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Strong's G2530 καθότι (kathoti)

kathoti - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2530 — chamad (“delight in”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2530
Language Greek
Linked Usages 63
Books 25

Strong's G2530 Quick Answer

Strong's G2530 καθότι (kathoti) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kathoti (kath-ot'-ee) adv. 1. according to which certain thing, i.e. as far (or inasmuch) as [from G2596, and G3739 and G5100] It has 63 linked Bible usages across 25 books. Visible English usage signals include because and according. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
kathoti (kath-ot'-ee) adv. 1. according to which certain thing, i.e. as far (or inasmuch) as [from G2596, and G3739 and G5100]
Usage
63 linked usages
Books
25 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
because and according

Meaning and Definition

kathoti (kath-ot'-ee) adv. 1. according to which certain thing, i.e. as far (or inasmuch) as [from G2596, and G3739 and G5100] KJV: (according, forasmuch) as, because (that) Root(s): G2596, G3739, G5100

Original Word
καθότι
Transliteration
kathoti
Derivation
Root: ὅς R1: 2596 R2: 3739 R3: 5100
Morphology
adverb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2530. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

as/just as

Usage: 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)

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How Strong's G2530 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kathoti, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

because Luke 1:7 according Acts 4:35

How Strong's G2530 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 52 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2530 (καθότι) appears 61 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2530 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2530 in the New Testament

5 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 1:7 KJV

And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

Luke 19:9 KJV

And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.

Acts 2:24 KJV

Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

Strong's G2530 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

52 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 26:29 Septuagint / Brenton

that thou shalt do no wrong by us, as we have not abhorred thee, and according as we have treated thee well, and have sent thee forth peaceably; and now thou art blessed of the Lord.

Genesis 34:12 Septuagint / Brenton

Multiply your demand of dowry very much, and I will give accordingly as ye shall say to me, only ye shall give me this damsel for a wife.

Exodus 1:12 Septuagint / Brenton

But as they humbled them, by so much they multiplied, and grew exceedingly strong; and the Egyptians greatly abhorred the children of Israel.

Strong's G2530 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 2:13 Septuagint / Brenton

And take thou heed that thou transgress none of the commandments of thy lord, but accomplish them fully, as I have commanded thee, and defer not to do them.

Judith 2:15 Septuagint / Brenton

and he mustered the chosen men for the battle, as his lord had commanded him, unto a hundred and twenty thousand, and twelve thousand archers on horseback;

Judith 8:29 Septuagint / Brenton

For this is not the first day wherein thy wisdom is manifested; but from the beginning of thy days all the people have known thine understanding, because the disposition of thy heart is good.

Strong's G2530 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 6:6 Septuagint / Brenton

by mutual imprecations upon it. And they were in all two hundred; who descended in the days of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn

Usage Excerpts

First 63 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2530.

Genesis 26:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that thou shalt do no wrong by us, as we have not abhorred thee, and according as we have treated thee well, and have sent thee forth peaceably; and now thou art blessed of the Lord.
Genesis 34:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Multiply your demand of dowry very much, and I will give accordingly as ye shall say to me, only ye shall give me this damsel for a wife.
Exodus 1:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But as they humbled them, by so much they multiplied, and grew exceedingly strong; and the Egyptians greatly abhorred the children of Israel.
Exodus 1:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt appointed them; and they saved the male children alive.
Exodus 10:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to them, So let the Lord be with you: as I will send you away, must I send away your store also? see that evil is attached to you.
Exodus 12:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if ye should enter into the land, which the Lord shall give you, as he has spoken, keep this service.
Exodus 21:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if two men strive and smite a woman with child, and her child be born imperfectly formed, he shall be forced to pay a penalty: as the woman’s husband may lay upon him, he shall pay with a valuation.
Exodus 34:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses hewed two tables of stone, as also the first were; and Moses having arisen early, went up to the Mount Sinai, as the Lord appointed him; and Moses took the two tables of stone.
Leviticus 14:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall offer one of the turtledoves or of the young pigeons, as he can afford it,
Leviticus 24:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
bruise for bruise, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as anyone may inflict a blemish on a man, so shall it be rendered to him.
Leviticus 25:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
According as there may be a greater number of years he shall increase the value of his possession, and according as there may be a less number of years he shall lessen the value of his possession; for according to the number of his crops, so shall he sell to thee.
Leviticus 27:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall make a valuation between the good and the bad, and accordingly as the priest shall value it, so shall it stand.
Numbers 12:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Aaron said to Moses, I beseech thee, my lord, do not lay sin upon us, for we were ignorant wherein we sinned.
Numbers 33:56 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and it shall come to pass that as I had determined to do to them, so I will do to you.
Deuteronomy 1:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord God of your fathers add to you a thousandfold more than you are, and bless you as he has spoken to you.
Deuteronomy 1:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And we departed from Horeb, and went through all that great wilderness and terrible, which ye saw, by the way of the mountain of the Amorite, as the Lord our God charged us, and we came as far as Kadesh-barnea.
Deuteronomy 2:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the days in which we traveled from Kadesh-barnea till we crossed the Valley of Zered, were thirty and eight years, until the whole generation of the men of war failed, dying out of the camp, as the Lord God swore to them.
Deuteronomy 2:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Only we did not draw near to the children of Ammon, even all the parts bordering on the brook Jabbok, and the cities in the mountain country, as the Lord our God charged us.
Deuteronomy 12:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall eat there before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all the things on which ye shall lay your hand, ye and your houses, as the Lord your God has blessed you.
Deuteronomy 16:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks to the Lord thy God, accordingly as thy hand has power in as many things as the Lord thy God shall give thee.
Deuteronomy 18:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord himself is his portion, as he said to him.
Deuteronomy 18:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a Levite come from one of the cities of all the children of Israel, where he himself dwells, accordingly as his mind desires, to the place which he shall have chosen,
Deuteronomy 18:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will raise up to them a prophet of their brethren, like thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them as I shall command him.
Deuteronomy 30:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord thy God shall bless thee in every work of thy hands, in the offspring of thy body, and in the offspring of thy cattle, and in the fruits of thy land, because the Lord thy God will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
Deuteronomy 31:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord thy God shall do to them as he did to Sihon and Og the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, and to their land, as he destroyed them.
Deuteronomy 31:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord has delivered them to you; and ye shall do to them, as I charged you.
Deuteronomy 34:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua the son of Nun was filled with the spirit of knowledge, for Moses had laid his hands upon him; and the children of Israel hearkened to him; and they did as the Lord commanded Moses.
Joshua 1:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Be strong, therefore, and quit thyself like a man, to observe and do as Moses my servant commanded thee; and thou shalt not turn therefrom to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest be wise in whatsoever thou mayest do.
Joshua 1:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whosoever shall disobey thee, and whosoever shall not hearken to thy words as thou shalt command him, let him die; but be thou strong and courageous.
Joshua 3:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Joshua, This day do I begin to exalt thee before all the children of Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so will I also be with thee.
Joshua 4:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel did so, as the Lord commanded Joshua; and they took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan (as the Lord commanded Joshua, when the children of Israel had completely passed over), and carried these stones with them into the camp, and laid them down there.
Joshua 11:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua took all the land, as the Lord commanded Moses; and Joshua gave them for an inheritance to Israel by division according to their tribes; and the land ceased from war.
Joshua 21:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
1 Kingdoms 15:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samuel said to Agag, As thy sword has bereaved women of their children, so shall thy mother be made childless among women: and Samuel slew Agag before the Lord in Gilgal.
2 Kingdoms 20:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Amasa was weltering in blood in the midst of the way. And a man saw that all the people stood still; and he removed Amasa out of the path into a field, and he cast a garment upon him, because he saw everyone that came to him standing still.
3 Kingdoms 12:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all Israel came to King Rehoboam on the third day, as the king spoke to them, saying, Return to me on the third day.
4 Kingdoms 17:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they spoke to the king of the Assyrians, saying, The nations whom thou hast removed and substituted in the cities of Samaria for the Israelites, know not the manner of the God of the land: and he has sent the lions against them, and, behold, they are slaying them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
Ecclesiastes 2:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For there is no remembrance of the wise man With the fool forever; Forasmuch as now in the coming days All things are forgotten: And how shall the wise man die with the fool?
Ecclesiastes 7:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It is better to go to the house of mourning, Than to go to the banquet house: Since this is the end of every man; And the living man will apply good warning to his heart.
Isaiah 54:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
From the time of the water of Noah this is my purpose: as I swore to him at that time, saying of the earth, I will no more be wroth with thee, neither when thou art threatened,
Jeremiah 42:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Since the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have hearkened to the command of their father, to do as their father commanded them:
Ezekiel 37:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath entered into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, a very great congregation.
Ezekiel 43:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And on the second day they shall take two kids of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall make atonement for the altar, as they made atonement with the calf.
Daniel 2:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king answered and said, I verily know that ye are trying to gain time, because ye see that the thing has gone from me.
Daniel 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is no man upon the earth, who shall be able to make known the king’s matter: forasmuch as no great king or ruler asks such a question of an enchanter, magician, or Chaldean.
Daniel 3:96 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
or language, that shall speak reproachfully against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be destroyed, and their houses shall be plundered: because there is no other God who shall be able to deliver thus.
Joel 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved: for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall the saved one be as the Lord has said, and they that have glad tidings preached to them, whom the Lord has called.
Micah 7:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He shall give blessings truly to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as thou sworest to our fathers, according to the former days.
Haggai 1:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, of the tribe of Judah, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people, hearkened to the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of the prophet Haggai, according as the Lord their God had sent him to them, and the people feared before the Lord.
Zechariah 7:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
speaking to the priests that were in the house of the Lord Almighty, and to the prophets, saying, The holy offering has come in hither in the fifth month, as it has done already many years.
Zechariah 10:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will make a sign to them, and gather them in; for I will redeem them, and they shall be multiplied according to their number before.
Malachi 3:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Remember the law of my servant Moses, accordingly as I charged him with it in Horeb for all Israel, even the commandments and ordinances.
Luke 1:7 New Testament, KJV
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
Luke 19:9 New Testament, KJV
And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
Acts 2:24 New Testament, KJV
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
Acts 2:45 New Testament, KJV
And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Acts 4:35 New Testament, KJV
And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
Judith 2:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And take thou heed that thou transgress none of the commandments of thy lord, but accomplish them fully, as I have commanded thee, and defer not to do them.
Judith 2:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and he mustered the chosen men for the battle, as his lord had commanded him, unto a hundred and twenty thousand, and twelve thousand archers on horseback;
Judith 8:29 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For this is not the first day wherein thy wisdom is manifested; but from the beginning of thy days all the people have known thine understanding, because the disposition of thy heart is good.
Judith 10:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And she said unto them, Command the gates of the city to be opened unto me, that I may go forth to accomplish the things whereof ye have spoken with me. So they commanded the young men to open unto her, as she had spoken.
Tobit 13:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
There declare his greatness, and extol him before all the living: for he is our Lord, and he is the God our Father forever.
1 Enoch 6:6 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
by mutual imprecations upon it. And they were in all two hundred; who descended in the days of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2530, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 13 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 3 usages, New Testament
Judith 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G2530 FAQ

What does kathoti (καθότι) mean?

Strong's G2530 is a Greek entry for G2530 καθότι (kathoti). kathoti (kath-ot'-ee) adv. 1. according to which certain thing, i.e. as far (or inasmuch) as [from G2596, and G3739 and G5100]

How many times is kathoti (καθότι) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 63 linked usages for Strong's G2530 across 25 books.

Where can I study kathoti (καθότι) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2530 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate kathoti (καθότι)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as because and according. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2530 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 52 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G2530, with linked reader references where each row is available.