GreekG2736Preposition

κάτω

katō

10Occurrences
G2736Strong's #
PrepositionPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

downwards

(compare G2737 (κατώτερος)); adverb from G2596 (κατά);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
adv. (κατά)
1.down, downwards (with verbs of motion)
2.below, beneath
LXX: for מַטָּה, תַּחַת and cogn. forms

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Preposition

Morphology Code

G:PREP

Full Description

Greek Preposition

Occurrences

κάτω appears 10 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

John
3
Acts
2
Matthew
2
Mark
2
Luke
1

Key Passages

Acts 2:19BSB

I will show wonders in the heavens aboveand signs on the earth below,blood and fire and billows of smoke.

John 8:6BSB

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.

John 8:23BSB

Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

Matthew 27:51BSB

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 14:66BSB

While Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the servant girls of the high priest came down

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