Lexicon :: Strong's G2726 - katēpheia

κατήφεια
Transliteration
katēpheia (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-ay'-fi-ah
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a compound of κατά (G2596) and perhaps a derivative of the base of φαίνω (G5316) (meaning downcast in look)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

κατήφεια katḗpheia, kat-ay'-fi-ah; from a compound of G2596 and perhaps a derivative of the base of G5316 (meaning downcast in look); demureness, i.e. (by implication) sadness:—heaviness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2726 in the following manner: heaviness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2726 in the following manner: heaviness (1x).

  1. a downcast look expressive of sorrow

  2. shame, dejection, gloom

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κατήφεια katḗpheia, kat-ay'-fi-ah; from a compound of G2596 and perhaps a derivative of the base of G5316 (meaning downcast in look); demureness, i.e. (by implication) sadness:—heaviness.
STRONGS G2726:
κατήφεια, κατηφειας, ἡ (from κατηφής, of a downcast look; and this from κατά, and τά φαη the eyes; Etym. Magn. (496, 53) κατήφεια. ἀπό τοῦ κάτω τά φαη βάλλειν τούς ὀνειδιζομενους ἤ λυπουμενους; because, as Plutarch, de dysopia (others, de vitioso pudore (528 e.)) c. 1 says, it is λύπη κάτω βλέπειν ποιοῦσα), properly, a downcast look expressive of sorrow; hence, shame, dejection, gloom (A. V. heaviness): James 4:9. (Homer, Iliad 3, 51; 16, 498 etc.; Thucydides 7, 75; Josephus, Antiquities 13, 16, 1; Plutarch, Cor. 20; (Pelop. 33, 3, and often; Dionysius Halicarnassus, Char., etc.); often in Philo.)
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