Strong's Lexicon
G2736 — κάτω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2736 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κάτω |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Etymology: | adverb from G2596 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 10 |
| Transliteration: | kato |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kat'-o (also katotero kat-o-ter'-o) adv. |
| Meaning: | 1. downwards |
| KJV Renderings: | beneath, bottom, down, under |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κάτω (from κατά), adverb (fr. Homer down), comparitive κατωτέρω; (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 472 (440));
1. down, downward: Mat 4:6; Luk 4:9; Joh 8:6; Joh 8:8; Act 20:9.
2. below, beneath (cf. Winers Grammar, as above);
a. of place: Mar 14:66; Act 2:19; ἕως κάτω (A. V. to the bottom), Mat 27:51; Mar 15:38 (Eze 1:27; Eze 8:2); τά κάτω, the parts or regions that lie beneath (opposed to τά ἄνω, heaven), i. e. the earth, Joh 8:23.
b. of temporal succession: ἀπό διετοῦς καί κατωτέρω, from a child of two years and those that were of a lower age (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 370 (347)), Mat 2:16; ἀπό εἰκοσαετοῦς καί κάτω, 1Ch 27:23.
STRONGS NT 2736: κατωτέρωκατωτέρω, see κάτω, especially 2 b.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κάτω (beneath)
Matthew 2:16
- KJV: Then Herod when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men was exceeding wroth and sent forth and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem and in all the coasts thereof from two years old and under according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men
- GK: τότε Ηρώδης ιδών ότι ενεπαίχθη υπό των μάγων εθυμώθη λίαν και αποστείλας ανείλε πάντας τους παίδας τους εν Βηθλεέμ και εν πάσι τοις ορίοις αυτής από διετούς και κατωτέρω κατά τον χρόνον ον ηκρίβωσε παρά των μάγων
Matthew 4:6
- KJV: And saith unto him If thou be the Son of God cast thyself down for it is written He shall give his angels charge concerning thee and in hands they shall bear thee up lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone
- GK: και λέγει αυτώ ει υιός ει του θεού βάλε σεαυτόν κάτω γέγραπται γαρ ότι τοις αγγέλοις αυτού εντελείται περί σου και επί χειρών αρούσί σε μήποτε προσκόψης προς λίθον τον πόδα σου
Matthew 27:51
- KJV: And behold the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom and the earth did quake and the rocks rent
- GK: και ιδού το καταπέτασμα του ναού εσχίσθη εις δύο από άνωθεν έως κάτω και η γη εσείσθη και αι πέτραι εσχίσθησαν
Mark 14:66
- KJV: And as Peter was beneath in the palace there cometh one of the maids of the high priest
- GK: και όντος του Πέτρου εν τη αυλή κάτω έρχεται μία των παιδισκών του αρχιερέως
Mark 15:38
- KJV: And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom
- GK: και το καταπέτασμα του ναού εσχίσθη εις δύο από άνωθεν έως κάτω
Luke 4:9
- KJV: And he brought him to Jerusalem and set him on a pinnacle of the temple and said unto him If thou be the Son of God cast thyself down from hence
- GK: και ήγαγεν αυτόν εις Ιερουσαλήμ και έστησεν αυτόν επί το πτερύγιον του ιερού και είπεν αυτώ ει ο υιός ει του θεού βάλε σεαυτόν εντεύθεν κάτω
John 8:6
- KJV: This they said tempting him that they might have to accuse him But Jesus stooped down and with finger wrote on the ground as though not
- GK: τούτο δε έλεγον πειράζοντες αυτόν ίνα έχωσι κατηγορίαν κατ΄ αυτού ο δε Ιησούς κάτω κύψας τω δακτύλω έγραφεν εις την γην
John 8:8
- KJV: And again he stooped down and wrote on the ground
- GK: και πάλιν κάτω κύψας έγραφεν εις την γην
John 8:23
- KJV: And he said unto them Ye are from beneath I am from above ye are of this world I am not of this world
- GK: και είπεν αυτοίς υμείς εκ των κάτω εστέ εγώ εκ των άνω ειμί υμείς εκ του κόσμου τούτου εστέ εγώ ουκ ειμί εκ του κόσμου τούτου