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Notes: There are two basic problems involved in the translation of RV PHP 2:10 · LV PHP 2:10 · Read together PHP 2:10. For example, the phrase ‘at the name of Jesus’ may mean ‘when the name of Jesus is proclaimed’ or ‘when the presence of Jesus is announced.’ The phrase ‘every knee’ means every person, since ‘knee’ is a figurative substitute for a person (see 9.16: γόνυ).

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: καταχθόνιος; -ον

Related lemmas: χθόνιος

Sense 1: the world below, what is beneath the earth, under the earth

Semantic entry: 1.17

Semantic domains: Geographical Objects and Features

Subdomains: Regions Below the Surface of the Earth

Definition: pertaining to being below the surface of the earth

Notes: In RV PHP 2:10 · LV PHP 2:10 · Read together PHP 2:10 καταχθονίων is probably a reference to the dead, generally regarded as inhabiting a dark region under the ground.

PHP 2:10: RV PHP 2:10 · LV PHP 2:10 · Read together PHP 2:10

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OET-RV PHP 2:10

10 so that every being in heaven and earthly and underwater realms will bow when Yeshua is announced

OET-LV PHP 2:10

10 in _order _that at the name of_Yaʸsous, every knee may _bow of _heavenly and earthly and subterranean realms,

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

καταχθόνιος

Form 1

Sense 1: the world below, what is beneath the earth, under the earth