κατώτερος
Transliteration
katōteros (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-o'-ter-os
Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Comparative from κάτω (G2736)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
1x in 1 unique form(s)
κατώτερα — 1x
κατώτερα — 1x
κατώτατα — 1x
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TDNT Reference: 3:640,422

Strong’s Definitions

κατώτερος katṓteros, kat-o'-ter-os; comparative from G2736; inferior (locally, of Hades):—lower.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2737 in the following manner: lower (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2737 in the following manner: lower (1x).

  1. lower

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κατώτερος katṓteros, kat-o'-ter-os; comparative from G2736; inferior (locally, of Hades):—lower.
STRONGS G2737:
κατώτερος, κατώτερα, κατώτερον (comparitive of κάτω, see ἀνώτερος) (Hippocrates, Theophrastus, Athen., others), lower: (ὁ Χριστός) κατέβη εἰς τά κατώτερα μέρη τῆς γῆς, Ephesians 4:9, which many understand of Christ's descent into Hades (τόν τόπον τόν κάτω καλούμενον, Plato, Phaedo, p. 112 c.), taking τῆς γῆς as a partitive genitive (see ᾅδης, 2). But the mention of tiffs fact is at variance with the connection. Paul is endeavoring to show that the passage he has just before quoted, Psalm 67:19 (Ps. 68:19), must be understood of Christ, not of God, because 'an ascent into heaven' necessarily presupposes a descent to earth (which was made by Christ in the incarnation), whereas God does not leave his abode in heaven. Accordingly, τά κατώτερα τῆς γῆς denotes, the lower parts of the universe, which the earth constitutes — τῆς γῆς being a genitive of apposition; cf. Winer's Grammar, § 59, 8 a.; Grimm, Institutio theol. dogmat. edition 2, p. 355ff
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Psalms
68:19
Ephesians
4:9
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