G2736: κάτω
kátō · “under”
Definition
downwards
KJV translates it as: beneath, bottom, down, under
Word origin: (compare G2737 (κατώτερος)); adverb from G2596 (κατά);
Extended definition
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.†
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How G2736 is translated
- down; ×2
- below ×2
- down ×2
- bottom ×1
- bottom. ×1
- being stooped low ×1
- below, ×1
Bible verses with G2736 (kátō)
Kátō appears in 10 verses.
- Matthew 4:6
And 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 27:51
And, 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 14:66
And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:
- Mark 15:38
And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
- Luke 4:9
And 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 8:6
This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
- John 8:8
And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
- John 8:23
And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
- Acts 2:19
And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
- Acts 20:9
And 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.