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Lexicon :: Strong's G2597 - katabainō

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καταβαίνω
Transliteration
katabainō (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-ab-ah'-ee-no
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From κατά (G2596) and the base of βάσις (G939)
mGNT
81x in 28 unique form(s) TR
80x in 29 unique form(s) LXX
292x in 44 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:522,90

Strong’s Definitions

καταβαίνω katabaínō, kat-ab-ah'-ee-no; from G2596 and the base of G939; to descend (literally or figuratively):—come (get, go, step) down, fall (down).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 81x

The KJV translates Strong's G2597 in the following manner: come down (41x), descend (18x), go down (17x), fall down (1x), step down (1x), get down (1x), fall (1x), variations of 'come down' (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 81x
The KJV translates Strong's G2597 in the following manner: come down (41x), descend (18x), go down (17x), fall down (1x), step down (1x), get down (1x), fall (1x), variations of 'come down' (1x).

  1. to go down, come down, descend

    1. the place from which one has come down from

    2. to come down

      1. as from the temple at Jerusalem, from the city of Jerusalem

      2. of celestial beings coming down to earth

    3. to be cast down

  2. of things

    1. to come (i.e. be sent) down

    2. to come (i.e. fall) down

      1. from the upper regions of the air

  3. metaph. to (go i.e.) be cast down to the lowest state of wretchedness and shame

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καταβαίνω katabaínō, kat-ab-ah'-ee-no; from G2596 and the base of G939; to descend (literally or figuratively):—come (get, go, step) down, fall (down).
STRONGS G2597:
καταβαίνω; imperfect 3 person plural κατέβαινον; future καταβήσομαι; 2 aorist κατέβην, imperative κατάβηθι (Matthew 27:40; Luke 19:5; John 4:49; Acts 10:20) and κατάβα (Mark 15:30 (R G (where L T Tr WH participle καταβάς)), see ἀναβαίνω); perfect καταβέβηκα; (from Homer on); the Sept. for יָרַד; to go down, come down, descend;
1. of persons;
a. properly: absolutely, the place from which one has come down being evident from the context, καταβάς ἔστη, Luke 6:17 (cf. Luke 6:12); Luke 17:31 (followed here by an infinitive, so Matthew 24:17); Luke 19:5; John 5:7; Acts 20:10; Ephesians 4:10; followed by ἀπό with the genitive of the place, Matthew 8:1; Matthew 14:29; Matthew 17:9 Rec.; Matthew 27:40,42; Mark 9:9 (L Tr marginal reading WH text ἐκ); Mark 15:30,32; by ἐκ with the genitive of place, Matthew 17:9 G L T Tr WH (see ἐκ, I. 3); by εἰς with the accusative of place, Mark 13:15 (R G L brackets Tr; others omit εἰς etc.); Acts 8:38; (Romans 10:7); Ephesians 4:9.
b. to come down, as from the temple at Jerusalem, from the city of Jerusalem; also of celestial beings coming down to earth: absolutely, Matthew 3:16; Luke 2:51; Luke 10:31; John 4:47, 49, 51; Acts (Acts 7:34); Acts 8:15; 10:20; (Acts 23:10); Acts 24:1,22; followed by ἀπό with the genitive of the place, Mark 3:22; Luke 10:30; Acts 25:7; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, Matthew 28:2; John 1:32; John 3:13; John 6:33, 38 (R G; others ἀπό), 41f, 50f, 58 (on these passages cf. Buttmann, 297 (255)); Revelation 10:1; Revelation 18:1; Revelation 20:1, followed by εἰς with the accusative of place, Luke 10:30; Luke 18:14; John 2:12; Acts 7:15; Acts 14:25; Acts 16:8; Acts 18:22; Acts 25:6; by ἐπί with the accusative of place, John 6:16; with the accusative of the person; Mark 1:10 (R G L marginal reading); Luke 3:22; John 1:33, 51 (John 1:52); by ἐν with dative of place, John 5:4 (R L) (see ἐν, I. 7); by πρός with the accusative of person, Acts 10:21; Acts 14:11; contextually equivalent to to be cast down, of the devil, Revelation 12:12.
2. of things, to come (i. e. be sent) down: Acts 10:11 (Rec. adds ἐπ' αὐτόν); Acts 11:5; followed by ἀπό with a genitive of person, James 1:17; ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀπό τοῦ Θεοῦ, Revelation 3:12; Revelation 21:2, 10; to come (i. e. fall) down: from the upper regions of the air; as βροχή, Matthew 7:25, 27; λαῖλαψ, Luke 8:23; πῦρ ἀπό (Lachmann ἐκ) τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Luke 9:54; ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰς τήν γῆν, Revelation 13:13; ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀπό τοῦ Θεοῦ, Revelation 20:9 (R G Tr); χάλαζα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐπί τινα, Revelation 16:21; θρόμβοι ἐπί τήν γῆν, Luke 22:44 (L brackets WH reject the passage); of a way leading downward, Acts 8:26.
3. figuratively, καταβαίνειν ἕως ᾅδου, to (go i. e.) be cast down to the lowest state of wretchedness and shame: Matthew 11:23 L Tr WH; (Luke 10:15 WH text Tr marginal reading Compare: συγκαταβαίνω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
3:16; 7:25; 7:27; 8:1; 11:23; 14:29; 17:9; 17:9; 24:17; 27:40; 27:40; 27:42; 28:2
Mark
1:10; 3:22; 9:9; 13:15; 15:30; 15:30; 15:32
Luke
2:51; 3:22; 6:12; 6:17; 8:23; 9:54; 10:15; 10:30; 10:30; 10:31; 17:31; 18:14; 19:5; 19:5; 22:44
John
1:32; 1:33; 1:51; 2:12; 3:13; 4:47; 4:49; 4:49; 4:51; 5:4; 5:7; 6:16; 6:33; 6:38
Acts
7:15; 7:34; 8:15; 8:26; 8:38; 10:11; 10:20; 10:20; 10:21; 11:5; 14:11; 14:25; 16:8; 18:22; 20:10; 23:10; 24:1; 24:22; 25:6; 25:7
Romans
10:7
Ephesians
4:9; 4:10
1 Thessalonians
4:16
James
1:17
Revelation
3:12; 10:1; 12:12; 13:13; 16:21; 18:1; 20:1; 20:9; 21:2; 21:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2597 matches the Greek καταβαίνω (katabainō),
which occurs 81 times in 81 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 3:16–Act 8:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:16 - Yeshua, when he was immersed, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:25 - The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded on the rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:27 - The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell -- and great was its fall."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:1 - When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:23 - You, Kafar-Nachum, who are exalted to Heaven, you will go down to She'ol. For if the mighty works had been done in Sedom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:29 - He said, "Come!" Rock stepped down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Yeshua.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:9 - As they were coming down from the mountain, Yeshua commanded them, saying, "Don't tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:17 - Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:40 - and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:42 - "He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the King of Yisra'el, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:2 - Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:10 - Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:22 - The Sofrim who came down from Yerushalayim said, "He has Ba`al-Zibbul," and, "By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:9 - As they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:15 - and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:30 - save yourself, and come down from the cross!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:32 - Let the Messiah, the King of Yisra'el, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him." Those who were crucified with him insulted him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:51 - And he went down with them, and came to Natzeret. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:22 - and the Ruach HaKodesh descended in a bodily form as a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying "You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:17 - He came down with them, and stood on a level place, with a crowd of his talmidim, and a great number of the people from all Yehudah and Yerushalayim, and the sea coast of Tzor and Tzidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:23 - But as they sailed, he fell asleep. A wind storm came down on the lake, and they were taking on dangerous amounts of water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:54 - When his talmidim, Ya`akov and Yochanan, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Eliyah did?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:15 - You, Kafar-Nachum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to She'ol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:30 - Yeshua answered, "A certain man was going down from Yerushalayim to Yericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:31 - By chance a certain Kohen was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:31 - In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:14 - I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:5 - When Yeshua came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, "Zakkai, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:6 - He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:44 - Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:32 - Yochanan testified, saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:33 - I didn't recognize him, but he who sent me to immerse in water, he said to me, 'On whomever you will see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he who immerses in the Ruach HaKodesh.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:51 - He said to him, "Most assuredly, I tell you, hereafter you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:12 - After this, he went down to Kafar-Nachum, he, and his mother, his brothers, and his talmidim; and they stayed there a few days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:13 - No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:47 - When he heard that Yeshua had come out of Yehudah into the Galil, he went to him, and begged him that he would come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:49 - The nobleman said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:51 - As he was now going down, his servants met him and reported, saying "Your child lives!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:7 - The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I'm coming, another steps down before me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:16 - When evening came, his talmidim went down to the sea,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:33 - For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:38 - For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:41 - The Yehudim therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, "I am the bread which came down out of heaven."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:42 - They said, "Isn't this Yeshua, the son of Yosef, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, 'I have come down out of heaven?'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:50

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:50 - This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:51 - I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:58

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:58 - This is the bread which came down out of heaven -- not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:15 - Ya`akov went down into Mitzrayim, and he died, himself and our fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:34 - I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Mitzrayim, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Mitzrayim.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:15 - who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Ruach HaKodesh;

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