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κάτω

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Definition

κάτω

adv. (κατά), [in LXX for מַטָּה, תַּחַת and cogn. forms ;]

1. down, downwards (with verbs of motion), Matthew 4:6, Luke 4:9, John 8:6, 8, Acts 20:9.

2. below, beneath: Mark 14:66, Acts 2:19" (LXX) ; ἕως κ. (Ezekiel 1:27, al.), Matthew 27:51, Mark 15:38. τὰ κ. (opposite to τ. ἄνω), John 8:23. Compar. κατωτέρω: ἀπὸ διετοῦς καὶ κ. (cf. 1 Chronicles 27:21), Matthew 2:16.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

10 total
  1. Matthew 2:16κατωτέρω · under
    When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
  2. Matthew 4:6κάτω · down
    “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.’”
  3. Matthew 27:51κάτω · bottom
    At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split.
  4. Mark 14:66κάτω · below
    While Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the servant girls of the high priest came down
  5. Mark 15:38κάτω · bottom
    And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
  6. Luke 4:9κάτω · down
    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.
  7. John 8:6κάτω · down
    They 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.
  8. John 8:23κάτω · below
    Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
  9. Acts 2:19κάτω · below
    I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
  10. Acts 20:9κάτω
    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.