Katoteros describes the lower parts into which the subject is said to have descended in Ephesians 4:9.

The attested use identifies the lower parts as the destination of a descent, in contrast to the statement that the subject ascended.

1. Lower parts as the destination of descent · dominant

   In Ephesians 4:9, κατώτερα is an accusative plural neuter comparative adjective in the clause about descending; the APB renders the clause "he also descended into the lower parts of the earth."

   Ephesians 4:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ephesians 4:9, the APB presents the clause as descent "into the lower parts of the earth." It cannot establish the term's precise English equivalent by itself.