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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:8 - Then Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; it was named [fn]Allon-bacuth.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:4 -

“You shall not make for yourself [fn]an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:39 - “Know therefore today, and take it to your heart, that Yahweh, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:8 -

‘You shall not make for yourself [fn]an idol—any likeness of what is in heaven above [fn]or on the earth beneath [fn]or in the water under the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:43 - “The sojourner who is among you shall rise above you higher and higher, but you will go down lower and lower.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:22 -

For a fire is kindled in My anger,

And it burns to the lowest part of Sheol,

And it consumes the earth with its produce,

And it sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:11 - “Indeed we heard it, and our hearts melted, and a courageous spirit no longer rose up in any man because of you; for Yahweh your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:19 - Then she said, “Give me a blessing; since you have given me the land of the [fn]Negev, give me also springs of water.” So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:3 - Then it went down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the territory of lower Beth-horon even to Gezer, and [fn]it ended at the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:13 - From there the border passed on to Luz, to the side of Luz (that is, Bethel) southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, near the hill which lies on the south of lower Beth-horon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:23 - And he said, “O Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no god like You in heaven above or upon earth beneath, keeping covenant and lovingkindness to Your slaves who walk before You with all their heart,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30 - ‘And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:24 - And his daughter was Sheerah, and she built lower and upper Beth-horon, also Uzzen-sheerah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:23 -

But David did not take up a count of those twenty years of age and under, because Yahweh had said He would multiply Israel as the stars of heaven.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5 - He also built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates and bars;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - And it was Hezekiah who stopped the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah succeeded in all that he did.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:21 - Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22 - Then they will look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be banished into thick darkness.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31 - “And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:6 -

“Lift up your eyes to the sky,

Then look to the earth beneath;

For the sky will vanish like smoke,

And the earth will wear out like a garment,

And its inhabitants will die [fn]in like manner;

But My salvation will be forever,

And My righteousness will not be dismayed.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:37 -

Thus says Yahweh,

“If the heavens above can be measured

And the foundations of the earth searched out below,

Then I will also reject all the seed of Israel

For all that they have done,” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:27 - Then I saw from the appearance of His loins and upward something like the gleam of [fn]glowing metal with the appearance of fire all around within it, and from the appearance of His loins and downward I saw something with the appearance of fire; and there was a radiance all around Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:2 - Then I looked, and behold, a likeness as the appearance of [fn]one on fire; from His loins and downward there was the appearance of fire, and from His loins and upward the appearance of brightness, like the gleam of [fn]glowing metal.
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