Quick Definition
down, below, lower, under, less
Strong's Definition
downwards
Derivation: (compare G2737 (κατώτερος)); adverb from G2596 (κατά);
KJV Usage: beneath, bottom, down, under
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κάτω (from κατά), adverb (fr. Homer down), comparitive κατωτέρω; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 472 (440));
1. down, downward: Mat_4:6; Luk_4:9; Joh_8:6; Joh_8:8; Act_20:9.
2. below, beneath (cf. Winers Grammar, as above);
a. of place: Mar_14:66; Act_2:19; ἕως κάτω (A. V. to the bottom), Mat_27:51; Mar_15:38 (Eze_1:27; Eze_8:2); τά κάτω, the parts or regions that lie beneath (opposed to τά ἄνω, heaven), i. e. the earth, Joh_8:23.
b. of temporal succession: ἀπό διετοῦς καί κατωτέρω, from a child of two years and those that were of a lower age (cf. Winer's Grammar, 370 (347)), Mat_2:16; ἀπό εἰκοσαετοῦς καί κάτω, 1Ch_27:23.
STRONGS NT 2736: κατωτέρωκατωτέρω, see κάτω, especially 2 b.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κάτω katō 9x
(1) down, downwards, Mat_4:6 ; Luk_4:9 ; Joh_8:6 ; Act_20:9 ;
(2) beneath, below, under, Mat_27:51 ; Mar_14:66 ; Mar_15:38 ; Act_2:19 ; ὁ , ἡ , τό , κάτω , what is below, earthly, Joh_8:23
κατωτέρω katōterō 1x
lower, farther down; of time, under, Mat_2:16
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κάτω ,
adv.
( < κατά ),
[in LXX for H4295 , H8478 and cogn . forms;]
1. down, downwards (with verbs of motion), Mat_4:6 , Luk_4:9 , Joh_8:6 ; Joh_8:8 , Act_20:9 .
2. below, beneath: Mar_14:66 , Act_2:19 ( LXX ); ἕως κ . ( Eze_1:27 , al. ), Mat_27:51 , Mar_15:38 . τὰ κ . ( opp . to τ . ἄνω ), Joh_8:23 . Compar. κατωτέρω : ἀπὸ διετοῦς καὶ κ . ( cf. 1Ch_27:21 ), Mat_2:16 .†
κατωτέρω , see κάτω .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κάτω [page 338]
κάτω used of place down, downwards, is found 8 times in the NT, and may be illustrated by P Hal I. 11 .11 (B.C. 238) οὐλὴ τ ]ραχήλωι κάτωι (for form, see Mayser Gr. p. 136), P Magd 11 .14 (B.C. 221) τῆς κάτω μερίδος , and P Tebt II. 414 .20 (ii/A.D.) τὸ σφυρίδιν μετὰ τῶν ἐνόντων κάτω , the little basket with its contents at the bottom (Edd.). An ostracon receipt of iii/A.D. published by GH in Egypt. Archaeol. Report 1904 05 p. 16, No. 12, runs λί (τρας ) δ̄ (ἥμισυ ) ὀκτασοῦφα καὶ τρισοῦφα ἄνω καὶ κάτω δικόντυλα ( l. δυλα ) δωδεκάκυκλα .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κάτω [Etym: κατά] with verbs of Motion, "down, downwards", Hom. , Hdt. , attic with Verbs of Rest, "beneath, below, underneath", opp. to ἄνω, Hes. : —esp. "in the world below", Soph. , Plat. geographically "below, southward", Hdt. ; but also, "on the coast", Thuc. as a prep. c. gen. "under, below", Trag. comp. κατωτέρω, "lower, further, downwards", Ar. ; c. gen. "lower than, below", Hdt. Sup. κατωτάτω, "at the lowest part", id=Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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