Quick Definition
καθά Adv as
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and the neuter plural of 3739; according to which things, i.e. just as
KJV Usage: as
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
conj. | κατά + ἅ
64.14 · Comparison
just as, in comparison to a marker of similarity in events and states, with the possible implication of something being in accordance with something else
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καθά, adv. for καθ᾽ a, according as, just as: Mt. xxvii. 10. (Xen., Polyb., Diod., al.; O. T. Apocr.; Sept. for WN, Gen. vii. 9, 16, etc., and for 3, Gen. xix. 8; Ex. xii. 35, etc.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καθά katha 1x
can function as an adverb, just as, Mt. 27:10*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
καθά adv.
(for καθ’ ἅ), [in LXX: Ge 7:9 19:8, al. (כַּאֲשֶׁר, כְּ), Is 58:11, Wi 3:10, al. ;]
just as, according as: Mt 27:10(LXX), Lk 1:2, D (cf. Bl., § 78, 1; Phil. Gosp., 8 f.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καθά. This late form for καθάπερ is first used in literature by Polybius, and is frequently found in the papyri, e.g. P Petr II. 13(1)5 (B.c. 258-3) καθὰ ἐξειλήφαμεν, “according as we have received,’’ P ΒΥ] II. 160(@)#38 (a.p. 42) καθὰ Kalγραπται (1. γέγραπται), ‘Sas aforesaid,” P Oxy XII. 1473} (A.D. 201) συμβιούτωσαν οὖν ἀλλήλοις οἱ γαμοῦντες ἀμέμπτως καθὰ καὶ πρότερον συνεβίουν. Cf. from the inscrr. AZichel 1009 B® (c. B.C. 129) els] τὸν ἀεὶ χρόνον καθὰ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ὑπῆρχεν, and the reff. in Kalker Quaest. p- 300. See also Meisterhans Gy. p. 257.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καθά (katha) — as/just as. κᾰθά [θᾰ], adverb for καθ᾽ ἅ, according as, just as, [LXX+4th c.BC+]; ὁ κ. παρατεταγμένος σφυγμός the (so to speak) 'regular' pulse (a military metaphor), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. also καθάπερ, Ionic dialect κατάπερ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently in legal instruments, ἡ πρᾶξις ἔστω κ. ἐκ δίκης [Refs 4th c.BC+], etc.: with a participle, like{ὡς},{ἅτε}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—strengthened, καθάπερ εἰ (Ionic dialect κατάπερ εἰ, [Refs 5th c.BC+], like as if, exactly as, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθάπερ ἄν (for ἐάν) [Refs 4th c.BC+]; καθάπερ ἂν εἰ [Refs 5th c.BC+] —μάχαιραν κ. like a knife, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]