Quick Definition
καθώς Adv just as, as
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and 5613; just (or inasmuch) as, that
KJV Usage: according to, (according, even) as, how, when
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
conj. | ὡς
78.53 · Degree · Up To, As Much As, To the Degree That [Marked Extent of Degree]
to the degree that, just as in accordance with a degree as specified by the context There may be a number of problems of restructuring in rendering the relationship between clauses marked by καθό[b], καθώς[a], and καθότι[b]. For example, in the case of 1PE 4:13 it may be necessary to translate ‘how much you share Christ’s sufferings is how much you can rejoice.’
MRK 4:33 · ACT 2:4 · ACT 11:29 · 1CO 1:6 · 1CO 12:11 · 1CO 12:18 · 1TH 2:4 · 2TH 1:3 · 1PE 4:10 · 1JN 2:6 · 1JN 3:3 · 3JN 1:2
89.34 · Relations · Cause and/or Reason
inasmuch as, because a marker of cause or reason, often with the implication of some implied comparison
JHN 17:2 · ROM 1:28 · 1CO 1:6 · 2CO 4:1 · EPH 1:4 · 1TH 2:2 · 1TH 2:5 · 1TH 3:4 · HEB 3:7 · HEB 4:3 · 1PE 4:10 · 2PE 1:14
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
MAT 21:6 · MAT 26:24 · MAT 28:6 · MRK 1:2 · MRK 9:13 · MRK 11:6 · MRK 14:16 · MRK 14:21 · MRK 15:8 · MRK 16:7 · LUK 1:2 · LUK 1:55 · LUK 1:70 · LUK 2:20 · LUK 2:23 · LUK 5:14 · LUK 6:31 · LUK 6:36 · LUK 11:1 · LUK 11:30 · LUK 17:26 · LUK 17:28 · LUK 19:32 · LUK 22:13 · LUK 22:29 · LUK 24:24 · LUK 24:39 · JHN 1:23 · JHN 3:14 · JHN 5:23 · JHN 5:30 · JHN 6:31 · JHN 6:57 · JHN 6:58 · JHN 7:38 · JHN 8:28 · JHN 10:15 · JHN 12:14 · JHN 12:50 · JHN 13:15 · JHN 13:33 · JHN 13:34 · JHN 14:27 · JHN 14:31 · JHN 15:4 · JHN 15:9 · JHN 15:10 · JHN 15:12 · JHN 17:11 · JHN 17:14 · JHN 17:16 · JHN 17:18 · JHN 17:21 · JHN 17:22 · JHN 17:23 · JHN 19:40 · JHN 20:21 · ACT 2:22 · ACT 7:42 · ACT 7:44 · ACT 7:48 · ACT 15:8 · ACT 15:15 · ACT 22:3 · ROM 1:13 · ROM 1:17 · ROM 2:24 · ROM 3:4 · ROM 3:8 · ROM 3:8 · ROM 3:10 · ROM 4:17 · ROM 8:36 · ROM 9:13 · ROM 9:29 · ROM 9:33 · ROM 10:15 · ROM 11:8 · ROM 11:26 · ROM 15:3 · ROM 15:7 · ROM 15:9 · ROM 15:21 · 1CO 1:31 · 1CO 2:9 · 1CO 4:17 · 1CO 5:7 · 1CO 8:2 · 1CO 10:6 · 1CO 10:7 · 1CO 10:8 · 1CO 10:9 · 1CO 10:33 · 1CO 11:1 · 1CO 11:2 · 1CO 13:12 · 1CO 14:34 · 1CO 15:38 · 1CO 15:49 · 2CO 1:5 · 2CO 1:14 · 2CO 6:16 · 2CO 8:5 · 2CO 8:6 · 2CO 8:15 · 2CO 9:3 · 2CO 9:7 · 2CO 9:9 · 2CO 10:7 · 2CO 11:12 · GAL 2:7 · GAL 3:6 · GAL 5:21 · EPH 3:3 · EPH 4:4 · EPH 4:17 · EPH 4:21 · EPH 4:32 · EPH 5:2 · EPH 5:3 · EPH 5:25 · EPH 5:29 · PHP 1:7 · PHP 2:12 · PHP 3:17 · COL 1:6 · COL 1:6 · COL 1:7 · COL 2:7 · COL 3:13 · 1TH 1:5 · 1TH 2:4 · 1TH 2:13 · 1TH 2:14 · 1TH 4:1 · 1TH 4:1 · 1TH 4:6 · 1TH 4:11 · 1TH 4:13 · 1TH 5:11 · 2TH 3:1 · 1TI 1:3 · HEB 4:3 · HEB 4:7 · HEB 5:3 · HEB 5:6 · HEB 8:5 · HEB 10:25 · HEB 11:12 · 2PE 3:15 · 1JN 2:18 · 1JN 2:27 · 1JN 3:2 · 1JN 3:3 · 1JN 3:7 · 1JN 3:12 · 1JN 3:23 · 1JN 4:17 · 2JN 1:4 · 2JN 1:6
67.33 · Time · A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After
when, at the time of a marker of a point of time which is simultaneous to or overlaps with another point of time
1 The difference in meaning between the set κατά[g], ἐπί[s], ἐν[s], ἐκ[k], and καθώς[d] and the set πότε, ποτέ[b], ὁπότε, ὅτε[a], and ὅταν[b] (67.30) is largely a matter of class meanings, but there may be certain subtle rhetorical differences as well.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καθώς (i. 6. καθ᾽ ὡς), a particle found occasionally in prof. auth. fr. Aristot. down for the Attic καθά and καθό, but emphatically censured by Phryn. and the Atticists ; cf. Sturz, De dial. Maced. ete. p. 74 sqq.; Lob. ad Phryn. Ρ. 425 sq.; [W. 26 (25)]; 1. according as, Just as, even as: in the first member of a comparison, Lk. vi. 31; 1 Jn. ii. 27; foll. by οὕτως in the second member [ef. W. § 53, 5], Lk. xi. 80; xvii. 26; Jn. iii. 14; Qo. 5 xed Col. iii. 13; 1 Jn. ii. 6; foll. by καί also, Jn. xv. 9; xvii. 18; xx. 21; 1 Jn. ii. 18; iv.17; 1Co.xv.49; itis annexed to preceding words after the demonstrative οὕτως, Lk. xxiv. 24; with οὕτως unexpressed, Mt. xxi. 6; xxviii. 6; Mk. xvi. 7; Lk. i. 2, 55, 70; xi.1; Jn. i. 23; v. 28; heer 47 [here LT Tr WH ὡς]; xv. 8; Ro.i.13; xv. 7}; 1 Co. viii. 25 x. 6; 2Co.i. 14; ix. 8; xi. 12; Eph. iv. 17, and often; καθὼς διδάσκω, agreeably to my method of teaching, 1 Co. iv. 17; καθὼς γέγραπται, Mt. xxvi. 24; Mk. ix. 13; Acts vii 42; xv. 15; Ro. i. 17, and often in Paul; the apodosis wanting, and to be gathered fr. the context: καθὼς παρεκάλεσά σε... ἐν πίστει, SC. οὕτω καὶ νῦν παρακαλῶ, 1 Tim. i. 3, ef. W.570 (530); [B. 386 (331) ]; ἤρξατο αἰτεῖσθαι (sc. οὕτω ποιεῖν αὐτοῖς), καθὼς κτλ. Mk. xv. 8 [Β. § 151, 23 b.; cf. W. 584 (543 54.}}; in comparison by contrary we find the negligent use: ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους, οὐ καθὼς Kaiv κτὰ. 1 Jn. iii. 11 sq., cf. De Wette ad loc. and W. 623 (579); οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἄρτος ον οὐ καθὼς etc., not such as they ate ete., Jn. vi. 58. with the verb εἰμί, equiv. to Lat. qualis, such as, 1 Jn. iii. 2; in a parenthesis, 1 Th. ii. 13 (as it is in truth). 2. according as i.e. in proportion as, in the degree that: Mk. iv. 33; Acts vii. 17 (cf. Meyer ad loc.); xi. 29; 1 Co. xii. 11,18; 1 Pet. iv. 10. 3. since, seeing that, agreeably to the fact that, [ef. W. § 53, 8; 448 (417)]: Jn. xvii. 2; Ro. i. 28 [yet here al. regard καθ. as corresponsive rather than causal or explanatory]; 1 Co. 1.6; v.7; Eph.i.4; Phil. i. 7. 4. it is put for the simple ὡς, a. after verbs of speaking, in indir. disc., Acts xv. 14; it serves to add an epexegesis, 38 Jn. 3 (to σου τῇ ἀληθείᾳ). b. of time, when, after that, (cf. Lat. ut): 2 Macc.i. 31; [Neh. v.6]; here many bring in Acts vii. 17; but see 2 above.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καθώς kathōs 182x
as, just as, in the manner that, Mt. 21:6; 26:24; how, in what manner, Acts 15:14; according as, Mk. 4:33; inasmuch as, Jn. 17:2; of time, when, Acts 7:17
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
καθώς, (i.e. καθ’ ὡς), Hellenistic for καθά, q.v., καθάπερ, καθό, καθότι (Mayser, 485; Rutherford, NPhr., 495; Bl., § 78, 1), according as, even as, just as, as: Lk 1:2 (v.s. καθά), 24:39, Jo 5:23, Ac 7:48, I Co 8:2, Ga 3:6, al.; seq. οὕτως, Lk 11:30, Jo 3:14, II Co 1:5, Col 3:13, I Jo 2:6, al.; seq. καί, Jo 15:9, I Co 15:49, I Jo 2:18, al.; οὕτως . . . κ., Lk 24:24; id. with ellipsis of οὕτως, Mt 21:6, Mk 16:7, Ro 1:13, al.; with other elliptical constructions, Jo 6:58 17:21, 22, Ac 15:8, I Th 2:13, I Ti 1:3, I Jo 3:2, 3, 12; καθὼς γέγραπται (Deiss., BS, 249), Mt 26:24, Mk 9:13, Ro 1:17, al.; introducing subst. clause as object of verb (as in Heb.), Mt 21:6, Mk 11:6, Lk 5:14, al.; after verbs of speaking, Ac 15:14; of proportion and degree, Mk 4:33, I Co 12:11, 18, al.; of time (Ne 5:6, II Mac 1:31), Ac 7:17.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καθώς. P Oxy X. τ2995 (iv/a.p.) καθὼς ἐνετιλάνμην (1. -ἀμην) σ[ο]ι [περ]ὶ λωβιν μαχερῶν καὶ περὶ πιπεράδιον, ‘do as I told you about the . . . of knives and the pepper” (Edd.) is a good parallel to the construction in 1 Tim 1°. Other exx. of the particle, which is condemned by the Atticists (Lob. Phryn. p. 426), are P Eleph 185 (B.c. 223-2) kaQa[s συντέταῖχεν Μνήσαρχοϊίς, P Lille I. 264 (iii/B.c.) τὴν δὲ λοιπὴν γ[ῆν ἑτο]ιμάζω, εἰ μὴ ἀκολουθεῖς ἅπαντα καθώς ἐστιν ἐπὶ τῆς διαγραφῆς, P Oxy ΧΙ]. 1453} (B.c. 30-29) εἶ μὴν προστατήσ{ειν] τοῦ λύχνου τῶν προδεδηλωμέν[ων] ἱερῶν καθὼς πρόκειται, ‘that we will superintend the lamps of the above mentioned temples, as aforesaid” (Edd.), and from the | inserr. A/ichel 230° (ii/B.c. ad fin.) καθὼς Kal πρότερον. MGr καθώς.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καθώς (kathōs) — as/just as. καθώς, adverb ={καθά}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; even as, [NT]
2. how, ὑπομιμνῄσκειν κ... Aristeas 263,[NT]
II. of Time, as, when,[LXX+2nd c.AD+]