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Greek conjunction · G2530

καθότι

kathotikath-ot'-ee

in dl.; In late Gk. = διότι (Tob, l.with)

6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: kathóti

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2530is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 2 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 1
    spelling
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G2530

and and

The King James renders it: (according, forasmuch) as, because (that).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

kathoti is rendered "in dl.; In late Gk. = διότι (Tob, l.with)". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across two books.

  • Four of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "in dl.".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 1:7But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.

The first use

But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.

Luke 1:7καθότι

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Four of the word's six uses are in Acts.

The other 25 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: in dl., and In late Gk. = διότι (Tob, l.with).

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
in dl.according as, just as (Ex, l.with): Act.2:45 4:35.Tagged as
  • just as2
  • as1
  • because1
WhereActs 2:45Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need.
In late Gk. = διότι (Tob, l.with)becauseTagged as
  • inasmuch as2
WhereLuke 1:7But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

καθόkathoinsofar asUses4
καθόλουkatholouat allUses1
καθοράωkathoraoto perceiveUses1
καθοπλίζωkathoplizoto arm fullyUses1

All 6, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

1 spelling and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • καθότι6

The grammar of each form

  • conjunction6CONJ

Luke

two uses
  • But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.

    Luke 1:7

    • καθότιkathoticonjunctiontagged: inasmuch as
  • Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.

    Luke 19:9

    • καθότιkathoticonjunctiontagged: because

Acts

four uses
  • But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.

    Acts 2:24

    • καθότιkathoticonjunctiontagged: inasmuch as
  • Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need.

    Acts 2:45

    • καθότιkathoticonjunctiontagged: as
  • and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.

    Acts 4:35

    • καθότιkathoticonjunctiontagged: just as
  • For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

    Acts 17:31

    • καθότιkathoticonjunctiontagged: just as

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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