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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 Box Gen 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:5 - But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:7 - “Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10 - Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was severe in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:11 - And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:21 - “I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:16 - Now the young woman was very beautiful to behold, a virgin; no man had known her. And she went down to the well, filled her pitcher, and came up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45 - “But before I had finished speaking in my heart, there was Rebekah, coming out with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down to the well and drew water. And I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2 - Then the LORD appeared to him and said: “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12 - Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 - And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “For I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:1 - It came to pass at that time that Judah departed from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite whose name was Hirah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:2 - And he said, “Indeed I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down to that place and buy for us there, that we may live and not die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38 - But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left alone. If any calamity should befall him along the way in which you go, then you would bring down my gray hair with sorrow to the grave.”

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:13 - “Take your brother also, and arise, go back to the man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:15 - So the men took that present and Benjamin, and they took double money in their hand, and arose and went down to Egypt; and they stood before Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:20 - and said, “O sir, we indeed came down the first time to buy food;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:23 - “But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall see my face no more.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:26 - “But we said, ‘We cannot go down; if our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down; for we may not 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 - “Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph: “God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not tarry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:3 - So He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not fear to go down to Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:4 - “I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 - Then the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river. And her maidens walked along the riverside; and when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:8 - “So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:8 - “And all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying, ‘Get out, and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will go out.” Then he went out from Pharaoh in great anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:10 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:11 - “And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day the LORD will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:14

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:18 - Now Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain[fn] quaked greatly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:20 - Then the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, 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 Box Exo 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:21 - And the LORD said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to gaze at the LORD, and many of them perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:24 - Then the LORD said to him, “Away! Get down and then come up, you and Aaron with you. But do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest He break out against them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:25

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:16 - Now the glory of the LORD rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day He called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:1 - Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make us gods that shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:7 - And the LORD said to Moses, “Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:15 - And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the Testimony were in his hand. The tablets were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other they were written.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:34 - “Now therefore, go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold, My Angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit for punishment, I will visit punishment upon them for their sin.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:9 - And it came to pass, when Moses entered the tabernacle, that the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:5 - Now the LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:29 - Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the Testimony were in Moses’ hand when he came down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:22 - Then Aaron lifted his hand toward the people, blessed them, and came down from offering the sin offering, the burnt offering, and peace offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:9 - And when the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:17 - “Then I will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit that is upon you and will put the same upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you may not bear it yourself alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:25 - Then the LORD came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders; and it happened, when the Spirit rested upon them, that they prophesied, although they never did so again.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:5 - Then the LORD came down in the pillar of cloud and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam. And they both went forward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:45 - Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who dwelt in that mountain came down and attacked them, and drove 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 creates a new thing, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the pit, then you will understand that these men have rejected the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:33 - So they and all those with them went down alive into the pit; the earth closed over them, and they perished from among the assembly.

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