What does κατά · θεός mean in the Bible?
κατά · θεός is a Greek phrase meaning "according to God, in conformity with God".
Greek · G2596, G2316
κατὰ θεὸν
According to · God
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κατά G2596 according to
Pronunciation katá
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θεός G2316 God
Pronunciation theós
The definite article marks God as the one true God; anarthrous form emphasizes His divine nature or character.
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What does κατὰ θεὸν (kata theon) mean in the Bible?
κατά · θεός is a Greek phrase meaning "according to God, in conformity with God".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2596, G2316?
G2596, G2316 is connected to 469 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. according to God, in conformity with God
Source Gloss
according to God, in conformity with God
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 469
Matt 1:20 · Matt 2:12 · Matt 2:13 · Matt 2:16 · Matt 2:19 · Matt 2:22 · Matt 5:11 · Matt 5:23 · Matt 8:32 · Matt 9:29 · Matt 10:35 · Matt 12:14 · Matt 12:25 · Matt 12:30 · Matt 12:32 · Matt 14:13 469×
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain