noun · feminine

katēfeias

Greekκατήφεια (katēfeia)

Strong’sG2726

a downcast countenance, gloom, dejection

stem katēfei-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

gloom1×

What it means

* κατήφεια, -ας, ἡ

(< κατηφής, downcast, Wi 17:4*),

dejection: Ja 4:9.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2726 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkat-ay'-fi-ah

demureness, i.e. (by implication) sadness

Fromfrom a compound of G2596 and perhaps a derivative of the base of G5316 (meaning downcast in look);

King Jamesheaviness.

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	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	katēfeias	katēfeiais
object accusative	katēfeian1×κατήφειαν	katēfeiain
direct address vocative	katēfeiar	katēfeiair
of, belonging to genitive	katēfeiau	katēfeiaiu
to, for dative	katēfeia	katēfeiai

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

katēfeistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

katēfeia 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

katēfeian“gloom”objectaccusative singular1×

James 4:9“gloom”talaipōravar kai penthavar kai klaiavar; tos gelōtos vu eis penthem metatrepitar kai tas charas eis katēfeian;Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.