Katō κάτω

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Katō
κάτω
Transliterationkatō
Strong's numberG2736
LanguageGreek
Part of speechpreposition
Glossunder
Occurrences10 in 10 verses
Most frequent inJohn (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)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVdown (4), beneath (3), bottom (2), under (1), up (1)
BSBdown (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

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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