preposition · G2596 · 75× in the NT

κατά + genitive

against, down from

Same lemma: + accusative

Gloss

With the genitive: hostility (κατὰ σοῦ) or descent down from.

Forms

Endings and the sense of each form. NT counts are from the SBLGNT; generated slots fill a regular paradigm when the NT never uses that case.

  • κατά—against469×

Where you’ll meet it

  • New Testament
  • Attic (Plato, Xenophon, dialogue)

NT glosses follow Dodson’s public-domain lexicon, counted on the SBLGNT (MorphGNT). Attic and patristic notes are short reader-helps for Xenophon, Plato, and the pre-Nicene writers — not a substitute for LSJ.