Dictionaries :: Under, Underneath

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Under, Underneath:

an adverb signifying "under," is used as a preposition and rendered "under" in Mar 6:11; 7:28; Luk 8:16; Hbr 2:8; Rev 5:3, 13; 6:9; 12:1; "underneath" in Mat 22:44, RV (Mar 12:36 in some mss.); Jhn 1:50, RV (AV, "under").

Under, Underneath:

the comparative degree of kato, "below, beneath," occurs in Mat 2:16, "under."

Under, Underneath:

the neuter of the adjective elasson, "less," is used adverbially in 1Ti 5:9, "under" (or "less than").
See LESS.

Notes:

(1) The preposition epi, "upon," is rendered "under" in Hbr 7:11; 9:15; 10:28, AV (RV, "on the word of").

(2) The preposition en, "in," is rendered "under" in Mat 7:6; Rom 3:19 (1st part).

(3) The usual preposition is hupo.