below

• POS: Preposition, Adverb
• HYPHEN: be=low
• COUNT in NET: 28 in 28 verses (in OT : 25 in 25 verses) (in NT : 3 in 3 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

below, prep. [Pref. be- by + low.].

•  Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality.  Addison.  [1913 Webster]
•  Unworthy of; unbefitting; beneath.  [1913 Webster]

  "They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain, . . . how below all history the persons and their actions were."  [1913 Webster]

  "Who thinks no fact below his regard."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Underneath; under; beneath.

below, adv. 

•  In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower room; beneath.  [1913 Webster]

  "Lord Marmion waits below."  [1913 Webster]
•  On the earth, as opposed to the heavens.  [1913 Webster]

  "The fairest child of Jove below."  [1913 Webster]
•  In hell, or the regions of the dead.  [1913 Webster]

  "What business brought him to the realms below."  [1913 Webster]
•  In court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the trial below.  Wheaton.  [1913 Webster]
•  In some part or page following.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

below, prep. & adv.
--prep.
1 lower in position (vertically, down a slope or stream, etc.) than.
2 beneath the surface of; at or to a greater depth than (head below water; below 500 feet).
3 lower or less than in amount or degree (below freezing-point; temperature is 20 below).
4 lower in rank, position, or importance than.
5 unworthy of.
--adv.
1 at or to a lower point or level.
2 a downstairs (lives below). b downstream.
3 (of a text reference) further forward on a page or in a book (as noted below).
4 on the lower side (looks similar above and below).
5 rhet. on earth; in hell.

Idiom

below stairs in the basement of a house esp. as the part occupied by servants.

Etymology

BE- + LOW(1)

THESAURUS

below

adown, at a disadvantage, at the nadir, behind, below deck, below par, below the mark, belowstairs, beneath, beneath the sky, down, down below, down south, downgrade, downhill, downline, downright, downstairs, downstream, downstreet, downtown, downward, downwards, downwith, following, hellishly, here, here below, in hell, in hellfire, in the gutter, in the world, infernally, infra, least, least of all, less, neath, next, on earth, short of, since, subordinate to, subsequent to, unbefitting, under, under heaven, under par, under the stars, under the sun, underfoot, underneath

ROGET THESAURUS

below

Lowness

N lowness, debasement, depression, prostration, depression, molehill, lowlands, basement floor, ground floor, rez de chaussee, cellar, hold, bilge, feet, heels, low water, low tide, ebb tide, neap tide, spring tide, low, neap, debased, nether, nether most, flat, level with the ground, lying low, crouched, subjacent, squat, prostrate, under, beneath, underneath, below, downwards, adown, at the foot of, under foot, under ground, down stairs, below stairs, at a low ebb, below par.