Strong G2709καταχθόνιος
subterranean
- Transliteration
- katachthonios
- Pronunciation
- kat-akh-thon'-ee-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G2596 and χθών chthōn (the ground);
subterranean that is infernal (belonging to the world of departed spirits): - under the earth.
subterranean that is infernal (belonging to the world of departed spirits): - under the earth.
Detailed definition
κατα-χθόνιος, -ον
(χθών, the earth),
subterranean, under the earth (in cl., of the infernal gods): of the departed in Hades, opposite to ἐπουράνιος, ἐπίγειος, Php.2:10.†
(AS)
(χθών, the earth),
subterranean, under the earth (in cl., of the infernal gods): of the departed in Hades, opposite to ἐπουράνιος, ἐπίγειος, Php.2:10.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2709 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- earth1
First verses
- Philippians 2:10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
καταχθόν-ιος, ον,
also η, ον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1413)]:— subterranean, Ζεὺς καταχθόνιος, i.e. Pluto, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.457 (but Ζεὺς κ., = “Veiouis”, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.10))]; of Pluto, Demeter, Persephone, and the Erinyes, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“IG” 3.1423; δαίμονες κ. 4th c.AD(?): Hierocles Facetiarum Scriptor “in CA” I p.419)] M.; = Latin Di Manes, [Refs (Anthologia Graeca 7.333)]; κ.θεοί, = Latin Di Manes, frequently in sepulchral Inscrr., [Refs (“IG” 14.1660, +others)]
also η, ον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1413)]:— subterranean, Ζεὺς καταχθόνιος, i.e. Pluto, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.457 (but Ζεὺς κ., = “Veiouis”, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.10))]; of Pluto, Demeter, Persephone, and the Erinyes, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“IG” 3.1423; δαίμονες κ. 4th c.AD(?): Hierocles Facetiarum Scriptor “in CA” I p.419)] M.; = Latin Di Manes, [Refs (Anthologia Graeca 7.333)]; κ.θεοί, = Latin Di Manes, frequently in sepulchral Inscrr., [Refs (“IG” 14.1660, +others)]