Strong's Lexicon
G2726 — κατήφεια
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2726 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κατήφεια |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from a compound of G2596 and perhaps a derivative of the base of G5316 (meaning downcast in look) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | katepheia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kat-ay'-fei-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. demureness 2. (by implication) sadness |
| KJV Renderings: | heaviness |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατήφεια, κατηφειας, ἡ (from κατηφής, of a downcast look; and this from κατά, and τά φαη the eyes; Etym. Magn. (496, 53) κατήφεια. ἀπό τοῦ κάτω τά φαη βάλλειν τούς ὀνειδιζομενους ἤ λυπουμενους; because, as Plutarch,de dysopia (others,de vitioso pudore (528 e.))
c. 1 says, it is λύπη κάτω βλέπειν ποιοῦσα), properly, a downcast look expressive of sorrow; hence, shame, dejection, gloom (A. V. heaviness"): Jas 4:9. (Homer, Iliad 3, 51; 16, 498 etc.; Thucydides 7, 75; Josephus, Antiquities 13, 16, 1; Plutarch, Cor. 20; (Pelop. 33, 3, and often; Dionysius Halicarnassus, Char., etc.); often in Philo.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κατήφεια (heaviness)
James 4:9
- KJV: Be afflicted and mourn and weep let your laughter be turned to mourning and joy to heaviness
- GK: ταλαιπωρήσατε και πενθήσατε και κλαύσατε ο γέλως υμών εις πένθος μεταστραφήτω και η χαρά εις κατήφειαν
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