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G2517 καθεξῆς (kathexēs)
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καθεξῆς Adv in order, just after

Strong's Definition

from 2596 and 1836; thereafter, i.e. consecutively; as a noun (by ellipsis of noun) a subsequent person or time

KJV Usage: after(-ward), by (in) order

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

advb. | ἔχω

61.1 · Sequence

in order, in sequence, one after another a sequence of one after another in time, space, or logic The expression ‘from Samuel’ in ACT 3:24 seems to include Samuel. Therefore, one may also render ACT 3:24 as ‘Samuel and all the prophets who came after him.’

LUK 1:3 · LUK 8:1 · ACT 3:24 · ACT 11:4 · ACT 18:23

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

καθ-εξῆς, (κατά and ἑξῆς, q. v.), adv., one after another, successively, in order: Lk. i. 3; Acts xi. 4; xviii. 23; of καθεξ. those that follow after, Acts iii. 24 [ef. W. 633 (588) ]; ἐν τῷ καθ. sc. χρόνῳ [R. V. soon aflerwards], Lk. viii. 1. (Ael. v. ἢ. 8, 7; Plut. symp. 1, 1, 5; in earlier Grk. ἑξῆς and ἐφεξῆς are more usual.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

καθεξῆς kathexēs 5x

in a continual order or series, successively, consecutively, Lk. 1:3; Acts 11:4; 18:23; ὁ, ἡ, καθεξῆς, succeeding, subsequent, Lk. 8:1; Acts 3:24*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

*† καθ-εξῆς

(= cl. ἑξῆς, ἐφεξῆς),

adv., successively, in order: Lk 1:3, Ac 11:4 18:23; τῶν κ. (those that succeeded him), Ac 3:24.

afterwards: ἐν τῷ κ. (sc. χρόνῳ), Lk 8:1.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

καθεξῆς is confined in the NT to Lk 1°, where Blass (PAz/o/ogy of the Gospels, p. 18f.) understands it as ‘‘referring to the uninterrupted series of a complex narrative.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

καθεξῆς (kathexēs) — in order. καθεξῆς, adverb, = the more usually ἐφεξῆς, [NT+1st c.AD+]; poetry κατά θ᾽ ἑξείης [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

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