What does κατά · Ἰησοῦς mean in the Bible?
κατά · Ἰησοῦς is a Greek phrase meaning "(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)".
Greek · G2596, G2424
κατὰ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ
According to · Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
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κατά G2596 according to
Pronunciation katá
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Ἰησοῦς G2424 Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Pronunciation Iēsoûs
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What does κατὰ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ (kata tou Iesou) mean in the Bible?
κατά · Ἰησοῦς is a Greek phrase meaning "(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2596, G2424?
G2596, G2424 is connected to 469 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. (prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
Source Gloss
(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
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×
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
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