conjunction
kathōs
Strong’sG2531
just as, as
stem kathō-182 times in the New Testamentin 21 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
καθώς means just as, according as, even as — a word of comparison that links two statements, showing that one is true or happens in the same way as the other 124. It is regularly used together with words like "so" or "and" to draw out the parallel between the two clauses 1, and it introduces clauses of manner or degree, including after verbs of speaking, or to express the extent or proportion of something 1.
It can also mean how 3.
It is also used of time, meaning as, when 13.
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
καθώς, (i.e. καθ’ ὡς), Hellenistic for καθά, q.v., καθάπερ, καθό, καθότι (Mayser, 485; Rutherford, NPhr., 495; Bl., § 78, 1),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2531 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
adverb ={καθά}, Refs 5th c.BC+; even as, NT
2 how, ὑπομιμνῄσκειν κ... Aristeas 263,NT
II of Time, as, when,LXX+2nd 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.
182 occurrences, 100 of them printed here — the rest are in the reader
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Matthew 21:6poreuirantois de tois mathētois kai poiarantois kathōs suntassata autoi tos IēsusSo the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.
Matthew 26:24tos men huios tou anthrōpou hupagatō kathōs grafotē peri autou, ouai de to …The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but …
Matthew 28:6ouk atō hōde, egerita gar kathōs legata; deute horavar ton topon hopou …… is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place …
Mark 4:33“as”… parabolai pollai lalate autoi ton logon, kathōs dunole akouarō;With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the …
Mark 9:13… erchatē, kai poiala auto hoseim thelale, kathōs grafotē epi auton.… done to him whatever they wished, just as it is written about him.”
Mark 11:6“just as”tois de legala autoi kathōs legata tos Iēsus; kai afiēkala autoin.… answered as Jesus had instructed them, and the people gave them permission.
Mark 14:16“just as”… erchala eis tan polan kai heuriskala kathōs legata autoi, kai hetoimazala tem pascha.… and went into the city, where they found everything as Jesus had described. And they prepared the Passover.
Mark 14:21… tos men huios tou anthrōpou hupagatō kathōs grafotē peri autou, ouai de to …The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but …
Mark 15:8“as”kai anabainarantos tos ochlos archeta aitorō kathōs poiate autoi.So the crowd went up and began asking Pilate …
Mark 16:7… eis tan Galilaian; ekei auton horevi, kathōs legata vi.… Galilee. There you will see Him, just as He told you.’”
Luke 1:2kathōs paradōala ni tois apo archau autoptois …just as they were handed down to us …
Luke 1:55kathōs lalata pros toin patroin nu, to …as He promised to our fathers, to …
Luke 1:70kathōs lalata dia stomeu toiu hagioiu apo …as He spoke through His holy prophets …
Luke 2:20… epi pantei hei akouala kai horala kathōs lalita pros autoin.… had heard and seen, which was just as the angel had told them.
Luke 2:23kathōs grafotē en nomo kuriou hoti Pantem …(as it is written in the Law …
Luke 5:14“just as”… kai prosferasar peri tou katharismou su kathōs prostassata Mōusos eis marturiem autoi.… the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”
Luke 6:31“just as”kai kathōs thelavō hina poialeiō vi tois anthrōpois, …Do to others as you would have …
Luke 6:36genovōr oiktirmōnois kathōs tos patros vu oiktirmōnos atō;Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
Luke 11:1… pros auton; Kurior, didaskasar nin proseuchorō, kathōs kai Iōannos didaskata toin mathētoin autou.… requested, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
Luke 11:30“just as”kathōs gar geneta Iōnos toi Nineuitoi sēmem, …For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the …
Luke 17:26kai kathōs geneta en tai hēmerai Nōe, houtōs …Just as it was in the days of …
Luke 17:28“as”homoiōs kathōs geneta en tai hēmerai Lōt; esthiale, …It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking …
Luke 19:32apercharantois de tois apostelorēntois heuriskala kathōs legata autoi.… sent went out and found it just as Jesus had told them.
Luke 22:13apercharantois de heuriskala kathōs legatelē autoi, kai hetoimazala tem pascha.So they went and found it just as Jesus had told them. And they …
Luke 22:29kamis diatithomō vi, kathōs diatitheta mi tos patros mu basileian,… I bestow on you a kingdom, just as My Father has bestowed one on …
Luke 24:24… epi tem mnēmeiem, kai heuriskala houtōs kathōs kai tais gunaikais legala, auton de …… to the tomb and found it just as the women had described. But Him …
Luke 24:39… pneumem sarkan kai osteim ouk echatō kathōs min theōravō echarōnton.… does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
John 1:23“as”… ta erēma; Euthunavar tan hodan kuriou, kathōs legata Ēsaios tos profētos.… words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”
John 3:14kai kathōs Mōusos hupsata ton ofion en ta …Just as Moses lifted up the snake in …
John 5:23hina pantois timaleiō ton huion kathōs timalō ton patron. tos mē timarōntos …… that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does …
John 5:30… dunomō mis poiarō apo miautou oudenem; kathōs akouamō krinamō, kai tas krisias tas …… nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is …
John 6:31… tem manna esthiala en ta erēma, kathōs atō graforēntem; Arton ek tou ouranou …… ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them …
John 6:57kathōs apostelata min tos zōarōntos patros kamis …Just as the living Father sent Me and …
John 6:58“as”… artos tos ek ouranou katabainarantos, ouk kathōs esthiala tois patrois kai apothnēskala; tos …… is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one …
John 7:38tos pisteuarōntos eis min, kathōs legata tas grafas, potamois ek tau …Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of …
John 8:28“as”… kai apo miautou poiamō oudenem, alla kathōs didaskata min tos patros houteim lalamō.… am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.
John 10:15kathōs gnōskatō min tos patros kamis gnōskamō …just as the Father knows Me and I …
John 12:14… tos Iēsus onariem kathizata epi autem, kathōs atō graforēntem;… young donkey, Jesus sat on it, as it is written:
John 12:50“just as”… aiōnias atō. heim oun mis lalamō, kathōs legatē mi tos patros, houtōs lalamō.… leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”
John 13:15hupodeigmem gar dōama vi hina kathōs mis poiama vi kai vis poiaveiō.… example so that you should do as I have done for you.
John 13:33“just as”… meta vu amō; zētavi min, kai kathōs legama toi Ioudaioi hoti Hopou mis …… children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going …
John 13:34“just as”… kainan dōamō vi hina agapaveiō allēloin, kathōs agapama vin hina kai vis agapaveiō …A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
John 14:27… eirēnan tan ēman dōamō vi; ouk kathōs tos kosmos dōatō mis dōamō vi. …… I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let …
John 14:31“as”… kosmos hoti agapamō ton patron, kai kathōs enteleta mi tos patros houtōs poiamō. …But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up …
John 15:4menavar en mi, kamis en vi. kathōs tem klēmem ouk dunotō karpon ferarō …… and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by …
John 15:9kathōs agapata min tos patros, kamis vin …As the Father has loved Me, so …
John 15:10… tēraveia, menavi en ta agapa mu, kathōs mis tain entolain tou patrou mu …… you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments …
John 15:12… entolas tas ēmas hina agapaveiō allēloin kathōs agapama vin;… commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
John 17:2“since”kathōs dōasa auto exousian pantau sarkau, hina …… You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may …
John 17:11… he dōasē mi, hina aleiō henem kathōs nis.… so that they may be one as We are one.
John 17:14… hoti ouk alō ek tou kosmou kathōs mis ouk amō ek tou kosmou.… they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
John 17:16ek tou kosmou ouk alō kathōs mis ouk amō ek tou kosmou.They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
John 17:18kathōs min apostelasa eis ton kosmon, kamis …As You sent Me into the world …
John 17:21hina pantois henem aleiō, kathōs sis, patror, en mi kamis en …… all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and …
John 17:22… mi dōamē autoi, hina aleiō henem kathōs nis henem,… so that they may be one as We are one —
John 17:23“even as”… sis min apostelasa kai agapasa autoin kathōs min agapasa.… know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.
John 19:40“as”… dala autem othoniei meta teiu arōmeiu, kathōs ethem atō toi Ioudaioi entafiazarō.… Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.
John 20:21… autoi tos Iēsus palin; Eirēnas vi; kathōs apostelatē min tos patros, kamis pempamō …… to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so …
Acts 2:4… hagieu, kai archela lalarō heterai glōssai kathōs tem pneumem dōate apofthengorō autoi.… began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
Acts 2:22… autou tos theos en mese vu, kathōs autois oidavē,… God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.
Acts 7:42… autoin latreuarō ta stratia tou ouranou, kathōs grafotē en bibla toiu profētoiu; Mē …… worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book …
Acts 7:44“just as”… toi patroi nu en ta erēma, kathōs diatasseta tos lalarōntos to Mōuso poiara …Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.
Acts 7:48… ouk tos hupsistos en cheiropoiētoi katoikatō; kathōs tos profētos legatō;… in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
Acts 11:29toiu de mathētoiu kathōs euporote tinos horizala hekastos autoiu eis …So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief …
Acts 15:8… autei dōarantos tem pneumem tem hagiem kathōs kai ni,… giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.
Acts 15:14Sumeōn exēgeta kathōs prōtem tos theos episkepteta labara ek …Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to …
Acts 15:15“just as”… houte sumfōnalō tois logois toiu profētoiu, kathōs grafotē;The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:
Acts 22:3… patrōou nomou, zēlōtos huparcharōntos tou theou kathōs pantois vis avō sēmeron,… law of our fathers. I was just as zealous for God as any of …
Romans 1:13… tinon karpon echameia kai en vi kathōs kai en tei loipei ethnei.… might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other …
Romans 1:17… aute apokaluptotō ek pistiau eis pistian, kathōs grafotē; Tos de dikaios ek pistiau …… faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will …
Romans 1:28Kai kathōs ouk dokimazala ton theon echarō en …Furthermore, since they did not see fit to …
Romans 2:24… dia vin blasfēmotō en tei ethnei, kathōs grafotē.As it is written: “God’s name is …
Romans 3:4… theos alēthos, pantos de anthrōpos pseustos, kathōs grafotē; Hopōs an dikaiiseia en toi …… true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You …
Romans 3:8kai mē kathōs blasfēmonō kai kathōs fēalō tinois nin …Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say …
Romans 3:8“as”kai mē kathōs blasfēmonō kai kathōs fēalō tinois nin legarō hoti Poianeia …Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that …
Romans 3:10kathōs grafotē hoti Ouk atō dikaios oude …As it is written: “There is no …
Romans 4:17kathōs grafotē hoti Patron polleiu ethneiu tithamē …As it is written: “I have made …
Romans 8:36kathōs grafotē hoti Heneken su thanatonō holan …As it is written: “For Your sake …
Romans 9:13“as”kathōs grafotē; Ton Iakōb agapama, ton de …… it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I …
Romans 9:29kai kathōs prolegatē Ēsaios; Ei mē kurios Sabaōth …It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of …
Romans 9:33kathōs grafotē; Idou tithamō en Siōn lithon …as it is written: “See, I lay …
Romans 10:15pōs de kērussaleia ean mē apostelileia? kathōs grafotē; Hōs hōraiois tois podois toiu …… they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are …
Romans 11:8kathōs grafotē; Dōata autoi tos theos pneumem …as it is written: “God gave them …
Romans 11:26kai houtōs pantos Israēl sōziti; kathōs grafotē; Hēkati ek Siōn tos ruorōntos, …… so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will …
Romans 15:3… tos Christos ouk heauto areskata; alla kathōs grafotē; Tois oneidismois toiu oneidizarōntoiu sin …… Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of …
Romans 15:7Dio proslabovōr allēloin, kathōs kai tos Christos proslabeta vin, eis …Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to …
Romans 15:9… ethneim huper eleseu doxazara ton theon; kathōs grafotē; Dia houtem exomologemi si en …… may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will …
Romans 15:21alla kathōs grafotē; Hoi ouk anangelita peri autou …Rather, as it is written: “Those who were …
1 Corinthians 1:6“even as”kathōs tem marturiem tou Christou bebaiita en …because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you.
1 Corinthians 1:31hina kathōs grafotē; Tos kauchorōntos en kurio kauchotōr.Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who …
1 Corinthians 2:9alla kathōs grafotē; Heim ofthalmos ouk horata kai …Rather, as it is written: “No eye has …
1 Corinthians 4:17“just as”… hodain mu tain en Christo Iēso, kathōs pantachou en panta ekklēsa didaskamō.… you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.
1 Corinthians 5:7… palaian zuman, hina aveiō neem furamem, kathōs avō azumois. kai gar tem pascha …… may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our …
1 Corinthians 8:2… tinos dokatō gnōskarē tinem, oupō gnōskata kathōs datō gnōskara;… knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
1 Corinthians 10:6… tem mē arō nin epithumētoin kakoseiu, kathōs kakeinois epithumala.… keep us from craving evil things as they did.
1 Corinthians 10:7mēde eidōlolatrois genovōr, kathōs tinois autoiu; hōsper grafotē; Kathizata tos …Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it …
1 Corinthians 10:8mēde porneuaneiō, kathōs tinois autoiu porneuala, kai piptala hena …We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in …
1 Corinthians 10:9mēde ekpeirazaneiō ton Christon, kathōs tinois autoiu peirazala, kai hupo toiu …We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were …
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Mark 1:2Kathōs grafotē en to Ēsaio to profēto; …As it is written in Isaiah the …
Acts 7:17Kathōs de engizate tos chronos tau epangeliau …As the time drew near for God …