As/just as
καθότιStrong’s G2530kathoti
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kathoti is the Greek word usually translated “inasmuch as”, “just as” and “because”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.”
Meaning
Usually translated “inasmuch as”, “just as” and “because”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- inasmuch as 2
- just as 2
- because 1
- as 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 4
- Luke 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 19:9And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
- Acts 2:24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
- Acts 2:45And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
- Acts 4:35And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
- Acts 17:31Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Greek dictionary
καθότι kathoti · as/just as
καθότι (= καθ᾽ ὅ τι), adv., [in LXX: Exo.1:12, 17 (אֲשֶׁר), Tob.1:12, Jdth.2:13, al. ;] 1. in dl., according as, just as (Ex, l.with): Act.2:45 4:35. 2. In late Gk. = διότι (Tob, l.with), because: Luk.1:7 19:9, Act.2:24 17:31.† (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.