV COL 1:6–7 · LV COL 2:7 · LV COL 3:13 · Read together COL 1:6–7 · Read together COL 2:7 · Read together COL 3:13

TH1: RV TH1 1:5 · RV TH1 2:4 · RV TH1 2:13–14 · RV TH1 4:1 · RV TH1 4:6 · RV TH1 4:11 · RV TH1 4:13 · RV TH1 5:11 · LV TH1 1:5 · LV TH1 2:4 · LV TH1 2:13–14 · LV TH1 4:1 · LV TH1 4:6 · LV TH1 4:11 · LV TH1 4:13 · LV TH1 5:11 · Read together TH1 1:5 · Read together TH1 2:4 · Read together TH1 2:13–14 · Read together TH1 4:1 · Read together TH1 4:6 · Read together TH1 4:11 · Read together TH1 4:13 · Read together TH1 5:11

TH2: RV TH2 3:1 · LV TH2 3:1 · Read together TH2 3:1

TI1: RV TI1 1:3 · LV TI1 1:3 · Read together TI1 1:3

HEB: RV HEB 4:3 · RV HEB 4:7 · RV HEB 5:3 · RV HEB 5:6 · RV HEB 8:5 · RV HEB 10:25 · RV HEB 11:12 · LV HEB 4:3 · LV HEB 4:7 · LV HEB 5:3 · LV HEB 5:6 · LV HEB 8:5 · LV HEB 10:25 · LV HEB 11:12 · Read together HEB 4:3 · Read together HEB 4:7 · Read together HEB 5:3 · Read together HEB 5:6 · Read together HEB 8:5 · Read together HEB 10:25 · Read together HEB 11:12

PE2: RV PE2 3:15 · LV PE2 3:15 · Read together PE2 3:15

JN1: RV JN1 2:18 · RV JN1 2:27 · RV JN1 3:2–3 · RV JN1 3:7 · RV JN1 3:12 · RV JN1 3:23 · RV JN1 4:17 · LV JN1 2:18 · LV JN1 2:27 · LV JN1 3:2–3 · LV JN1 3:7 · LV JN1 3:12 · LV JN1 3:23 · LV JN1 4:17 · Read together JN1 2:18 · Read together JN1 2:27 · Read together JN1 3:2–3 · Read together JN1 3:7 · Read together JN1 3:12 · Read together JN1 3:23 · Read together JN1 4:17

JN2: RV JN2 1:4 · RV JN2 1:6 · LV JN2 1:4 · LV JN2 1:6 · Read together JN2 1:4 · Read together JN2 1:6

Sense 4: when, at the time of

Semantic entry: 67.33

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After

Definition: a marker of a point of time which is simultaneous to or overlaps with another point of time{N:001}

ACT 7:17: RV ACT 7:17 · LV ACT 7:17 · Read together ACT 7:17

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OET-RV ACT 7:17

17 But as the time limit promised to Avraham by God was getting closer, our people multiplied in Mitsrayim

OET-LV ACT 7:17

17 But as the time of _the promise, which the god promised to_ the _Abraʼam was _nearing, the people grew and was _multiplied in Aiguptos,

Sense 5: how, in what manner

Semantic entry: 89.86

Semantic domains: Relations

Subdomains: Manner

Definition: a marker of an event indicating how something took place

ACT 15:14: RV ACT 15:14 · LV ACT 15:14 · Read together ACT 15:14

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OET-RV ACT 15:14

14 Shim’on (Simon) Kefa has told us how God first intervened in order to select a people for himself from among the non-Jews.

OET-LV ACT 15:14

14 Sumeōn/(Shimˊōn) explained as first the god visited, to _take out _of the_pagans a_people for _the name of _him.

JN3 1:3: RV JN3 1:3 · LV JN3 1:3 · Read together JN3 1:3

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OET-RV JN3 1:3

3 I was very happy when some of our spiritual brothers came and told us about your faithfulness to the truth and how you are living it out.

OET-LV JN3 1:3

3 For/Because I _was _elated exceedingly coming the_brothers and testifying of _you in _the truth, as you in the_truth are _walking.