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adverb

katō

Greekκάτω (katō)

Strong’sG2736

down, below, lower, under, less

stem katō-10 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books

Translated as

down4×below3×bottom2×having stooped down1×

What it means

κάτω,

adv.

(< κατά), [in LXX for מַטָּה, מִתַּחַת and cogn. forms;]

1. down, downwards (with verbs of motion), Mt 4:6, Lk 4:9, Jo 8:[6, 8], Ac 20:9.
2. below, beneath: Mk 14:66, Ac 2:19(LXX); ἕως κ. (Ez 1:27, al.), Mt 27:51, Mk 15:38; τὰ κ. (opp. to τ. ἄνω), Jo 8:23. Compar. κατωτέρω: ἀπὸ διετοῦς καὶ κ. (cf. I Ch 27:23), Mt 2:16.†

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

Strong’s G2736 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkat'-o

downwards

From(compare G2737); adverb from G2596;

King Jamesbeneath, bottom, down, under.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.

Where it appears

10 occurrences, every one of them listed

katō10×

Matthew 4:6“down”kai legatō auto; Ei huios asō tou theou, ballasar siauton katō; grafitē gar hoti Toi angeloi autou entelleti peri su kai epi cheiraiu airali sin, mēpote proskoptaseia pros lithon ton podon su.“If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”

Matthew 27:51“bottom”kai idou tem katapetasmem tou naou schizita apo anōthen heōs katō eis duo, kai tas gēas seiita, kai tais petrais schizila,At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split.

Mark 14:66“below”Kai arōtou tou Petrou katō en ta aula erchetō henas taiu paidiskaiu tou archierevou,While Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the servant girls of the high priest came down

Mark 15:38“bottom”kai tem katapetasmem tou naou schizita eis duo apo anōthen heōs katō.And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

Luke 4:9“down”Agata de auton eis Ierousalēm kai histanata epi tem pterugiem teu hiereu, kai legata auto; Ei huios asō tou theou, ballasar siauton enteuthen katō;Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here.

John 8:6“down”houtem de legale peirazarōtois auton, hina echaleiō katēgorarō autou. tos de Iēsus katō kuptaratos to daktulo grafate eis tan gēan. mē prospoierōtosThey said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger.

John 8:8“having stooped down”kai palin katō kuptaratos grafate eis tan gēan.And again He bent down and wrote on the ground.

John 8:23“below”kai legate autoi; Vis ek teiu katō avō, mis ek teiu anō amō; vis ek houtou tou kosmou avō, mis ouk amō ek tou kosmou houtou.Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

Acts 2:19“below”kai dōami terateim en to ourano anō kai sēmeim epi tau gēau katō, haimem kai purem kai atmian kapnou;I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.

Acts 20:9“down”kathezerōtos de tinos neanios onome Eutuchos epi tau thuriau, kataferirōtos hupno bathuo dialegerōtou tou Paulou epi polloterem, kataferiratos apo tou hupnou piptata apo teu tristegeu katō kai airita nekros.And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.