adjective

katōterem

Greekκατώτερος (katōteros)

Strong’sG2737

lower

stem katōter-once in the New Testament0 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

lower1×

What it means

κατώτερος, -έρα, -ερον

(< κάτω), [in LXX for תַּחְתּוֹן, תַּחְתִּי;]

lower; τὰ. κ. τῆς γῆς (v. AR, Eph 4:9; for rendering this lower earth, v. ICC, Eph 4:9), the lower parts of the earth (cf. Ps 138 (139):15; cf. also MGr., ἡ κάτου γῆ, the underworld, Thumb, MGV, 334): Eph 4:9.†

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

Strong’s G2737 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkat-o'-ter-os

inferior (locally, of Hades)

Fromcomparative from G2736;

King Jameslower.

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	katōteros	katōteras	katōterem	katōterois	katōterais	katōtereim
object accusative	katōteron	katōteran		katōteroin	katōterain
direct address vocative	katōteror	katōterar		katōteroir	katōterair
of, belonging to genitive	katōterou	katōterau	katōtereu	katōteroiu	katōteraiu	katōtereiu
to, for dative	katōtero	katōtera	katōtere	katōteroi	katōterai	katōterei

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

katōterstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

katōter 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

katōtereim1×

Ephesians 4:9“lower”tem de Anabainata tinem atō ei mē hoti kai katabainata eis teim katōtereim mereim tau gēau?What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?