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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
291x 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 291 times in 264 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 6 (Gen 11:5–Num 16:33)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:5 - And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men built.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:7 - Come, and having gone down let us there confound their tongue, that they may not understand each the voice of his neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10 - And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:11 - And birds came down upon the bodies, even upon the divided parts of them, and Abram [fn]sat down by them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:21 - I will therefore go down and see, if they completely [fn]correspond with the cry which comes to me, and if not, that I may know.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:16 - And the virgin was very beautiful in appearance, she was a virgin, a man had not known her; and she went down to the well, and filled her water-pot, and came up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45 - And it came to pass before I had done speaking in my mind, straightway Rebecca came forth, having her pitcher on her shoulders; and she went down to the well, and drew water; and I said to her, Give me to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2 - And the Lord appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt, but dwell in the land, which I shall tell thee of.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12 - and dreamed, and behold a ladder fixed on the earth, whose top reached to heaven, and the angels of God ascended and descended on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 - And all his sons and his daughters gathered themselves together, and came to comfort him; but he would not be comforted, saying, I will go down to my son mourning to Hades; and his father wept for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:1 - And it came to pass at that time that Judas went down from his brethren, and came as far as to a certain man of Odollam, whose name was Iras.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:2 - Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt; go down thither, and buy for us a little food, that we may live, and not die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:3 - And the ten brethren of Joseph went down to buy corn out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38 - But he said, My son shall not go down with you, because his brother is dead, and he only has been left; and suppose it shall come to pass that he is afflicted by the way by which ye go, then ye shall bring down my old age with sorrow to Hades.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:4 - If, then, thou send our brother with us, we will go down, and buy thee food;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:13 - And take your [fn]brother; and arise, go down to the man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:15 - And the men having taken these presents, and the double money, took in their hands also Benjamin; and they rose up and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:20 - saying, We pray thee, Sir; we came down at first to buy food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:23 - But thou saidst to thy servants, Except your younger brother come down with you, ye shall not see my face again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:26 - And we said, We shall not be able to go down; but if our younger brother go down with us, we will go down; for we shall not be able to see the man's face, our younger brother not being with us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - Hasten, therefore, and go up to my father, and say to him, These things saith thy son Joseph; God has made me lord of all the land of Egypt; come down therefore to me, and tarry not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:3 - And he says to him, I am the God of thy fathers; fear not to go down into Egypt, for I will make thee there a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:4 - And I will go down with thee into Egypt, and I will bring thee up at the end; and Joseph shall put his hands on thine eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 - And the daughter of Pharao came down to the river to bathe; and her maids walked by the river's side, and having seen the ark in the ooze, she sent her maid, and took it up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:8 - And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land, and to bring them into a good and wide land, into a land flowing with milk and honey, into the place of the Chananites, and the Chettites, and Amorites, and Pherezites, and Gergesites, and Evites, and Jebusites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:8 - And all these thy servants shall come down to me, and do me reverence, saying, Go forth, thou and all the people over whom thou presidest, and afterwards I will go forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:10 - And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and solemnly charge the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their garments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:11 - And let them be ready against the third day, for on the third day the Lord will descend upon mount Sina before all the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:14 - And Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified them, and they washed their clothes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:18 - The mount of Sina was altogether on a smoke, because God had descended upon it in fire; and the smoke went up as the smoke of a furnace, and the people were exceedingly amazed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:20 - And the Lord came down upon mount Sina on the top of the mountain; and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:21 - And God spoke to Moses, saying, Go down, and solemnly charge the people, lest at any time they draw nigh to God to gaze, and a multitude of them fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:24 - And the Lord said to him, Go, descend, and come up thou and Aaron with thee; but let not the priests and the people [fn]force their way to come up to God, lest the Lord destroy some of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:25 - And Moses went down to the people, and spoke to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:16 - And the glory of God came down upon the mount Sina, and the cloud covered it six days; and the Lord called Moses on the seventh day out of the midst of the cloud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:1 - [fn] And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people combined against Aaron, and said to him, Arise and make us gods who shall go before us; for this Moses, the man who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt—we do not know what is become of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:7 - And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Go quickly, descend hence, for thy people whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt have transgressed;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:15 - And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tables of testimony were in his hands, tables of stone written on both their sides: they were written within and without.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:34 - And now go, descend, and lead this people into the place of which I spoke to thee: behold, my angel shall go before thy face; and in the day when I shall visit I will bring upon them their sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:9 - And when Moses entered into the tabernacle, the pillar of the cloud descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and God talked to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:5 - And the Lord descended in a cloud, and stood near him there, and called [fn]by the name of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:29 - And when Moses went down from the mountain, [fn]there were the two tables in the hands of Moses,—as then he went down from the mountain, Moses knew not that the appearance of the skin of his face was glorified, when [fn]God spoke to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:22 - And Aaron lifted up his hands on the people and blessed them; and after he had offered the sin-offering, and the whole-burnt-offerings, and the peace-offerings, he came down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:9 - And when the dew came upon the camp by night, the manna came down upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:17 - And I will go down, and speak there with thee; and I will take of the spirit that is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear together with thee the [fn]burden of the people, and thou shalt not bear them alone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:25 - And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy men that were elders; and when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied and ceased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:5 - And the three came forth to the tabernacle of witness; and the Lord descended in a pillar of a cloud, and stood at the door of the tabernacle of witness; and Aaron and Mariam were called; and both came forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:45 - And Amalec and the Chananite that dwelt in that mountain came down, and routed them, and destroyed them unto Herman; and they returned to the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - But if the Lord shall shew by a [fn]wonder, and the earth shall open her mouth and swallow them up, and their houses, and their tents, and all that belongs to them, and they shall go down alive into Hades, then ye shall know that these men have provoked the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:33 - And they went down and all that they had, alive into Hades; and the ground covered them, and they perished from the midst of the congregation.

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