Greek Word Study · Strong’s G2736

κάτω

katō · “under”

Used 8 times across 5 books

Definition

κάτω
adv. (κατά), [in LXX for מַטָּה, תַּחַת and cogn. forms ;]
1. down, downwards (with verbs of motion), Mat.4:6, Luk.4:9, Jhn.8:6, 8, Act.20:9.
2. below, beneath: Mrk.14:66, Act.2:19" (LXX) ; ἕως κ. (Eze.1:27, al.), Mat.27:51, Mrk.15:38. τὰ κ. (opposite to τ. ἄνω), Jhn.8:23. Compar. κατωτέρω: ἀπὸ διετοῦς καὶ κ. (cf. 1Ch.27:21), Mat.2:16.†

Where it appears

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

In the text

Matthew 4:6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.Matthew 27:51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;Mark 14:66And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:Mark 15:38And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.Luke 4:9And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:John 8:23And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.Acts 2:19And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:Acts 20:9And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org · CC BY 4.0 · Verse text KJV