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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)
Dictionary Aids

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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:5 -

Then the LORD came down to look over the city and the tower that the humans[fn] were building.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:7 -

“Come, let’s go down there and confuse their language so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10 -

There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay there for a while because the famine in the land was severe.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:11 -

Birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:21 -

“I will go down to see if what they have done justifies the cry that has come up to me. If not, I will find out.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:16 -

Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin ​— ​no man had been intimate with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45 -

“Before I had finished praying silently, there was Rebekah coming with her jug on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please let me have a drink.’

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2 -

The LORD appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Live in the land that I tell you about;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12 -

And he dreamed: A stairway was set on the ground with its top reaching the sky, and God’s angels were going up and down on it.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 -

All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” And his father wept for him.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:1 -

At that time Judah left his brothers and settled near an Adullamite named Hirah.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:2 -

“Listen,” he went on, “I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us so that we will live and not die.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:3 -

So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38 -

But Jacob answered, “My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If anything happens to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:4 -

“If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:13 -

“Take your brother also, and go back at once to the man.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:15 -

The men took this gift, double the amount of silver, and Benjamin. They immediately went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:20 -

They said, “My lord, we really did come down here the first time only to buy food.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:23 -

“Then you said to your servants, ‘If your younger brother does not come down with you, you will not see me again.’

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:26 -

“We told him, ‘We cannot go down unless our younger brother goes with us. If our younger brother isn’t with us, we cannot see the man.’

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 -

“Return quickly to my father and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: “God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:3 -

God said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:4 -

“I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you back. Joseph will close your eyes when you die.”[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 -

Pharaoh’s daughter went down to bathe at the Nile while her servant girls walked along the riverbank. She saw the basket among the reeds, sent her slave girl, took it,

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:8 -

“and I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them from that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey ​— ​the territory of the Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:8 -

“All these officials of yours will come down to me and bow before me, saying: Get out, you and all the people who follow you.[fn] After that, I will get out.” And he went out from Pharaoh’s presence fiercely angry.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:10 -

and the LORD told Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:11 -

“and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:14 -

Then Moses came down from the mountain to the people and consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:18 -

Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke because the LORD came down on it in fire. Its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:20 -

The LORD came down on Mount Sinai at the top of the mountain. Then the LORD summoned Moses to the top of the mountain, and he went up.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:21 -

The LORD directed Moses, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD; otherwise many of them will die.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:24 -

And the LORD replied to him, “Go down and come back with Aaron. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD, or he will break out in anger against them.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:25 -

So Moses went down to the people and told them.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:16 -

The glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day he called to Moses from the cloud.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:1 -

When the people saw that Moses delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, “Come, make gods[fn] for us who will go before us because this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt ​— ​we don’t know what has happened to him! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:7 -

The LORD spoke to Moses: “Go down at once! For your people you brought up from the land of Egypt have acted corruptly.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:15 -

Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides ​— ​inscribed front and back.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:34 -

“Now go, lead the people to the place I told you about; see, my angel will go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will hold them accountable for their sin.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:9 -

When Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance to the tent, and the LORD would speak with Moses.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:5 -

The LORD came down in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed his name, “the LORD.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:29 -

As Moses descended from Mount Sinai ​— ​with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands as he descended the mountain ​— ​he did not realize that the skin of his face shone as a result of his speaking with the LORD.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:22 -

Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them. He came down after sacrificing the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the fellowship offering.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:9 -

When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:17 -

“Then I will come down and speak with you there. I will take some of the Spirit who is on you and put the Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:25 -

Then the LORD descended in the cloud and spoke to him. He took some of the Spirit who was on Moses and placed the Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they never did it again.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:5 -

Then the LORD descended in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When the two of them came forward,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:45 -

Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them as far as Hormah.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 -

“But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them along with all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have despised the LORD.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:33 -

They went down alive into Sheol with all that belonged to them. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.


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