Strongs Number: G2726
- Greek Word
- κατήφεια
- Transliteration
- katēpheia
- Phonetic
- kat-ay'-fi-ah
- Part of Speech
- Noun Feminine
- Strongs Definition
-
demureness that is (by implication) sadness
- Thayers Definition
-
1. a downcast look expressive of sorrow
2. shame, dejection, gloom
- Origin
- From a compound of G2596 and perhaps a derivative of the base of G5316 (meaning downcast in look)
- Bible Usage
- heaviness.