καθάπερ
kathaper
just as
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
SupportedThe Greek word "kathaper" (G2509) is a conjunction used to introduce a comparison. Its short definition, "just as," indicates that it serves to link two ideas or situations, often to illustrate a point or make a connection between them. In the 13 occurrences of "kathaper" in the Bible, it is used in a variety of contexts, including comparisons between natural phenomena, human actions, and divine actions. This word allows the writer to draw parallels between different things, making complex ideas more relatable and easier to understand. The significance of "kathaper" lies in its ability to facilitate comparisons and highlight connections between seemingly disparate concepts. By using this word, the writer can create a sense of unity and coherence, drawing the reader's attention to the underlying relationships between different ideas and events.
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Occurrences in Scripture
13 total occurrences across the text
Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,
Romans 12:4For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don’t have the same function,
1 Corinthians 10:10Don’t grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and perished by the destroyer.
1 Corinthians 12:12For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
2 Corinthians 1:14as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
2 Corinthians 3:13and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel wouldn’t look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.
2 Corinthians 3:18But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 8:11But now complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness to be willing, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.
1 Thessalonians 2:11As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,
1 Thessalonians 3:6But when Timothy came just now to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and love, and that you have good memories of us always, longing to see us, even as we also long to see you,
1 Thessalonians 3:12May the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,
1 Thessalonians 4:5not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God,
Hebrews 4:2For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn’t profit them, because it wasn’t mixed with faith by those who heard.