adjective
katachthonios
Greekκαταχθόνιος (katachthonios)
Strong’sG2709
under the earth, subterranean
stem katachthoni-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* κατα-χθόνιος, -ον
(< χθών, the earth),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2709 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkat-akh-thon'-ee-os
subterranean, i.e. infernal (belonging to the world of departed spirits)
Fromfrom G2596 and χθών (the ground);
King Jamesunder the earth.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | katachthonios | katachthonias | katachthoniem | katachthoniois | katachthoniais | katachthonieim |
| object accusative | katachthonion | katachthonian | katachthonioin | katachthoniain | ||
| direct address vocative | katachthonior | katachthoniar | katachthonioir | katachthoniair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | katachthoniou | katachthoniau | katachthonieu | katachthonioiu1×καταχθονίων | katachthoniaiu | katachthonieiu |
| to, for dative | katachthonio | katachthonia | katachthonie | katachthonioi | katachthoniai | katachthoniei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
katachthoni is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
katachthonioiu“under the earth”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Philippians 2:10“under the earth”hina en te onome Iēsu pantem gonuem kamptateia epouranoiu kai epigeioiu kai katachthonioiu,that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,