What does κατώτερος (katṓteros) mean in the Bible?
κατώτερος (katṓteros) is a Greek word meaning "inferior (locally, of Hades)".
Greek · G2737
κατώτερος
Inferior (locally, of Hades)
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κατώτερος G2737
Pronunciation katṓteros
What does κατώτερος (katṓteros) mean in the Bible?
κατώτερος (katṓteros) is a Greek word meaning "inferior (locally, of Hades)".
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How does the BSB render G2737?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include lower (1).
Where does κατώτερος (katṓteros) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ephesians 4:9. Its strongest book concentrations include Ephesians (1).
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 lower 1× Ephesians 4:9
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Usage map
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First aligned row Ephesians 4:9
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Ephesians 1
Source forms
κατώτερα 1x katōtera Ephesians 4:9
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural - Comparative 1x Ephesians 4:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. inferior (locally, of Hades)
Strong's G2737
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
inferior (locally, of Hades)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(κάτω), [in LXX for תַּחְתּוֹן, תַּחְתִּי ;] lower; τὰ. κ. τῆς γῆς (see AR, Eph., l.with; for rendering this lower earth, see ICC, Eph, l.with), the lower parts of the earth (cf. Psa.139:15; cf. also MGr., ἡ κάτου γῆ, the underworld, Thumb, MGV, 334): Eph.4:9.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Ephesians 4:9 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
κατώτερα katwtera
lower
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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 1 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Eph 4:9 1×
Word Origins
κατώτερος is built from this root:
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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