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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 292 times in 265 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 6 (Gen 11:5–Num 16:33)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:5 - But the LORD came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:7 - Come, let’s go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won’t be able to understand each other.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10 - At that time a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to go down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:11 - Some vultures swooped down to eat the carcasses, but Abram chased them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:21 - I am going down to see if their actions are as wicked as I have heard. If not, I want to know.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:16 - Rebekah was very beautiful and old enough to be married, but she was still a virgin. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45 - “Before I had finished praying in my heart, I saw Rebekah coming out with her water jug on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2 - The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt, but do as I tell you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12 - As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from the earth up to heaven. And he saw the angels of God going up and down the stairway.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 - His family all tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “I will go to my grave[fn] mourning for my son,” he would say, and then he would weep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:1 - About this time, Judah left home and moved to Adullam, where he stayed with a man named Hirah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:2 - I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy enough grain to keep us alive. Otherwise we’ll die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:3 - So Joseph’s ten older brothers went down to Egypt to buy grain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38 - But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down with you. His brother Joseph is dead, and he is all I have left. If anything should happen to him on your journey, you would send this grieving, white-haired man to his grave.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:4 - If you send Benjamin with us, we will go down and buy more food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:13 - Then take your brother, and go back to the man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:15 - So the men packed Jacob’s gifts and double the money and headed off with Benjamin. They finally arrived in Egypt and presented themselves to Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:20 - “Sir,” they said, “we came to Egypt once before to buy food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:23 - But you told us, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes with you, you will never see my face again.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:26 - we replied, ‘We can’t go unless you let our youngest brother go with us. We’ll never get to see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - “Now hurry back to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me master over all the land of Egypt. So come down to me immediately!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:3 - “I am God,[fn] the God of your father,” the voice said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make your family into a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:4 - I will go with you down to Egypt, and I will bring you back again. You will die in Egypt, but Joseph will be with you to close your eyes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 - Soon Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe in the river, and her attendants walked along the riverbank. When the princess saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it for her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:8 - So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and lead them out of Egypt into their own fertile and spacious land. It is a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:8 - All the officials of Egypt will run to me and fall to the ground before me. ‘Please leave!’ they will beg. ‘Hurry! And take all your followers with you.’ Only then will I go!” Then, burning with anger, Moses left Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:10 - Then the LORD told Moses, “Go down and prepare the people for my arrival. Consecrate them today and tomorrow, and have them wash their clothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:11 - Be sure they are ready on the third day, for on that day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai as all the people watch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:14 - So Moses went down to the people. He consecrated them for worship, and they washed their clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:18 - All of Mount Sinai was covered with smoke because the LORD had descended on it in the form of fire. The smoke billowed into the sky like smoke from a brick kiln, and the whole mountain shook violently.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:20 - The LORD came down on the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the top of the mountain. So Moses climbed the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:21 - Then the LORD told Moses, “Go back down and warn the people not to break through the boundaries to see the LORD, or they will die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:24 - But the LORD said, “Go down and bring Aaron back up with you. In the meantime, do not let the priests or the people break through to approach the LORD, or he will break out and destroy them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:25 - So Moses went down to the people and told them what the LORD had said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:16 - And the glory of the LORD settled down on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from inside the cloud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:1 - When the people saw how long it was taking Moses to come back down the mountain, they gathered around Aaron. “Come on,” they said, “make us some gods who can lead us. We don’t know what happened to this fellow Moses, who brought us here from the land of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:7 - The LORD told Moses, “Quick! Go down the mountain! Your people whom you brought from the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:15 - Then Moses turned and went down the mountain. He held in his hands the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant.[fn] They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:34 - Now go, lead the people to the place I told you about. Look! My angel will lead the way before you. And when I come to call the people to account, I will certainly hold them responsible for their sins.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:9 - As he went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and hover at its entrance while the LORD spoke with Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:5 - Then the LORD came down in a cloud and stood there with him; and he called out his own name, Yahweh.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:29 - When Moses came down Mount Sinai carrying the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant,[fn] he wasn’t aware that his face had become radiant because he had spoken to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:22 - After that, Aaron raised his hands toward the people and blessed them. Then, after presenting the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering, he stepped down from the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:9 - The manna came down on the camp with the dew during the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:17 - I will come down and talk to you there. I will take some of the Spirit that is upon you, and I will put the Spirit upon them also. They will bear the burden of the people along with you, so you will not have to carry it alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:25 - And the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to Moses. Then he gave the seventy elders the same Spirit that was upon Moses. And when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But this never happened again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:5 - Then the LORD descended in the pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn] “Aaron and Miriam!” he called, and they stepped forward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:45 - Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in those hills came down and attacked them and chased them back as far as Hormah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - But if the LORD does something entirely new and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and all their belongings, and they go down alive into the grave,[fn] then you will know that these men have shown contempt for the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:33 - So they went down alive into the grave, along with all their belongings. The earth closed over them, and they all vanished from among the people of Israel.

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