Lexicon :: Strong's G2736 - katō

Deborah, the one who had nursed and raised Rebekah,[fn] died and was buried under the oak south of Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bacuth.[fn]

Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.

“Today, recognize and keep in mind that the LORD is God in heaven above and on earth below; there is no other.

“Do not make an idol for yourself in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.

“The resident alien among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink lower and lower.

“For fire has been kindled because of my anger

and burns to the depths of Sheol;

it devours the land and its produce,

and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

“When we heard this, we lost heart, and everyone’s courage failed[fn] because of you, for the LORD your God is God in heaven above and on earth below.

She replied, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me the springs also.” So he gave her the upper and lower springs.

It then descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.

From there the border went toward Luz, to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel); it then went down by Ataroth-addar, over the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.

He said:

LORD God of Israel,

there is no God like you

in heaven above or on earth below,

who keeps the gracious covenant

with your servants who walk before you

with all their heart.

“The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah,

David didn’t count the men aged twenty or under, for the LORD had said he would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.

He built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon ​— ​fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars ​— ​

This same Hezekiah blocked the upper outlet of the water from the Gihon Spring and channeled it smoothly downward and westward to the city of David. Hezekiah succeeded in everything he did.

Who knows if the spirits of the children of Adam go upward and the spirits of animals go downward to the earth?

They will look toward the earth and see only distress, darkness, and the gloom of affliction, and they will be driven into thick darkness.

“The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

Look up to the heavens,

and look at the earth beneath;

for the heavens will vanish like smoke,

the earth will wear out like a garment,

and its inhabitants will die like gnats.[fn]

But my salvation will last forever,

and my righteousness will never be shattered.

“This is what the LORD says:

Only if the heavens above can be measured

and the foundations of the earth below explored,

will I reject all of Israel’s descendants

because of all they have done —

this is the LORD’s declaration.

From what seemed to be his waist up, I saw a gleam like amber, with what looked like fire enclosing it all around. From what seemed to be his waist down, I also saw what looked like fire. There was a brilliant light all around him.

I looked, and there was someone who looked like a man.[fn] From what seemed to be his waist down was fire, and from his waist up was something that looked bright, like the gleam of amber.