As/just as
καθάStrong’s G2505katha
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Katha is the Greek word usually translated “as”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.”
Meaning
Usually translated “as”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- as 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
καθά katha · as/just as
καθά adv. (for καθ᾽ ἅ), [in LXX: Gen.7:9 19:8, al. (אֲשֶׁר, כְּ), Isa.58:11, Wis.3:10, al. ;] just as, according as: Mat.27:10 (LXX), Luk.1:2, D (cf. BL, § 78, 1; Phil. Gosp., 8 f.).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “as” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
AS, adverb
az. [Gr. But more probably the English word is contracted from als.]
- Literally, like; even; similar. 'Ye shall be as Gods, knowing good and evil.' 'As far as we can see, ' that is, like far, equally far.
- It was formerly used where we now use that. obsolete
- It was formerly used where we now use that. obsolete
- While; during; at the same time. 'He trembled as he spoke.' But in most of its uses, it is resolvable into like, equal, even, or equally, in like manner.
All definitions and other forms of “as”
AS, noun
[Latin]
- A Roman weight of 12 ounces, answering to the libra or pound.
- A Roman coin, originally of a pound weight; but reduced, after the first Punic war, to two ounces; in the second Punic war, to one ounce; and by the Papirian law, to half an ounce.
- An integer; a whole or single thing.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.