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Strong's G2531 καθώς (kathos)

Kathos means “according to” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2531 — chemed (“desirable”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2531
Language Greek
Linked Usages 418
Books 63

Strong's G2531 Quick Answer

Strong's G2531 καθώς (kathos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kathos (kath-oce') adv. 1. just (or inasmuch) as, that [from G2596 and G5613] It has 418 linked Bible usages across 63 books. Visible English usage signals include lord, said, god, israel, and king. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
kathos (kath-oce') adv. 1. just (or inasmuch) as, that [from G2596 and G5613]
Usage
418 linked usages
Books
63 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
lord, said, god, israel, and king

Meaning and Definition

kathos (kath-oce') adv. 1. just (or inasmuch) as, that [from G2596 and G5613] KJV: according to, (according, even) as, how, when Root(s): G2596, G5613

Original Word
καθώς
Transliteration
kathos
Derivation
Root: ὡς R1: 2596 R2: 5613
Morphology
adverb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2531. 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: καθώς, (i.e. καθ᾽ ὡς), Hellenistic for καθά, which see, καθάπερ, καθό, καθότι (Mayser, 485; Eutherford, NPhr., 495; Bl., §78, 1), according as, even as, just as, as: Luk.1:2 (see: καθά), 24:39, Jhn.5:23, Act.7:48, 1Co.8:2, Gal.3:6, al.; before οὕτως, Luk.11:30, Jhn.3:14, 2Co.1:5, Col.3:13, 1Jn.2:6, al.; before καί, Jhn.15:9, 1Co.15:49, 1Jn.2:18, al.; οὕτως . . . κ., Luk.24:24; id. with ellipsis of οὕτως, Mat.21:6, Mrk.16:7, Rom.1:13, al.;

with other elliptical constructions, Jhn.6:58 17:21, 22 Act.15:8, 1Th.2:13, 1Ti.1:3, 1Jn.3:2, 3 12; καθὼς γέγραπται (Deiss., BS, 249), Mat.26:24, Mrk.9:13, Rom.1:17, al.; introducing subst. clause as object of verb (as in Heb.), Mat.21:6, Mrk.11:6, Luk.5:14, al.; after verbs of speaking, Act.15:14; of proportion and degree, Mrk.4:33, 1Co.12:11, 18 al.; of time (Neh.5:6, 2Ma.1:31), Act.7:17. (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

lord said god israel king thee david house father shalt before let

How Strong's G2531 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 192 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 G2531 (καθώς) appears 250 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2531 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 G2531 in the New Testament

180 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G2531 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

192 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 8:21 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not anymore curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore anymore smite all living flesh as I have done.

Genesis 18:5 Septuagint / Brenton

And I will bring bread, and ye shall eat, and after this ye shall depart on your journey, on account of which refreshment ye have turned aside to your servant. And he said, So do, as thou hast said.

Genesis 41:13 Septuagint / Brenton

And it came to pass, as he interpreted them to us, so also it happened, both that I was restored to my office, and that he was hanged.

Strong's G2531 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

44 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G2531 in 1 Enoch

2 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2531.

Genesis 8:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not anymore curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore anymore smite all living flesh as I have done.
Genesis 18:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will bring bread, and ye shall eat, and after this ye shall depart on your journey, on account of which refreshment ye have turned aside to your servant. And he said, So do, as thou hast said.
Genesis 41:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, as he interpreted them to us, so also it happened, both that I was restored to my office, and that he was hanged.
Genesis 44:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And put my silver cup into the sack of the youngest, and the price of his corn. And it was done according to the word of Joseph, as he said.
Exodus 34:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Hew for thyself two tables of stone, as also the first were, and come up to me to the mountain; and I will write upon the tables the words, which were on the first tables, which thou brokest.
Numbers 8:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And afterward the Levites went in to minister in their service in the tabernacle of witness before Aaron, and before his sons; as the Lord appointed Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
Numbers 21:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Fear him not; for I have delivered him and all his people, and all his land, into thy hands; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst to Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon.
Numbers 26:54 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To the greater number thou shalt give the greater inheritance, and to the less number thou shalt give the less inheritance: to each one, as they have been numbered, shall their inheritance be given.
Deuteronomy 2:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
as the sons of Esau did to me, who dwelt in Seir, and the Moabites who dwelt in Ar, until I shall have passed Jordan into the land which the Lord our God gives us.
Deuteronomy 4:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
to destroy nations great and stronger than thou before thy face, to bring thee in, to give thee their land to inherit, as thou hast it this day.
Deuteronomy 11:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that your days may be long, and the days of your children, upon the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give to them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
Deuteronomy 26:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and that thou shouldest be above all nations, as he has made thee renowned, and a boast, and glorious, that thou shouldest be a holy people to the Lord thy God, as he has spoken.
Judges 1:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Adoni-bezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their food under my table: as I therefore have done, so God has recompensed me: and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
Judges 1:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses said; and thence he inherited the three cities of the children of Anak.
Judges 2:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
among whomsoever they went; and the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord spoke, and as the Lord swore to them; and he greatly afflicted them.
Judges 5:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He rolled down between her feet; He fell and lay between her feet; He bowed and fell: Where he bowed, there he fell dead.
Judges 6:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For they and their stock came up, and their tents were with them, as the locust in multitude, and there was no number to them and their camels; and they came to the land of Israel, and laid it waste.
Judges 6:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gideon said to God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said,
Judges 6:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
behold, I put the fleece of wool in the threshing floor: if there be dew on the fleece only, and drought on all the ground, I shall know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said.
Judges 7:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and he said to them, Ye shall look at me, and so shall ye do; and behold, I will go into the beginning of the host, and it shall come to pass that as I do, so shall ye do.
Judges 8:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to them, What have I now done in comparison of you? is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
Judges 8:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned, and went a-whoring after Baalim, and made for themselves a covenant with Baal that he should be their god.
Judges 13:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But his wife said to him, If the Lord were pleased to slay us, he would not have received of our hand a whole burnt offering and a meat offering; and he would not have shown us all these things, neither would he have caused us to hear all these things as at this time.
Judges 16:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the hair of his head began to grow as before it was shaven.
Ruth 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Naomi said to her daughters-in-law, Go now, return each to the house of her mother: the Lord deal mercifully with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
1 Kingdoms 4:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Strengthen yourselves and behave yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye may not serve the Hebrews as they have served us, but be ye men and fight with them.
1 Kingdoms 20:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David answered Jonathan, and said, Thy father knows surely that I have found grace in thy sight, and he said, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he refuse his consent: but as the Lord lives and thy soul lives, as I said, the space is filled up between me and death.
1 Kingdoms 20:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
God do so to Jonathan and more also: as I shall also report the evil to thee, and make it known to thee, and I will let thee go; and thou shalt depart in peace, and the Lord shall be with thee, as he was with my father.
1 Kingdoms 20:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And morning came, and Jonathan went out to the field, as he appointed to do for a signal to David, and a little boy was with him.
1 Kingdoms 23:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Will the place be shut up? and now will Saul come down, as thy servant has heard? Lord God of Israel, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, It will be shut up.
1 Kingdoms 24:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As the old proverb says, Transgression will proceed from the wicked ones: but my hand shall not be upon thee.
1 Kingdoms 24:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if anyone should find his enemy in distress, and should send him forth in a good way, then the Lord will reward him good, as thou hast done this day.
1 Kingdoms 25:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now, my lord, as the Lord lives, and thy soul lives, as the Lord has kept thee from coming against innocent blood, and from executing vengeance for thyself, now therefore let thine enemies, and those that seek evil against my lord, become as Nabal.
1 Kingdoms 26:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now let not my blood fall to the ground before the Lord, for the king of Israel has come forth to seek thy life, as the night hawk pursues its prey in the mountains.
1 Kingdoms 26:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, as thy life has been precious this very day in my eyes, so let my life be precious before the Lord, and may he protect me, and deliver me out of all affliction.
1 Kingdoms 28:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord has done to thee, as the Lord spoke by me; and the Lord will rend thy kingdom out of thy hand, and will give it to thy neighbor David,
2 Kingdoms 3:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
God do thus and more also to Abner, if as the Lord swore to David, so do I not to him this day;
2 Kingdoms 5:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
2 Kingdoms 6:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David returned to bless his house. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and saluted him, and said, How was the king of Israel glorified today, who was today uncovered in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the dancers wantonly uncovers himself!
2 Kingdoms 7:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell by themselves, and shall be no more distressed; and the son of iniquity shall no more afflict them, as he has done from the beginning,
2 Kingdoms 7:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But my mercy I will not take from him, as I took it from those whom I removed from my presence.
2 Kingdoms 7:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now, O my Lord, the Almighty Lord God of Israel, confirm the word forever which thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and his house: and now as thou hast said,
2 Kingdoms 9:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ziba said to the king, According to all that my lord the king has commanded his servant, so will thy servant do. And Mephibosheth did eat at the table of David, as one of the sons of the king.
2 Kingdoms 14:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the woman said, If now the word of my lord the king be gracious—well: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king, to hear good and evil: and the Lord thy God shall be with thee.
2 Kingdoms 14:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In order that this form of speech might come about it was that thy servant Joab has framed this matter: and my lord is wise as is the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
2 Kingdoms 17:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then even he that is strong, whose heart is as the heart of a lion—it shall utterly melt: for all Israel knows that thy father is mighty, and they that are with him are mighty men.
2 Kingdoms 19:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people stole away that day to go into the city, as people steal away when they are ashamed as they flee in the battle.
3 Kingdoms 1:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
as I swore to thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead, so will I do this day.
3 Kingdoms 1:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As the Lord was with my lord the king, so let him be with Solomon, and let him exalt his throne beyond the throne of my lord King David.
3 Kingdoms 2:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now as the Lord lives who has established me, and set me on the throne of my father David, and he has made me a house, as the Lord spoke, this day shall Adonijah be put to death.
3 Kingdoms 2:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king said to him, Go, and do to him as he has spoken, and kill him: and thou shalt bury him, and thou shalt remove this day the blood which he shed without cause, from me and from the house of my father.
3 Kingdoms 3:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Solomon said, Thou hast dealt very mercifully with thy servant David my father according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee, and thou hast kept for him this great mercy, to set his son upon his throne, as it is this day.
3 Kingdoms 5:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
men cut wood for me out of Lebanon: and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, and I will give thee the wages of thy service, according to all that thou shalt say, because thou knowest that we have no one skilled in cutting timber like the Sidonians.
3 Kingdoms 5:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
be God today, who has given to David a wise son over this numerous people.
3 Kingdoms 8:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord has confirmed the word that he spoke, and I am risen up in the place of my father David, and I have sat down on the throne of Israel, as the Lord spoke, and I have built the house to the name of the Lord God of Israel.
3 Kingdoms 8:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now, O Lord God of Israel, keep for thy servant David my father, the promises which thou hast spoken to him, saying, There shall not be taken from thee a man sitting before me on the throne of Israel, provided only thy children shall take heed to their ways, to walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
3 Kingdoms 8:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then shalt thou hearken from heaven, out of thine established dwelling place, and shalt be merciful, and shalt do, and recompense to every man according to his ways, as thou shalt know his heart, for thou alone knowest the heart of all the children of men:
3 Kingdoms 8:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then shalt thou hear them from heaven, out of thine established dwelling place, and thou shalt do according to all that the stranger shall call upon thee for, that all the nations may know thy name, and fear thee, as do thy people Israel, and may know that thy name has been called on this house which I have built.
3 Kingdoms 8:57 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
3 Kingdoms 9:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, as he appeared in Gibeon.
3 Kingdoms 9:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thou wilt walk before me as David thy father walked, in holiness of heart and uprightness, and so as to do according to all that I commanded him, and shalt keep my ordinances and my commandments:
3 Kingdoms 9:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then will I establish the throne of thy kingdom in Israel forever, as I spoke to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to rule in Israel.
3 Kingdoms 10:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But I believed not them that told me, until I came and my eyes saw: and, behold, the words as they reported to me are not the half: thou hast exceeded in goodness all the report which I heard in my land.
3 Kingdoms 11:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass in the time of the old age of Solomon, that his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father. And the strange women turned away his heart after their gods.
3 Kingdoms 11:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass, if thou wilt keep all the commandments that I shall give thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right before me, to keep my ordinances and my commandments, as David my servant did, that I will be with thee, and will build thee a sure house, as I built to David.
3 Kingdoms 13:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And King Jeroboam said to the man of God, Entreat the Lord thy God, and let my hand be restored to me. And the man of God entreated the Lord, and he restored the king’s hand to him, and it became as before.
3 Kingdoms 13:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to him, I also am a prophet as thou art; and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back to thee into thy house, and let him eat bread and drink water: but he lied to him.
3 Kingdoms 15:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he removed Ana his mother from being queen, forasmuch as she gathered a meeting in her grove: and Asa cut down her retreats, and burned them with fire in the brook of Kidron.
3 Kingdoms 19:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jezebel sent to Elijah, and said, If thou art Elijah and I am Jezebel, God do so to me, and more also, if I do not make thy life by this time tomorrow as the life of one of them.
3 Kingdoms 21:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of Israel answered and said, As thou hast said, my lord, O king, I am thine, and all mine also.
3 Kingdoms 21:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to him, The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore to thee; and thou shalt make streets for thyself in Damascus, as my father made streets in Samaria; and I will let thee go with a covenant. And he made a covenant with him, and let him go.
3 Kingdoms 22:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go up with us to Ramoth-gilead to battle?
4 Kingdoms 2:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, the situation of the city is good, as our lord sees; but the waters are bad, and the ground barren.
4 Kingdoms 8:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.
4 Kingdoms 8:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the Lord would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he said he would give a light to him and to his sons continually.
4 Kingdoms 8:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Ahab.
4 Kingdoms 10:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he went thence and found Jonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he saluted him, and Jehu said to him, Is thy heart right with my heart, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jonadab said, It is. And Jehu said, If it is then, give me thy hand. And he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him into the chariot.
4 Kingdoms 13:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord gave deliverance to Israel, and they escaped from under the hand of Syria: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as heretofore.
4 Kingdoms 14:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But he slew not the sons of those that had slain him; according as it is written in the book of the laws of Moses, as the Lord gave commandment, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, and the children shall not be put to death for the fathers; but every one shall die for his own sins.
4 Kingdoms 17:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And burned incense there on all high places, as the nations did whom the Lord removed from before them, and dealt with familiar spirits, and they carved images to provoke the Lord to anger.
4 Kingdoms 17:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
until the Lord removed Israel from his presence, as the Lord spoke by all his servants the prophets; and Israel was removed from off their land to the Assyrians until this day.
4 Kingdoms 21:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he built again the high places, which Hezekiah his father had demolished; and set up an altar to Baal, and made groves as Ahab king of Israel made them; and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.
4 Kingdoms 21:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measure of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a jar is wiped, and turned upside down in the wiping.
4 Kingdoms 21:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as Manasseh his father did.
4 Kingdoms 23:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the Passover to the Lord your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.
4 Kingdoms 23:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said, I will also remove Judah from my presence, as I removed Israel, and will reject this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
1 Chronicles 14:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he did as God commanded him: and he smote the army of the Philistines from Gibeon to Gezer.
1 Chronicles 17:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and I will plant him, and he shall dwell by himself, and shall no longer be anxious; and the son of iniquity shall no longer afflict him, as at the beginning,
1 Chronicles 24:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they also received lots as their brethren the sons of Aaron before the king; Zadok also, and Ahimelech, and the chiefs of the families of the priests and of the Levites, principal heads of families, even as their younger brethren.
1 Chronicles 26:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To these were assigned the divisions of the gates, to the chiefs of the mighty men the daily courses, even their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 6:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord has confirmed this word, which he spoke; and I am raised up in the room of my father David, and I sit upon the throne of Israel as the Lord said, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord God of Israel:
2 Chronicles 14:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to Judah, Let us fortify these cities, and make walls, and towers, and gates, and bars: we shall prevail over the land, for as we have sought out the Lord our God, he has sought out us, and has given us rest round about, and prospered us.
2 Chronicles 21:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it continued from day to day: and when the time of the days came to two years, his bowels fell out with the disease, and he died by a grievous distemper: and his people performed no funeral, like the funeral of his fathers.
2 Chronicles 23:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the congregation of Judah made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he showed them the king’s son, and said to them, Lo, let the king’s son reign, as the Lord said concerning the house of David.
2 Chronicles 23:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jehoiada the priest committed the works of the house of the Lord into the hand of the priests and Levites, and he re-established the courses of the priests and Levites which David appointed over the house of the Lord, and he appointed them to offer whole burnt offerings to the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with gladness, and with songs by the hand of David.
2 Chronicles 24:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And let men proclaim in Judah and in Jerusalem, that the people should bring to the Lord, as Moses the servant of God spoke concerning Israel in the wilderness.
2 Chronicles 25:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But he slew not their sons, according to the covenant of the law of the Lord, as it is written, and as the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, and the sons shall not die for the fathers, but they shall die each for his own sin.
2 Chronicles 30:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And be not as your fathers, and your brethren, who revolted from the Lord God of their fathers, and he gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
2 Chronicles 31:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, and his sons, were appointed by Conaniah and Shimei his brother, as Hezekiah the king, and Azariah who was over the house of the Lord commanded.
2 Chronicles 35:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah this Passover was kept, after all these things that Josiah did in the house. king like him before him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart, and all his soul, and all his strength, according to all the law of Moses, and after him there rose up none like him. even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
Nehemiah 5:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
Nehemiah 5:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
Nehemiah 6:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
Esther 2:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now Esther had not discovered her kindred; for so Mordecai commanded her, to fear God, and perform his commandments, as when she was with him: and Esther changed not her manner of life.
Esther 6:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the king said to Haman, Thou hast well said: so do to Mordecai the Jew, who waits in the palace, and let not a word of what thou hast spoken be neglected.
Esther 9:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Jews consented to this accordingly as Mordecai wrote to them,
Esther 9:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
showing how Haman the son of Hammedatha the Macedonian fought against them, how he made a decree and cast lots to destroy them utterly;
Job 6:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When it has melted at the approach of heat, it is not known what it was.
Job 10:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Or dost thou see as a mortal sees? Or wilt thou look as a man sees?
Job 42:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Minaean, Went and did as the Lord commanded them: And he pardoned their sin for the sake of Job.
Psalms 38:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord, hearken to my prayer and my supplication: Attend to my tears: be not silent, For I am a sojourner in the land, And a stranger, as all my fathers were.
Psalms 77:57 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they turned back, and broke covenant, even as also their fathers: They became like a crooked bow.
Psalms 102:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As a father pities his children, The Lord pities them that fear him.
Ecclesiastes 5:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whenever thou shalt vow a vow to God, Defer not to pay it; For he has no pleasure in fools: Pay thou therefore whatsoever thou shalt have vowed.
Ecclesiastes 5:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As he came forth naked from his mother’s womb, He shall return back as he came, And he shall receive nothing for his labor, That it should go with him in his hand.
Ecclesiastes 8:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Even as a king having power: And who will say to him, What doest thou?
Ecclesiastes 8:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For there is no one that knows what is going to be: For who shall tell him how it shall be?
Ecclesiastes 9:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Vanity is in all: There is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; To the good, and to the bad; Both to the pure, and to the impure; Both to him that sacrifices, and to him that sacrifices not: As is the good, so is the sinner: As is the swearer, even so is he that fears an oath.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2531, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 27 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 14 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 21 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 20 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Obadiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 3 usages, New Testament
Mark 7 usages, New Testament
Luke 16 usages, New Testament
John 32 usages, New Testament
Acts 12 usages, New Testament
Romans 19 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 20 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 12 usages, New Testament
Galatians 3 usages, New Testament
Ephesians 10 usages, New Testament
Philippians 3 usages, New Testament
Colossians 4 usages, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 12 usages, New Testament
2 Thessalonians 2 usages, New Testament
1 Timothy 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 8 usages, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
2 Peter 2 usages, New Testament
1 John 9 usages, New Testament
2 John 2 usages, New Testament
3 John 2 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 10 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 8 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 7 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 151 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 2 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G2531 FAQ

What does kathos (καθώς) mean?

Kathos (Strong's G2531) is a Greek word most simply glossed "according to". kathos (kath-oce') adv. 1. just (or inasmuch) as, that [from G2596 and G5613]

How many times is kathos (καθώς) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 418 linked usages for Strong's G2531 across 63 books.

Where can I study kathos (καθώς) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2531 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate kathos (καθώς)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lord, said, god, israel, king, and thee. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2531 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 192 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 44 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 2 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G2531, with linked reader references where each row is available.