κατώτερος, α, ον,

1. Comp. Adj. from κάτω, lower, Hp. Fract. 31, LXX 3 Ki. 9.17, etc.; τὰ κ. μέρη τῆς Eph 4:9; more southerly, Vett. Val. 34.21.

2. of Time, later, younger, Call. Cer. 131. Adv. κατωτέρω, v. cross κάτω.

κατώτερος katōteros 1x

    lower, Eph 4:9

G2737 — κατώτερος

κατώτερα, κατώτερον (comparitive of κάτω, see ἀνώτερος) (Hippocrates, Theophrastus, Athen., others), lower: (ὁ Χριστός) κατέβη εἰς τά κατώτερα μέρη τῆς γῆς, Eph 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, 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

κατώτερος , - έρα , - ερον

( < κάτω ),

[in LXX for H8481, H8482;]

lower; τὰ . κ . τῆς γῆς ( v. AR , Eph., l.c ; for rendering this lower earth, v. 1CC, Eph, l.c .), the lower parts of the earth ( cf. Psa 139:15; cf. also MGr ., ἡ κάτου γῆ , the underworld, Thumb, MGV , 334): Eph 4:9. †

詞類次數：形容詞（1）

原文字根：（更）向下 相當於：H8478（מִתְחָה‎ / תַּחַת‎）

字義溯源：較低下，下面的；源自（G2736（κάτω / κατωτέρω）=向下地）；而G2736（κάτω / κατωτέρω）出自（G2596（κατά / καθεῖς / καθημέραν / κατακύπτω）*=下）。參讀G2736（κάτω / κατωτέρω）同源字

出現次數：總共（1）；弗（1）

譯字彙編：

1）較低下（1）弗4:9