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καθώς

kathṓs · Greek · Strong's G2531 · 180 occurrences

The KJV renders 8 different Hebrew and Greek words as “when”

What it means

just (or inasmuch) as, that

from G2596 (κατά) and G5613 (ὡς);

How the KJV renders it

according to, according, even as, how, when

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

when
also renders hóte (G3753), hēníka (G2259), hōs (G5613), hópōs (G3704), hopóte (G3698), dîy (H1768), ʻôwd (H5750)
how
also renders pōs (G4459), hōs (G5613), hópōs (G3704), tís (G5101)
according
also renders kathóti (G2530), min (H4481)
even as
also renders hōs (G5613)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

180 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Corinthians 1:6 · ADV
even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you—
1 Corinthians 1:31 · ADV
that, as it is written, “He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 2:9 · ADV
But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”
1 Corinthians 4:17 · ADV
Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.
1 Corinthians 5:7 · ADV
Purge out the old yeast, that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed in our place.
1 Corinthians 8:2 · ADV
But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know.
1 Corinthians 10:6 ADV1 Corinthians 10:7 ADV1 Corinthians 10:8 ADV1 Corinthians 10:9 ADV1 Corinthians 10:33 ADV1 Corinthians 11:1 ADV1 Corinthians 11:2 ADV1 Corinthians 12:11 ADV1 Corinthians 12:18 ADV1 Corinthians 13:12 ADV1 Corinthians 14:34 ADV1 Corinthians 15:38 ADV1 Corinthians 15:49 ADV1 John 2:6 ADV1 John 2:18 ADV1 John 2:27 ADV1 John 3:2 ADV1 John 3:3 ADV1 John 3:7 ADV1 John 3:12 ADV1 John 3:23 ADV1 John 4:17 ADV1 Peter 4:10 ADV1 Thessalonians 1:5 ADV1 Thessalonians 2:2 ADV1 Thessalonians 2:4 ADV1 Thessalonians 2:5 ADV1 Thessalonians 2:13 ADV1 Thessalonians 2:14 ADV1 Thessalonians 3:4 ADV1 Thessalonians 4:1 ADV1 Thessalonians 4:6 ADV1 Thessalonians 4:11 ADV1 Thessalonians 4:13 ADV1 Thessalonians 5:11 ADV1 Timothy 1:3 ADV2 Corinthians 1:5 ADV2 Corinthians 1:14 ADV2 Corinthians 4:1 ADV2 Corinthians 6:16 ADV2 Corinthians 8:5 ADV2 Corinthians 8:6 ADV2 Corinthians 8:15 ADV2 Corinthians 9:3 ADV2 Corinthians 9:7 ADV2 Corinthians 9:9 ADV2 Corinthians 10:7 ADV2 Corinthians 11:12 ADV2 John 1:4 ADV2 John 1:6 ADV2 Peter 1:14 ADV2 Peter 3:15 ADV2 Thessalonians 1:3 ADV2 Thessalonians 3:1 ADV

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