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Strong's #2531 - καθώς
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- according as
- just as, even as
- in proportion as, in the degree that
- since, seeing that, agreeably to the fact that
- when, after that
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καθώς,
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1. Adv. = καθά, Hdt. 9.82 codd., Arist. Pr. 891b34, IG 5(2).344.20 (Arc., iii B.C.), Wilcken Chr. 11 A 53 (ii B. C.), IG 22.1030.22 (i B. C.), al.; even as, John 15:12.
2. how, ὑπομιμνῄσκειν κ... Aristeas 263, cf. Acts 15:12.
II of Time, as, when, ib. 7.17, LXX 2 Maccabees 1:31, Aristeas 310. (Condemned by Phryn. 397, Moer. 212.)
καθώς (i. e. καθ' ὡς), a particle found occasionally in secular authors from Aristotle down for the Attic καθά and καθό, but emphatically censured by Phryn. and the Atticists; cf. Sturz, De dial. Maced. etc., p. 74ff; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 425f; (Winer's Grammar, 26 (25));
1. according as, just as, even as: in the first member of a comparison, Luke 6:31; 1 John 2:27; followed by οὕτως in the second member (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 53, 5), Luke 11:30; Luke 17:26; John 3:14; 2 Corinthians 1:5; 2 Corinthians 10:7; Colossians 3:13; 1 John 2:6; followed by καί also, John 15:9; John 17:18; John 20:21; 1 John 2:18; 1 John 4:17; 1 Corinthians 15:49; it is annexed to preceding words after the demonstrative οὕτως, Luke 24:24; with οὕτως unexpressed, Matthew 21:6; Matthew 28:6; Mark 16:7; Luke 1:2, 55, 70; Luke 11:1; John 1:23; John 5:23; Acts 10:47 (here L T Tr WH ὡς);
2. according as i. e. in proportion as, in the degree that: Mark 4:33; Acts 7:17 (cf. Meyer at the passage);
3. since, seeing that, agreeably to the fact that (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 53, 8; 448 (417)): John 17:2; Romans 1:28 (yet here others regard καθώς as corresponsive rather than causal or explanatory); 1 Corinthians 1:6; 1 Corinthians 5:7; Ephesians 1:4; Philippians 1:7.
4. it is put for the simple ὡς, a. after verbs of speaking, in indirect discourse, Acts 15:14; it serves to add an epexegesis, 3 John 1:3 (to σου τῇ ἀλήθεια).
b. of time, when, after that (cf. Latinut): 2 Macc. 1:31; (Nehemiah 5:6); here many bring in Acts 7:17; but see 2 above.
STRONGS NT 2531a: καθώσπερ καθώσπερ (Tr καθώς περ), just as, exactly as: Hebrews 5:4 T Tr WH (also 2 Corinthians 3:18 WH marginal reading). (Himerius, Psellus, Tzetzes)
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καθώς ,
(i.e. καθ᾿ ὡς ),
Hellenistic for καθά , q.v., καθάπερ , καθό , καθότι (Mayser, 485; Rutherford, NPhr., 495; B1., § 78, 1),
according as, even as, just as, as: Luke 1:2 (see καθά ), Luke 24:39, John 5:23, Acts 7:48, 1 Corinthians 8:2, Galatians 3:6, al.; seq. οὕτως , Luke 11:30, John 3:14, 2 Corinthians 1:5, Colossians 3:13, 1 John 2:6, al.; seq. καί , John 15:9, 1 Corinthians 15:49, 1 John 2:18, al.; οὕτως . . . κ ., Luke 24:24; id. with ellipsis of οὕτως , Matthew 21:6, Mark 16:7, Romans 1:13, al.; with other elliptical constructions, John 6:58; John 17:21-22 Acts 15:8, 1 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Timothy 1:3, 1 John 3:2-3; 1 John 3:12; καθὼς γέγραπται (Deiss., BS, 249), Matthew 26:24, Mark 9:13, Romans 1:17, al.; introducing subst. clause as object of verb (as in Heb.), Matthew 21:6, Mark 11:6, Luke 5:14, al.; after verbs of speaking, Acts 15:14; of proportion and degree, Mark 4:33, 1 Corinthians 12:11; 1 Corinthians 12:18 al.; of time (Nehemiah 5:6, 2 Maccabees 1:31), Acts 7:17.
* καθώσπερ
(Tr. καθώς περ ),
adv. (see καθώς ),
even as: 2 Corinthians 3:8 (WH, mg.), Hebrews 5:4.†
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P Oxy X. 1299.9 (iv/A.D.) καθὼς ἐνετιλάνμην (l. –άμην) σ [ο ]ι ̣ [περ ]ὶ λωβιν μαχερῶν καὶ περὶ πιπεράδιο ̣ν, ";do as I told you about the . . . of knives and the pepper"; (Edd.) is a good parallel to the construction in 1 Timothy 1:3. Other exx. of the particle, which is condemned by the Atticists (Lob. Phryn. p. 426), are P Eleph 18.6 (B.C. 223–2) καθ ̣ω ̣, [ς συντέτα ]χεν Μνήσαρχο [ς, P Lille I. 26.4 (iii/B.C.) τὴν δὲ λοιπὴν γ [ῆν ἑτο ]ι ̣μάζω, εἰ μὴ ἀκολουθεῖς ἅπαντα καθώς ἐστιν ἐπὶ τῆς διαγραφῆς, P Oxy XII. 1453.16 (B.C. 30–29) εἶ μὴν προστατήσ [ειν ] τοῦ λύχνου τῶν προδεδηλωμέν [ων ] ἱερῶν καθὼς πρόκειται, ";that we wiil superintend the lamps of the above mentioned temples, as aforesaid"; (Edd.), and from the inscrr. Michel 230.5 (ii/B.C. ad fin.) καθὼς καὶ πρότερον. MGr καθώς.
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