What does κάτω (kátō) mean in the Bible?
κάτω (kátō) is a Greek word meaning "downwards".
Greek · G2736
κάτω
Downwards
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κάτω G2736
Pronunciation kátō
What does κάτω (kátō) mean in the Bible?
κάτω (kátō) is a Greek word meaning "downwards".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2736?
The BSB source-word alignment has 10 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include below (3), down (3), bottom (2), . . . (1), under (1).
Where does κάτω (kátō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 2:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (3), Acts (2), John (2), Mark (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It below 3× Mark 14:66, John 8:23, Acts 2:19
down 3× Matthew 4:6, Luke 4:9, John 8:6
bottom 2× Matthew 27:51, Mark 15:38
. . . 1× Acts 20:9
under 1× Matthew 2:16
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 2:16 κατωτέρω to under Adverb Matthew 4:6 κάτω to down Adverb Matthew 27:51 κάτω to bottom Adverb Mark 14:66 κάτω to below Adverb Mark 15:38 κάτω to bottom Adverb Luke 4:9 κάτω to down Adverb John 8:6 κάτω to down Adverb John 8:23 κάτω to below Adverb Acts 2:19 κάτω to below Adverb Acts 20:9 κάτω to . . . Adverb
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 2:16
Aligned rows 10
Books represented 5
Matthew 3 Mark 2 Luke 1 John 2 Acts 2
Source forms
κάτω 9x katō Matthew 4:6, Matthew 27:51, Mark 14:66, Mark 15:38
κατωτέρω 1x katōterō Matthew 2:16
Parsing patterns
Adverb 10x Matthew 2:16, Matthew 4:6, Matthew 27:51, Mark 14:66
Evidence Summary
Greek word. downwards
Strong's G2736
Lexical occurrences 8 verses Greek text appearances 11 times Word forms 1 form 8 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
downwards
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
adv. (κατά), [in LXX for מַטָּה, תַּחַת and cogn. forms ;]
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
11 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 2:16 Adverb
κατωτέρω, katwterw
down, below, lower, under, less
Read verse Matthew 4:6 Adverb
κάτω· katw
down, below, lower, under, less
Read verse Matthew 27:51 Adverb
κάτω· katw
down, below, lower, under, less
Read verse Mark 14:66 Adverb
κάτω, katw
down, below, lower, under, less
Read verse Mark 15:38 Adverb
κάτω. katw
down, below, lower, under, less
Read verse Luke 4:9 Adverb
κάτω· katw
down, below, lower, under, less
Read verse John 8:6 Adverb
κάτω katw
down, below, lower, under, less
Read verse John 8:8 Adverb
κάτω katw
down, below, lower, under, less
Read verse John 8:23 Adverb
κάτω katw
down, below, lower, under, less
Read verse Acts 2:19 Adverb
κάτω, katw
down, below, lower, under, less
Read verse Acts 20:9 Adverb
κάτω, katw
down, below, lower, under, less
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 8
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Matt 4:6 · Matt 27:51 · Mark 14:66 · Mark 15:38 · Luke 4:9 · John 8:23 · Acts 2:19 · Acts 20:9 8×
Word Origins
κάτω is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain