A comparative conjunction meaning 'just as' or 'even as,' formed from kata ('according to') and the relative ha ('which things'). It introduces an analogy or parallel, drawing the reader's attention to a correspondence between two realities. Paul favors this particle in his epistles: 'just as David declares the blessedness of the one...' (Rom 4:6), 'just as we have many members in one body' (Rom 12:4), and 'just as the body is one and has many members' (1 Cor 12:12). The multilingual evidence (Spanish así como, French comme/de même que, German gleichwie) consistently renders it with comparative phrasing, confirming its single function as a discourse-level analogy marker.