Lexical Definition

‎καθώς‎ kathṓs (kath-oce') as/just as ^G:CONJ
from ‎κατά‎ and ‎ὡς‎

according to, (according, even) as, how, when.

• just (or inasmuch) as, that

Abbott-Smith

καθώς, (i.e. καθ’ ὡς), Hellenistic for καθά, q.v., καθάπερ, καθό, καθότι (Mayser, 485; Rutherford, NPhr., 495; Bl., § 78, 1),
according as, even as, just as, as: Lk 1:2 (v.s. καθά), 24:39, Jo 5:23, Ac 7:48, I Co 8:2, Ga 3:6, al.; seq. οὕτως, Lk 11:30, Jo 3:14, II Co 1:5, Col 3:13, I Jo 2:6, al.; seq. καί, Jo 15:9, I Co 15:49, I Jo 2:18, al.; οὕτως . . . κ., Lk 24:24; id. with ellipsis of οὕτως, Mt 21:6, Mk 16:7, Ro 1:13, al.; with other elliptical constructions, Jo 6:58 17:21, 22, Ac 15:8, I Th 2:13, I Ti 1:3, I Jo 3:2, 3, 12; καθὼς γέγραπται (Deiss., BS, 249), Mt 26:24, Mk 9:13, Ro 1:17, al.; introducing subst. clause as object of verb (as in Heb.), Mt 21:6, Mk 11:6, Lk 5:14, al.; after verbs of speaking, Ac 15:14; of proportion and degree, Mk 4:33, I Co 12:11, 18, al.; of time (Ne 5:6, II Mac 1:31), Ac 7:17.

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

καθώς,

adverb ={καθά}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; even as, [NT]

__2 how, ὑπομιμνῄσκειν κ... Aristeas 263,[NT]
__II of Time, as, when,[LXX+2nd c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: John.15.12 ☩ Acts.15.12}