Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
κατά (G2596)
473 κατά (bef. a vowel κατ’, καθ’ ; on the freq. neglect of elision, v. Tdf., Pr. , 95; WH, App. , 146 a ), prep. c. gen., acc., down , downwards . C. gen. (WM, § 47, k; Bl., § 42, 2). C. gen. rei, in local sense; down , down from : Mt 8:32 , Mk 5:13 , Lk 8:33 , I Co 11:4 ; throughout (late usage; Bl., § 42, 2): κ. ὅλης κ.τ.λ. , Lk 4:14 23:5 , Ac 9:31 10:37 ; in a peculiar adjectival phrase: ἡ κ. βάθους πτωχεία , deep or extreme poverty, II Co 8:2 . C. gen. pers., usually in hostile sense; against (in cl. only after verbs of speaking, witnessing, etc.): opp. to ὑπέρ , Mk 9:40 ; μετά , Mt 12:30 ; after ἐπιθυμεῖν , Ga 5:17 ; λαλεῖν , Ac 6:13 ; διδάσκειν , Ac 21:28 ; ψεύδεσθαι , Ja 3:14 ; after verbs of accusing, etc., Mt 5:23 , Lk 23:14 , Ro 8:33 , al.; verbs of fighting, prevailing, etc., Mt 10:35 , Ac 14:2 , I Co 4:6 , al.; of swearing, by : ὄμνυμι κ. (Bl., § 34, 1), He 6:13 , 16 , cf. Mt 26:63 . C. acc. (WM, § 49 d; Bl., § 42, 2). Of motion or direction; through , throughout : Lk 8:39 9:6 10:4 , Ac 8:1 , 36 , al.; to , towards , over against : Lk 10:32 (Field, Notes , 62), Ac 2:10 16:7 , Ga 2:11 , Phl 3:14 , al.; in adverbial phrases, at , in , by , of : κατ’ οἶκον , at home , Ac 2:46 ; κατ’ ἰδίαν (v.s. ἴδιος ); καθ’ ἑαυτόν , Ac 28:16 , Ro 14:22 , Ja 2:17 ; c. pron. pers., Ac 17:28 18:15 , Ro 1:15 , Eph 1:15 , al. Of time, at , during , about : Ac 8:26 12:1 19:23 , Ro 9:9 , He 1:10 , al. Distributive; of place: κ. τόποὐς , Mt 24:7 , al.; κ. πόλιν , Lk 8:1 , 4 , al.; κ. ἐκκλησίαν , Ac 14:23 ; of time: κ. ἔτος , Lk 2:41 ; ἑορτήν , Mt 27:15 , al.; of numbers, etc.: καθ’ ἕνα πάντες , I Co 14:31 (on καθ’ εἷς , v.s. εἷς ); κ. ἑκατόν , Mk 6:40 ; κ. μέρος , He 9:5 ; κ. ὄνομα , Jo 10:3 . Of fitness, reference, conformity, etc.; in relation to , concerning : Ro 1:3 , 4 7:22 9:3 , 5 , I Co 1:26 10:18 , Phl 1:12 ; κ. πάντα , Ac 17:22 , Col 3:20 , 22 , He 2:17 4:15 ; according to , after , like : Mk 7:5 , Lk 2:27 , 29 , Jo 7:24 , Ro 8:4 14:15 , Eph 2:2 , Col 2:8 , Ja 2:8 , al. In composition, κ. denotes, down , down from ( καταβαίνω , etc.), hence, metaph.; victory or rule over ( καταδουλόω , -κυριεύω , etc.); "perfective" action (M, Pr. , 111 ff.). under ( κατακαλύπτω , etc.). in succession ( καθεξῆς ). after , behind ( καταλείπω ). Hostility, against ( καταλαλέω ).
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