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Lexicon :: Strong's G2736 - katō

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κάτω
Transliteration
katō (Key)
Pronunciation
kat'-o
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
10x in 2 unique form(s) TR
11x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
24x in 2 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:640,422

Strong’s Definitions

†κάτω kátō, kat'-o; (compare G2737); adverb from G2596; downwards:—beneath, bottom, down, under.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G2736 in the following manner: down (5x), beneath (3x), bottom (2x), under (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G2736 in the following manner: down (5x), beneath (3x), bottom (2x), under (1x).

  1. down, downwards

  2. below, beneath

    1. of place, below

    2. of temporal succession

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†κάτω kátō, kat'-o; (compare G2737); adverb from G2596; downwards:—beneath, bottom, down, under.
STRONGS G2736:
κάτω (from κατά), adverb (fr. Homer down), comparitive κατωτέρω; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 472 (440));
1. down, downward: Matthew 4:6; Luke 4:9; John 8:6, 8; Acts 20:9.
2. below, beneath (cf. Winers Grammar, as above);
a. of place: Mark 14:66; Acts 2:19; ἕως κάτω (A. V. to the bottom), Matthew 27:51; Mark 15:38 (Ezekiel 1:27; Ezekiel 8:2); τά κάτω, the parts or regions that lie beneath (opposed to τά ἄνω, heaven), i. e. the earth, John 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)), Matthew 2:16; ἀπό εἰκοσαετοῦς καί κάτω, 1 Chronicles 27:23.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Chronicles
27:23
Ezekiel
1:27; 8:2
Matthew
2:16; 4:6; 27:51
Mark
14:66; 15:38
Luke
4:9
John
8:6; 8:8; 8:23
Acts
2:19; 20:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2736 matches the Greek κάτω (katō),
which occurs 24 times in 23 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:8 - And Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So he called its name Allon-bacuth.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:4 - “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:39 - know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:8 - “‘You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:43 - The sojourner who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:22 - For a fire is kindled by my anger,
and it burns to the depths of Sheol,
devours the earth and its increase,
and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:11 - And as soon as we heard it, our hearts melted, and there was no spirit left in any man because of you, for the LORD your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:19 - She said to him, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me the land of the Negeb, give me also springs of water.” And he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:3 - Then it goes down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the territory of Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, and it ends at the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:13 - From there the boundary passes along southward in the direction of Luz, to the shoulder of Luz (that is, Bethel), then the boundary goes down to Ataroth-addar, on the mountain that lies south of Lower Beth-horon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:23 - and said, “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing steadfast love to your servants who walk before you with all their heart;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30 - And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:24 - His daughter was Sheerah, who built both Lower and Upper Beth-horon, and Uzzen-sheerah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:23 - David did not count those below twenty years of age, for the LORD had promised to make Israel as many as the stars of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5 - He also built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - This same Hezekiah closed the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:21 - Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22 - And they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish. And they will be thrust into thick darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31 - And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:6 - Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
and look at the earth beneath;
for the heavens vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment,
and they who dwell in it will die in like manner;[fn]
but my salvation will be forever,
and my righteousness will never be dismayed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:37 - Thus says the LORD:
“If the heavens above can be measured,
and the foundations of the earth below can be explored,
then I will cast off all the offspring of Israel
for all that they have done,
declares the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:27 - And upward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were gleaming metal, like the appearance of fire enclosed all around. And downward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:2 - Then I looked, and behold, a form that had the appearance of a man.[fn] Below what appeared to be his waist was fire, and above his waist was something like the appearance of brightness, like gleaming metal.[fn]
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