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Insofar as

καθόStrong’s G2526

katho

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Katho is the Greek word usually translated “as”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”
Romans 8:26 KJV
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 4

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Romans 1
  • 2 Corinthians 1
  • 1 Peter 1

3 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

καθό katho · insofar as

καθό (= καθ᾽ ὅ), adv., [in LXX: Lev.9:5, 15 (אֲשֶׁר), I Est.1:50, Sir.16:20 Bar.1:6, 2Ma.4:16 * ;] as, according as: Rom.8:26, 2Co.8:12, 1Pe.4:13.† (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.]

  1. 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.
  2. It was formerly used where we now use that. obsolete
  3. It was formerly used where we now use that. obsolete
  4. 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]

    1. A Roman weight of 12 ounces, answering to the libra or pound.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.