John 8:23:7John.8.23.W7TAB
κάτω
katô
“below”
- Transliteration
- KA-tô
- Extended
- KAH-tô
- IPA
- /ˈka.tɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- below
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
- word
KA-tô
- sentence
kai E-le-gen au-TOIS hy-MEIS ek tôn KA-tô es-TE e-GÔ ek tôn A-nô ei-MI hy-MEIS ek TOU-tou tou KOS-mou es-TE e-GÔ ouk ei-MI ek tou KOS-mou TOU-tou
Exegesis
The first clause, Humeis ek ton kato este {Ὑμεῖς ἐκ τῶν κάτω ἐστέ | hu-meîs ek tôn ká-tō es-té}, fronts the pronoun humeis for emphasis and uses the preposition ek with the substantivized adverb kato to denote origin or sphere: “you are from the things below.”
Root and etymology
katakappa–alpha–tau–alpha
“down, against”
In context — John 8:23
And He was saying to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world ; I am not of this world.”
About this coordinate
John 8:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 8:23, so the Greek word κάτω (katô) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.8.23.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.23.W7.S1) and character.