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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary
Strong's #2737 - κατώτερος
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κατώτερος, α, ον,
1. Comp. Adj. from κάτω, lower, Hp. Fract. 31, LXX 3 Ki. 9.17, etc.; τὰ κ. μέρη τῆς Ephesians 4:9; more southerly, Vett. Val. 34.21.
2. of Time, later, younger, Call. Cer. 131. Adv. κατωτέρω, v. cross κάτω.
κατώτερος , -έρα , -ερον
(< κάτω ),
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. Psalms 139:15; cf. also MGr., ἡ κάτου γῆ , the underworld, Thumb, MGV, 334): Ephesians 4:9.†
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κατώτερος is found as an astrological term contrasted with ἀνώτερος in Vett. Val. p. 34.21. Cf. IGXIV. 2476 (Arles) ἐνθάδε κῖτη Ἰωσῆς ἀπὸ κώ (μης) Ἐπικίου (?) ἀνοτέρου κατοτέρου with the editor’s note : ";extrema non intellego; Ἐποίκιον ἀνώτερον κατώτερον vici nomen fuisse putat Mommsenus.";
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