STEP Greek Lexicon: κατά

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κατά (bef. a vowel κατ᾽, καθ᾽; on the frequently neglect of elision, see Tdf., Pr., 95; WH, App., 146a),

prep. with genitive, accusative,

down, downwards.

__I. C. genitive (WM, §47, k; Bl., §42, 2).

__1. C. genitive of thing(s), in local sense;

__(a) down, down from: Mat.8:32, Mrk.5:13, Luk.8:33, 1Co.11:4;

__(b) throughout (late usage; Bl, l.with): κ. ὅλης κ.τ.λ., Luk.4:14 23:5, Act.9:31 10:37;

__(with) in a peculiar adjectival phrase: ἡ κ. βάθους, deep or extreme poverty, 2Co.8:2.

__ __2. C. genitive of person(s), usually in hostile sense;

__(a) against (in cl. only after verbs of speaking, witnessing, etc.): opposite to ὑπέρ, Mrk.9:40; μετά, Mat.12:30; after ἐπιθυμεῖν, Gal.5:17; λαλεῖν, Act.6:13; διδάσκειν, Act.21:28; ψεύδεσθαι, Jas.3:14; after verbs of accusing, etc., Mat.5:23, Luk.23:14, Rom.8:33, al.; verbs of fighting, prevailing, etc., Mat.10:35, Act.14:2, 1Co.4:6, al.;

__(b) of swearing, by: όμνυμι κ. (BL, §34, 1), He 6:13,16, cf. Mat.26:63.

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__II. C. accusative (WM, §49d; BL, §42, 2).

__1. Of motion or direction;

__(a) through, throughout: Luk.8:39 9:6 10:4, Act.8:1, 36 al.;

__(b) to, towards, over against: Luk.10:32 (Field, Notes, 62), Act.2:1o 16:7, Gal.2:11, Php.3:14, al.;

__ __(with) in adverbial phrases, at, in, by, of: κατ᾽ οἶκον, at home, Act.2:46; κατ᾽ ἰδίαν (see: ἴδιος); καθ᾽ ἑαυτόν, Act.28:16, Rom.14:22, Jas.2:17; with pron. of person(s), Act.17:28 18:15, Rom.1:15, Eph.1:15, al.

__2. Of time, at, during, about: Act.8:26 12:1 19:23, Rom.9:9 Heb.1:10, al.

__3. Distributive;

__(a) of place: κ. τόποὐς, Mat.24:7, al.; κ. πόλιν, Luk.8:1, 4 al.; κ. ἐκκλησίαν, Act.14:23.

__(b) of time: κ. ἔτος, Luk.2:41; ἑορτήν, Mat.27:15, al.;

__(with) of numbers, etc.: καθ᾽ ἕνα πάντες, 1Co.14:31 (on καθ᾽ εἷς, see: εἷς); κ. ἑκατόν, Mrk.6:40; κ. μέρος, Heb.9:5; κ. ὄνομα, Jhn.10:3.

__4. Of fitness, reference, conformity, etc.;

__(a) in relation to, concerning: Rom.1:3, 4 7:22 9:3, 5, 1Co.12:6 10:18, Php.1:12; κ. πάντα, Act.17:22, Col.3:20, 22 Heb.2:17 4:15;

__(b) according to, after, like: Mrk.7:5, Luk.2:27, 29 Jhn.7:24 Rom.8:4 14:15, Eph.2:2, Col.2:8, Jas.2:8, al.

__III. In composition, κ. denotes,

__1. down, down from (καταβαίνω), etc.), hence, metaphorically;

__(a) victory or rule over (καταδουλόω, -κυριεύω, etc.);

__(b) "perfective" action (M, Pr., 111ff.).

__2. under (κατακαλύπτω), etc.).

__3. in succession (καθεξῆς).

__4. after, behind (καταλείπω).

__5. Hostility, against (καταλαλέω).

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