κατʼ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 κατʼ

   kat

   against
2. sentence🔊 περὶ οὗ γενομένου μου εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἐνεφάνισαν οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τῶν Ἰουδαίων αἰτούμενοι κατʼ αὐτοῦ καταδίκην

   pe-RI hou ge-no-ME-nou mou eis hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma e-ne-PHA-ni-san hoi ar-khi-e-REIS KAI hoi pres-BY-te-roi tôn i-ou-da-I-ôn ai-TOU-me-noi kat au-TOU ka-ta-DI-kên

   concerning whom having happened of me into Jerusalem they presented the chief priests and the elders of the Jews asking against him a sentence of condemnation

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase kat' autou {κατʼ αὐτοῦ | kat' autoû} “against him” combines with the object katadiken {καταδίκην | katadíkēn} “condemnation” to specify the content and target of their request, namely a guilty verdict directed at the accused. In translation, the genitive absolute is rendered with a temporal “when” clause, the main verb with idiomatic legal expressions (“made a formal charge,” “presented their case”), and the participle with finite verbs (“requesting,” “asking”) to preserve the legal progression and clarity of the Greek while maintaining natural English syntax.

Root and etymology

katadike🔊 καταδίκηkappa–alpha–tau–alpha–delta–iota–kappa–eta

“condemnation, adverse judgment”

• 🔊 καταδικάζωkappa–alpha–tau–alpha–delta–iota–kappa–alpha–zeta–omegato condemnJames 5:6
• 🔊 καταδίκηkappa–alpha–tau–alpha–delta–iota–kappa–etacondemnation2 Peter 2:6