Inasmuch as

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

1kathoG2526

lit., "according to what" (kata, "according to," and ho, the neuter of the relative pronoun), is translated "inasmuch as" in 1Pe 4:13, AV (RV, "insomuch as"); in Rom 8:26, "as (we ought);" in 2Co 8:12, RV, "according as" (AV, "according to that"). See INSOMUCH.

<2,,1909 3745,eph'hoson> lit., "upon how much" (epi, "upon," hosos, "how much"), is translated "inasmuch as" in Mat 25:40, Mat 25:45, Rom 11:13.

3kathotiG2530

see ACCORDING AS, No. 1.

<4,,2596 3745,kath'hoson> kata, "according to," and hosos, "how much," is translated "inasmuch as" in Heb 3:3, AV (RV, "by so much as"); Heb 7:20, Heb 9:27, RV (AV, "as").

Note: In Phi 1:7, the phrase "inasmuch as" translates the present participle of the verb eimi, "to be," lit., "(ye) being (all partakers)."