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Strong's G2736 κάτω (kato)

Kato means “down” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2736 — charhayah (“Harhaiah”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2736
Language Greek
Linked Usages 36
Books 19

Strong's G2736 Quick Answer

Strong's G2736 κάτω (kato) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kato (kat'-o) (also katotero kat-o-ter'-o) adv. 1. downwards [adverb from G2596] It has 36 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include down, beneath, bottom, and under. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
kato (kat'-o) (also katotero kat-o-ter'-o) adv. 1. downwards [adverb from G2596]
Usage
36 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
down, beneath, bottom, and under

Meaning and Definition

kato (kat'-o) (also katotero kat-o-ter'-o) adv. 1. downwards [adverb from G2596] KJV: beneath, bottom, down, under Root(s): G2596

Original Word
κάτω
Transliteration
kato
Derivation
Root: κατά R1: 2596
Morphology
adverb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2736. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

under

Usage: 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.† (AS)

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How Strong's G2736 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kato, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

down Matthew 4:6 beneath Mark 14:66 bottom Matthew 27:51 under Matthew 2:16

How Strong's G2736 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 23 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2736 (κάτω) appears 26 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2736 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2736 in the New Testament

11 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 2:16 KJV

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.

Matthew 4:6 KJV

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 shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Matthew 27:51 KJV

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;

Strong's G2736 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

23 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 35:8 Septuagint / Brenton

And Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and was buried below Bethel under the oak; and Jacob called its name, The Oak of Mourning.

Exodus 20:4 Septuagint / Brenton

Thou shalt not make to thyself an idol, nor likeness of anything, whatever things are in the heaven above, and whatever are in the earth beneath, and whatever are in the waters under the earth.

Deuteronomy 4:39 Septuagint / Brenton

And thou shalt know this day, and shalt consider in thy heart, that the Lord thy God he is God in heaven above, and on the earth beneath, and there is none else but he.

Strong's G2736 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Wisdom of Sirach 51:6 Septuagint / Brenton

By an accusation to the king from an unrighteous tongue My soul drew near even unto death, My life was near to the hell beneath.

Strong's G2736 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 14:25 Septuagint / Brenton

Enoch, and hear my word.' And one of the holy ones came to me and waked me, and He made me rise up and approach the door: and I bowed my face downwards.

Usage Excerpts

First 36 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2736.

Genesis 35:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and was buried below Bethel under the oak; and Jacob called its name, The Oak of Mourning.
Exodus 20:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not make to thyself an idol, nor likeness of anything, whatever things are in the heaven above, and whatever are in the earth beneath, and whatever are in the waters under the earth.
Deuteronomy 4:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt know this day, and shalt consider in thy heart, that the Lord thy God he is God in heaven above, and on the earth beneath, and there is none else but he.
Deuteronomy 5:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not make to thyself an image, nor likeness of anything, whatever things are in the heaven above, and whatever are in the earth beneath, and whatever are in the waters under the earth.
Deuteronomy 28:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The stranger that is within thee shall get up very high, and thou shalt come down very low.
Deuteronomy 32:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For a fire has been kindled out of my wrath, It shall burn to hell below; It shall devour the land, and the fruits of it; It shall set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Joshua 2:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when we heard it we were amazed in our heart, and there was no longer any spirit in any of us because of you, for the Lord your God is God in heaven above, and on the earth beneath.
Joshua 15:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she said to him, Give me a blessing, for thou hast set me in the land of Negeb; give me Botthanis: and he gave her Gonaethla the upper, and Gonaethla the lower.
Joshua 16:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they will go across to the sea to the borders of Japhletites, as far as the borders of Beth-horon the lower, and the going forth of them shall be to the sea.
Joshua 18:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders will go forth thence to Luz, behind Luz, from the south of it; this is Bethel: and the borders shall go down to Ataroth-addar, to the hill country, which is southward of Beth-horon the lower.
3 Kingdoms 8:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in heaven above and on the earth beneath, keeping covenant and mercy with thy servant who walks before thee with all his heart;
4 Kingdoms 19:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall increase him that has escaped of the house of Judah: and the remnant shall strike root beneath, and it shall produce fruit above.
1 Chronicles 7:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his daughter was Sheerah, and he was among them that were left, and he built Beth-horon the upper and the lower. And the descendants of Uzzen were Sheerah,
1 Chronicles 27:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But David took not their number from twenty years old and under: because the Lord said that he would multiply Israel as the stars of the heaven.
2 Chronicles 8:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the lower, strong cities—they had walls, gates, and bars;
2 Chronicles 32:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The same Hezekiah stopped up the course of the water of Gihon above, and brought the water down straight south of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
Ecclesiastes 3:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And who has seen the spirit of the sons of man, Whether it goes upward? And the spirit of the beast, Whether it goes downward to the earth?
Isaiah 8:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and they shall look on the earth below, and behold severe distress, and darkness, affliction, and anguish, and darkness so that one cannot see; and he that is in anguish shall not be distressed only for a time.
Isaiah 37:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they that are left in Judea shall take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
Isaiah 51:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lift up your eyes to the sky, and look on the earth beneath: for the sky was darkened like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and the inhabitants shall die in like manner: but my righteousness shall not fail.
Jeremiah 38:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Though the sky should be raised to a greater height, saith the Lord, and though the ground of the earth should be sunk lower beneath, yet I will not cast off the family of Israel, saith the Lord, for all that they have done.
Ezekiel 1:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I saw as it were the resemblance of amber from the appearance of the loins and upward, and from the appearance of the loins and under I saw an appearance of fire, and the brightness thereof round about.
Ezekiel 8:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I looked, and, behold, the likeness of a man: from his loins and downward there was fire, and from his loins upward there was as the appearance of amber.
Matthew 2:16 New Testament, KJV
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Matthew 4:6 New Testament, KJV
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 shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Matthew 27:51 New Testament, KJV
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 New Testament, KJV
And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:
Mark 15:38 New Testament, KJV
And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
Luke 4:9 New Testament, KJV
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 New Testament, KJV
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 New Testament, KJV
And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
John 8:23 New Testament, KJV
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 New Testament, KJV
And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
Acts 20:9 New Testament, KJV
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 down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
Wisdom of Sirach 51:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
By an accusation to the king from an unrighteous tongue My soul drew near even unto death, My life was near to the hell beneath.
1 Enoch 14:25 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
Enoch, and hear my word.' And one of the holy ones came to me and waked me, and He made me rise up and approach the door: and I bowed my face downwards.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2736, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 3 usages, New Testament
Mark 2 usages, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
John 3 usages, New Testament
Acts 2 usages, New Testament
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G2736 FAQ

What does kato (κάτω) mean?

Kato (Strong's G2736) is a Greek word most simply glossed "down". kato (kat'-o) (also katotero kat-o-ter'-o) adv. 1. downwards [adverb from G2596]

How many times is kato (κάτω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 36 linked usages for Strong's G2736 across 19 books.

Where can I study kato (κάτω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2736 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate kato (κάτω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as down, beneath, bottom, and under. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2736 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 23 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G2736, with linked reader references where each row is available.