Katō κάτω
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| κάτω | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | katō |
| Strong's number | G2736 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | preposition |
| Gloss | under |
| Occurrences | 10 in 10 verses |
| Most frequent in | John (3) |
Katō (Greek κάτω, Strong's G2736) is a Greek preposition meaning “under”. It occurs 10 times in 10 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
κάτω
adv. (κατά), [in LXX for מַטָּה, תַּחַת and cogn. forms ;]
1. down, downwards (with verbs of motion), Mat.4:6, Luk.4:9, Jhn.8:6, 8, Act.20:9.
2. below, beneath: Mrk.14:66, Act.2:19" (LXX) ; ἕως κ. (Eze.1:27, al.), Mat.27:51, Mrk.15:38. τὰ κ. (opposite to τ. ἄνω), Jhn.8:23. Compar. κατωτέρω: ἀπὸ διετοῦς καὶ κ. (cf. 1Ch.27:21), Mat.2:16.†
(AS)
adv. (κατά), [in LXX for מַטָּה, תַּחַת and cogn. forms ;]
1. down, downwards (with verbs of motion), Mat.4:6, Luk.4:9, Jhn.8:6, 8, Act.20:9.
2. below, beneath: Mrk.14:66, Act.2:19" (LXX) ; ἕως κ. (Eze.1:27, al.), Mat.27:51, Mrk.15:38. τὰ κ. (opposite to τ. ἄνω), Jhn.8:23. Compar. κατωτέρω: ἀπὸ διετοῦς καὶ κ. (cf. 1Ch.27:21), Mat.2:16.†
(AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | down (4), beneath (3), bottom (2), under (1), up (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | down (3), below (3), bottom (2), under (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Katō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Matthew
- Matthew 4:6And 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 their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.“If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
- Matthew 27:51And, 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;At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
Mark
- Mark 14:66And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:While Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the servant girls of the high priest came down
- Mark 15:38And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
Luke
- Luke 4:9And 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:Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here.
John
- John 8:6This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger.
- John 8:8And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.And again He bent down and wrote on the ground.
- John 8:23And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
Acts
- Acts 2:19And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
- Acts 20:9And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).