κάτω katō

Greek word for “under” · Strong’s G2736 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

κάτω; adv. (κατά); 1.

How it is translated

Glosses given for katō in context, with how often each is used:

• down 4
• below 3
• bottom 2
• being stooped low 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 8 (3), Matthew 4 (1), Matthew 27 (1), Mark 14 (1), Mark 15 (1), Luke 4 (1), Acts 2 (1), Acts 20 (1)

Forms

• κάτω 9
• κατακύψας 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with katō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• καταπέτασμα katapetasma “curtain” 2
• γῆ gē “earth” 4
• σχίζω schizō “to split” 2
• ἄνω anō “above” 2
• ἄνωθεν anōthen “from above/again” 2
• γράφω graphō “to write” 3
• ναός naos “temple” 2
• αἴρω airō “to take up” 2
• βάλλω ballō “to throw” 2
• δύο duo “two” 2
• ἕως heōs “until” 2
• υἱός uhios “son” 2

Key verses

The verses using katō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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…
• 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.