ΤΗΣΚΑΤΩ, τησκατω
TĒSKATŌ, tēskatō
Sounds Like: tays-KAH-toh
Translations: of the lower, of the one below, of the one beneath, below, beneath, downward
From the root: ΚΑΤΩ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Adverb
Explanation: This word is a compound of the genitive feminine singular definite article ΤΗΣ (tēs) and the adverb ΚΑΤΩ (katō), meaning 'down' or 'below'. When combined, it functions adjectivally to mean 'of the lower' or 'of the one below', often referring to something situated in a lower position. It can also retain its adverbial sense of 'below' or 'beneath', especially when used in a phrase like 'the city below'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine (functioning adjectivally); or Adverb (does not inflect)
Strong’s number: G2736 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 9:96
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
- ΤΗΝΚΑΤΩ — the lower, the one below, the one underneath, the one down, the lower part
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