hypokatō · under

What it means

hypokatō (ὑποκάτω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “under”.

Beneath.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. At the underside of something, above all under the feet.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×3
• Luke×1
• John×1
• Hebrews×1
• Revelation×4

• Matthew 22:44

  ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right until I put your enemies under your feet”’?

• Mark 6:11

  And whatever place does not receive you nor listen to you, as you leave from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet as a testimony to them.”

• Mark 7:28

  But she answered and says to him, “Lord, even the little dogs under the table eat from the children’s crumbs.”

• Mark 12:36

  David himself said by the Holy Spirit, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right until I put your enemies under your feet.”’

• Luke 8:16

  And no one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.

• John 1:50

  Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”

• Hebrews 2:8

  you subjected all things under his feet. For in subjecting all things to him, he left nothing not subject to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him.

• Revelation 5:3

  And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look at it.

• Revelation 5:13

  And every creature that is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, I heard saying, “To the one who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be the blessing and the honor and the glory and the might to the ages of the ages!”

• Revelation 6:9

  And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and because of the testimony that they held.

• Revelation 12:1

  And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars;