κατώτερος, κατώτερα, κατώτερον (comparitive of κάτω, see ἀνώτερος) (Hippocrates, Theophrastus, Athen., others), lower: (ὁ Χριστός) κατέβη εἰς τά κατώτερα μέρη τῆς γῆς, Eph_4:9, which many understand of Christ's descent into Hades (τόν τόπον τόν κάτω καλούμενον, Plato, Phaedo, p. 112 c.), taking τῆς γῆς as a partitive genitive (see ᾅδης, 2). But the mention of tiffs fact is at variance with the connection. Paul is endeavoring to show that the passage he has just before quoted, Psalm 67:19 (), must be understood of Christ, not of God, because 'an ascent into heaven' necessarily presupposes a descent to earth (which was made by Christ in the incarnation), whereas God does not leave his abode in heaven. Accordingly, τά κατώτερα τῆς γῆς denotes, the lower parts of the universe, which the earth constitutes τῆς γῆς being a genitive of apposition; cf. Winer's Grammar, § 59, 8 a.; Grimm, Institutio theol. dogmat. edition 2, p. 355ff

κατώτερος katōteros 1x lower, Eph_4:9

κατώτερος , -έρα , -ερον ( < κάτω ), [in LXX for H8481 , H8482 ;] 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. Psa_139:15 ; cf. also MGr ., ἡ κάτου γῆ , the underworld , Thumb, MGV , 334): Eph_4:9 .†

κατώτερος [page 338] κατώτερος is found as an astrological term contrasted with ἀνώτερος in Vett. Val. p. 34 .21 . Cf. IG XIV. 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.

κατώτερος, -έρα, -ερον (κάτω), [in LXX for תַּחְתּוֹן, תַּחְתִּי ;] lower; τὰ. κ. τῆς γῆς (see AR, Eph., l.with; for rendering this lower earth, see ICC, Eph, l.with), the lower parts of the earth (cf. Psa.139:15; cf. also MGr., ἡ κάτου γῆ, the underworld, Thumb, MGV, 334): Eph.4:9.† (AS)