κᾰθά G2505
just as, according as; introducing a comparison or conformity
This adverb functions like 'just as' or 'according to what,' establishing correspondence between two things. In Matthew 27:10, it introduces the fulfillment citation: 'just as (katha) the Lord directed me.' The word signals that the events surrounding Judas's betrayal money and the potter's field conform to prophetic pattern. Katha marks the alignment between Old Testament prophecy (here a composite of Zechariah and Jeremiah) and Gospel fulfillment, showing divine sovereignty orchestrating even treachery's aftermath.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Matthew employs katha to link Judas's blood money to prophetic precedent. The Spanish 'como' and French 'selon-que' (according-as) reflect the conformity implied. The adverb introduces God's directive about the thirty pieces of silver, demonstrating that even the chief priests' use of betrayal money to buy a burial field for foreigners fulfills divine prediction—God's word governs history down to the grim details of covenant betrayal. 1×
AR["كَمَا"]·ben["যেমন"]·DE["und"]·EN["just-as"]·FR["selon-que"]·heb["כַּאֲשֶׁר"]·HI["जैसा"]·ID["seperti"]·IT["katha"]·jav["kados"]·KO["~대로"]·PT["conforme"]·RU["как"]·ES["como"]·SW["kama"]·TR["nasıl"]·urd["جیسا"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
κᾰθά [θᾰ], adverb for καθ᾽ ἅ, according as, just as, LXX+4th c.BC+; ὁ κ. παρατεταγμένος σφυγμός the (so to speak) 'regular' pulse (a military metaphor), Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II also καθάπερ, Ionic dialect κατάπερ, Refs 5th c.BC+: frequently in legal instruments, ἡ πρᾶξις ἔστω κ. ἐκ δίκης Refs 4th c.BC+, etc.: with a participle, like{ὡς},{ἅτε}, Refs 2nd c.AD+:—strengthened, καθάπερ εἰ (Ionic dialect…