Strong's #2596: kata (pronounced kat-ah')
a primary particle; (prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined):--about, according as (to), after, against, (when they were) X alone, among, and, X apart, (even, like) as (concerning, pertaining to touching), X aside, at, before, beyond, by, to the charge of, (charita-)bly, concerning, + covered, (dai-)ly, down, every, (+ far more) exceeding, X more excellent, for, from ... to, godly, in(-asmuch, divers, every, -to, respect of), ... by, after the manner of, + by any means, beyond (out of) measure, X mightily, more, X natural, of (up-)on (X part), out (of every), over against, (+ your) X own, + particularly, so, through(-oughout, -oughout every), thus, (un-)to(-gether, -ward), X uttermost, where(-by), with. In composition it retains many of these applications, and frequently denotes opposition, distribution, or intensity.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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kata
1) down from, through out
2) according to, toward, along
Part of Speech: preposition
Relation: a primary particle
Usage:
This word is used 475 times:
Romans 16:25: "to him that is of power to establish you according to my gospel, and the"
Romans 16:25: "preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,"
Romans 16:26: "by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God,"
1 Corinthians 1:26: "not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty,"
1 Corinthians 2:1: "you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom,"
1 Corinthians 3:3: "carnal, and walk as men?"
1 Corinthians 3:8: "shall receive his own reward according to his own labor."
1 Corinthians 3:10: " According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise"
1 Corinthians 4:6: "one of you be puffed up for one against another."
1 Corinthians 7:6: "But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment."
1 Corinthians 7:6: "by permission, and not of commandment."
1 Corinthians 7:40: "if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think"
1 Corinthians 9:8: "Say I these things as a man? or saith not"
1 Corinthians 10:18: "Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the"
1 Corinthians 11:4: "or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head."
1 Corinthians 12:8: "to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;"
1 Corinthians 12:31: "yet show I unto you a more excellent way."
1 Corinthians 14:27: "any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most"
1 Corinthians 14:31: "ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn,"
1 Corinthians 14:40: "be done decently and in order."
1 Corinthians 15:3: "died for our sins according to the Scriptures;"
1 Corinthians 15:4: "the third day according to the Scriptures:"
1 Corinthians 15:15: "of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ:"
1 Corinthians 15:31: "our Lord, I die daily."
1 Corinthians 15:32: "If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth"
1 Corinthians 16:2: " Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him"
1 Corinthians 16:19: "with the church that is in their house."
2 Corinthians 1:8: "in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength,"
2 Corinthians 1:17: "lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that"
2 Corinthians 4:13: "same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore"
2 Corinthians 4:17: "which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal"
2 Corinthians 5:16: "henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though"
2 Corinthians 5:16: "yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now"
2 Corinthians 7:9: "repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by"
2 Corinthians 7:10: "For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation"
2 Corinthians 7:11: "selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought"
2 Corinthians 8:3: "For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;"
2 Corinthians 8:8: "I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness"
2 Corinthians 10:1: "gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among"
2 Corinthians 10:2: "of us as if we walked according to the flesh."
2 Corinthians 10:3: "the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:"
2 Corinthians 10:5: "every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and"
2 Corinthians 10:7: "Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is"
2 Corinthians 10:13: "of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule"
2 Corinthians 10:15: "that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,"
2 Corinthians 11:15: "whose end shall be according to their works."
2 Corinthians 11:17: "which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly,"
2 Corinthians 11:18: "Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also."
2 Corinthians 11:21: "I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit"
2 Corinthians 11:28: "those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all"
