What does κάτω (kátō) mean in the Bible?
κάτω (kátō) is a Greek word meaning "downwards".
Greek · G2736
κάτω
Downwards
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κάτωG2736
Pronunciationkátō
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 Itbelow3×Mark 14:66, John 8:23, Acts 2:19
down3×Matthew 4:6, Luke 4:9, John 8:6
bottom2×Matthew 27:51, Mark 15:38
. . .1×Acts 20:9
under1×Matthew 2:16
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 2:16
Aligned rows10
Books represented5
Matthew3Mark2Luke1John2Acts2
Source forms
κάτω9xkatōMatthew 4:6, Matthew 27:51, Mark 14:66, Mark 15:38
κατωτέρω1xkatōterōMatthew 2:16
Parsing patterns
Adverb10xMatthew 2:16, Matthew 4:6, Matthew 27:51, Mark 14:66
Evidence Summary
Greek word. downwards
Strong'sG2736
Lexical occurrences8 versesGreek text appearances11 timesWord forms1 form8 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
downwards
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
adv. (κατά), [in LXX for מַטָּה, תַּחַת and cogn. forms ;]
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 2:16Adverb
κατωτέρω,katwterw
down, below, lower, under, less
Read verseMatthew 4:6Adverb
κάτω·katw
down, below, lower, under, less
Read verseMatthew 27:51Adverb
κάτω·katw
down, below, lower, under, less
Read verseMark 14:66Adverb
κάτω,katw
down, below, lower, under, less
Read verseMark 15:38Adverb
κάτω.katw
down, below, lower, under, less
Read verseLuke 4:9Adverb
κάτω·katw
down, below, lower, under, less
Read verseJohn 8:6Adverb
κάτωkatw
down, below, lower, under, less
Read verseJohn 8:8Adverb
κάτωkatw
down, below, lower, under, less
Read verseJohn 8:23Adverb
κάτωkatw
down, below, lower, under, less
Read verseActs 2:19Adverb
κάτω,katw
down, below, lower, under, less
Read verseActs 20:9Adverb
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 patterns1Aligned forms8
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 20:98×
Word Origins
κάτω is built from these roots:
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