ΤΗΝΚΑΤΩ, τηνκατω
TĒNKATŌ, tēnkatō
Sounds Like: TANE-KAH-toh
Translations: the lower, the one below, the one underneath, the one down, the lower part
From the root: ΚΑΤΩ
Part of Speech: Adverb, Adjective
Explanation: This word is a compound of the definite article 'τὴν' (tēn), meaning 'the' (feminine accusative singular), and the adverb 'κάτω' (katō), meaning 'down' or 'below'. When combined as 'ΤΗΝΚΑΤΩ', it functions adjectivally to mean 'the lower one' or 'the one below', often referring to a lower region or part. It is typically used to distinguish something from an 'upper' counterpart, as in 'the lower Galilee' versus 'the upper Galilee'. The combination into a single word 'ΤΗΝΚΑΤΩ' is a common scribal practice or a form of crasis/elision, rather than a standard dictionary entry.
Inflection: Accusative, Singular, Feminine (referring to the implied noun)
Strong’s number: G2736 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΑΤΩ — down, below, beneath, underneath
- ΚΑΤΩΤΑΤΑ — lowest, uttermost, deepest, bottommost, down, below
- ΚΑΤΩΤΑΤΟΣ — lowest, bottommost, the lowest, the bottommost
- ΚΑΤΩΤΑΤΩ — lowest, to the lowest, at the very bottom, to the very bottom, uttermost depths
- ΚΑΤΩΤΕΡΑ — lower, lowest, inferior, the lower things, the lowest things
- ΚΑΤΩΤΕΡΩ — lower, below, further down, underneath
- ΤΗΣΚΑΤΩ — of the lower, of the one below, of the one beneath, below, beneath, downward
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