conjunction
kathaper
Strong’sG2509
even as
stem kathaper-13 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 booksnever changes form
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Even as, just as — a comparative adverb used to draw a direct parallel between two things, meaning "in the same way as" or "exactly as" 1234.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
καθάπερ (for καθ’ ἅπερ = καθά) adv.,
[in LXX for כַּאֲשֶׁר, Ge 12:4, Ex 7:6, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2509 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkath-ap'-er
exactly as
Fromfrom G2505 and G4007;
King James(even, as well) as.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
adverb for καθ᾽ ἅ, according as, just as, LXX+4th c.BC+; ὁ κ. παρατεταγμένος σφυγμός the (so to speak) 'regular' pulse (a military metaphor), Refs 2nd c.AD+
II also καθάπερ, Ionic dialect κατάπερ, Refs 5th c.BC+: frequently in legal instruments, ἡ πρᾶξις ἔστω κ. ἐκ δίκης Refs 4th c.BC+, etc.: with a participle, like{ὡς},{ἅτε}, Refs 2nd c.AD+:—strengthened, καθάπερ εἰ (Ionic dialect κατάπερ εἰ, Refs 5th c.BC+, like as if, exactly as, Refs 5th c.BC+; καθάπερ ἄν (for ἐάν) Refs 4th c.BC+; καθάπερ ἂν εἰ Refs 5th c.BC+ —μάχαιραν κ. like a knife, Refs 3rd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
13 occurrences, every one of them listed
kathaper12×
Romans 4:6“just as”kathaper kai David legatō ton makarismon tou …And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to …
Romans 12:4kathaper gar en hene sōme polleim meleim …Just as each of us has one body …
1 Corinthians 10:10mēde gonguzavōr, kathaper tinois autoiu gonguzala, kai apolela hupo …And do not complain, as some of them did, and were …
2 Corinthians 1:14… apo mereu, hoti kauchēmem vu anō kathaper kai vis nu en ta hēmera …… you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in …
2 Corinthians 3:13kai ouk kathaper Mōusos tithate kalummem epi tem prosōpem …We are not like Moses, who would put a veil …
2 Corinthians 3:18“just as”… eikonan metamorfonō apo doxau eis doxan, kathaper apo kuriou pneumeu.… are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 8:11“just as”… de kai tem poiara epitelavar, hopōs kathaper tas prothumias teu thelarō houtōs kai …Now finish the work, so that you may complete it with the same eager desire, according to …
1 Thessalonians 2:11kathaper oidavē hōs henon hekaston vu hōs …… that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—
1 Thessalonians 3:6… nu agathan pantote epipotharōntois nin horara kathaper kai nis vin,… have preserved, longing to see us just as we long to see you.
1 Thessalonians 3:12… agapa eis allēloin kai eis pantoin, kathaper kai nis eis vin,… one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,
1 Thessalonians 4:5mē en pathe epithumiau kathaper kai teim ethneim teim mē oidarēnteim …not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know …
Hebrews 4:2kai gar anō euangelizorēntois kathaper kakeinois, alla ouk ōfelata tos logos …… we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they …
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1 Corinthians 12:12“just as”Kathaper gar tem sōmem henem atō kai …The body is a unit, though it is composed of …