2597. katabainó

Strong's Concordance

katabainó: to go down

Original Word: καταβαίνω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: katabainó
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ab-ah'-ee-no)
Definition: to go down
Usage: I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from kata and the same as basis
Definition
to go down
NASB Translation
brought down (1), came down (12), come down (15), comes down (4), coming (1), coming down (9), descend (3), descended (6), descending (5), descends (1), falling down (1), fell (1), go (1), go down (4), go downstairs (1), going down (3), got (1), steps down (1), went (1), went down (11).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2597: καταβαίνω

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. ); (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.; ; Mark 9:9 (L Tr marginal reading WH text ἐκ); ; 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 (); ; (); ; 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 (); 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); ; 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.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

go down, come down

From kata and the base of basis; to descend (literally or figuratively) -- come (get, go, step) down, fall (down).

see GREEK kata

see GREEK basis

Forms and Transliterations

κατάβα καταβαινει καταβαίνει καταβαινειν καταβαινείν καταβαίνειν καταβαινέτω καταβαίνη καταβαινον καταβαίνον καταβαῖνον καταβαινοντα καταβαίνοντα καταβαινοντας καταβαίνοντας καταβαινοντες καταβαίνοντες καταβαινοντος καταβαίνοντος καταβαινοντων καταβαινόντων καταβαινουσα καταβαίνουσα καταβαινουσαν καταβαίνουσαν καταβαινούσης καταβαίνουσι καταβαίνουσιν καταβαίνω καταβαινων καταβαίνων καταβαν καταβὰν καταβαντες καταβάντες καταβάντι Καταβαντος Καταβάντος καταβας καταβάς καταβὰς καταβάσα καταβατω καταβάτω καταβεβηκα καταβέβηκα καταβέβηκεν καταβεβηκέναι καταβεβηκοτες καταβεβηκότες καταβη καταβή καταβῇ καταβηθι κατάβηθι καταβηναι καταβήναι καταβήναί καταβῆναι καταβής καταβησεται καταβήσεται καταβηση καταβήση καταβήσῃ καταβήσομαι καταβησόμεθα καταβησονται καταβήσονται κατάβητε καταβήτω καταβήτωσαν καταβώ καταβώμεν κατέβαινε κατεβαινεν κατεβαίνεν κατέβαινεν κατέβαινον κατεβη κατέβη κατέβημεν κατεβην κατέβην κατέβης κατεβησαν κατέβησαν κατεβίβασε katabainei katabaínei katabainein katabaínein katabainon katabainōn katabaínon katabaínōn katabaînon katabainonta katabaínonta katabainontas katabaínontas katabainontes katabaínontes katabainonton katabainontōn katabainónton katabainóntōn katabainontos katabaínontos katabainousa katabaínousa katabainousan katabaínousan kataban katabàn katabantes katabántes Katabantos Katabántos katabas katabás katabàs katabato katabatō katabáto katabátō katabe katabē katabebeka katabebēka katabébeka katabébēka katabebekotes katabebekótes katabebēkotes katabebēkótes katabêi katabē̂i katabenai katabênai katabēnai katabē̂nai katabese katabēsē katabḗsei katabḗsēi katabesetai katabēsetai katabḗsetai katabethi katabēthi katábethi katábēthi katebainen katébainen katebe katebē katébe katébē kateben katebēn katében katébēn katebesan katebēsan katébesan katébēsan

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 3:16 V-PPA-ANS
GRK: τοῦ θεοῦ καταβαῖνον ὡσεὶ περιστερὰν
NAS: of God descending as a dove
KJV: of God descending like
INT: of God descending as a dove

Matthew 7:25 V-AIA-3S
GRK: καὶ κατέβη ἡ βροχὴ
NAS: And the rain fell, and the floods
KJV: And the rain descended, and the floods
INT: and came down the rain

Matthew 7:27 V-AIA-3S
GRK: καὶ κατέβη ἡ βροχὴ
KJV: And the rain descended, and the floods
INT: and came down the rain

Matthew 8:1 V-APA-GMS
GRK: Καταβάντος δὲ αὐτοῦ
NAS: When Jesus came down from the mountain,
KJV: he was come down from
INT: having come down moreover he

Matthew 11:23 V-FIM-2S
GRK: ἕως ᾅδου καταβήσῃ ὅτι εἰ
NAS: to heaven, will you? You will descend to Hades;
INT: to Hades will be brought down for if

Matthew 14:29 V-APA-NMS
GRK: Ἐλθέ καὶ καταβὰς ἀπὸ τοῦ
NAS: And Peter got out of the boat,
KJV: when Peter was come down out of
INT: Come And having descended from the

Matthew 17:9 V-PPA-GMP
GRK: Καὶ καταβαινόντων αὐτῶν ἐκ
NAS: As they were coming down from the mountain,
KJV: as they came down from
INT: And as were descending they from

Matthew 24:17 V-AMA-3S
GRK: δώματος μὴ καταβάτω ἆραι τὰ
NAS: is on the housetop must not go down to get
KJV: not come down to take
INT: housetop not let him come down to take anything

Matthew 27:40 V-AMA-2S
GRK: θεοῦ καὶ κατάβηθι ἀπὸ τοῦ
NAS: of God, come down from the cross.
KJV: of God, come down from
INT: of God moreover descend from the

Matthew 27:42 V-AMA-3S
GRK: Ἰσραήλ ἐστιν καταβάτω νῦν ἀπὸ
NAS: let Him now come down from the cross,
KJV: let him now come down from the cross,
INT: of Israel he is let him descend now from

Matthew 28:2 V-APA-NMS
GRK: γὰρ Κυρίου καταβὰς ἐξ οὐρανοῦ
NAS: of the Lord descended from heaven
KJV: of the Lord descended from
INT: indeed of [the] Lord having descended out of heaven

Mark 1:10 V-PPA-ANS
GRK: ὡς περιστερὰν καταβαῖνον εἰς αὐτόν
NAS: like a dove descending upon Him;
KJV: like a dove descending upon him:
INT: as a dove descending upon him

Mark 3:22 V-APA-NMP
GRK: ἀπὸ Ἰεροσολύμων καταβάντες ἔλεγον ὅτι
NAS: The scribes who came down from Jerusalem
KJV: which came down from
INT: from Jerusalem having come down said

Mark 9:9 V-PPA-GMP
GRK: Καὶ καταβαινόντων αὐτῶν ἐκ
NAS: As they were coming down from the mountain,
KJV: as they came down from
INT: and as were descending they from

Mark 13:15 V-AMA-3S
GRK: δώματος μὴ καταβάτω μηδὲ εἰσελθάτω
NAS: is on the housetop must not go down, or
KJV: not go down into
INT: housetop not let him come down nor go in

Mark 15:30 V-APA-NMS
GRK: σῶσον σεαυτὸν καταβὰς ἀπὸ τοῦ
NAS: Yourself, and come down from the cross!
KJV: thyself, and come down from the cross.
INT: save yourself having descended from the

Mark 15:32 V-AMA-3S
GRK: βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ καταβάτω νῦν ἀπὸ
NAS: now come down from the cross,
KJV: the King of Israel descend now from
INT: King of Israel let him descend now from

Luke 2:51 V-AIA-3S
GRK: καὶ κατέβη μετ' αὐτῶν
NAS: And He went down with them and came
KJV: And he went down with them,
INT: And he went down with them

Luke 3:22 V-ANA
GRK: καὶ καταβῆναι τὸ πνεῦμα
NAS: Spirit descended upon Him in bodily
KJV: Ghost descended in a bodily
INT: and descended the Spirit

Luke 6:17 V-APA-NMS
GRK: καὶ καταβὰς μετ' αὐτῶν
NAS: Jesus came down with them and stood
KJV: And he came down with them,
INT: And having descended with them

Luke 8:23 V-AIA-3S
GRK: ἀφύπνωσεν καὶ κατέβη λαῖλαψ ἀνέμου
NAS: of wind descended on the lake,
KJV: and there came down a storm
INT: he fell asleep and came down a storm of wind

Luke 9:54 V-ANA
GRK: εἴπωμεν πῦρ καταβῆναι ἀπὸ τοῦ
NAS: fire to come down from heaven
KJV: fire to come down from
INT: we should call fire to come down from

Luke 10:15 V-FIM-2S
GRK: τοῦ ᾅδου καταβήσῃ
NAS: to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades!
INT: Hades you will be brought down

Luke 10:30 V-IIA-3S
GRK: Ἄνθρωπός τις κατέβαινεν ἀπὸ Ἰερουσαλὴμ
NAS: A man was going down from Jerusalem
KJV: [man] went down from
INT: A man certain was going down from Jerusalem

Luke 10:31 V-IIA-3S
GRK: ἱερεύς τις κατέβαινεν ἐν τῇ
NAS: a priest was going down on that road,
KJV: chance there came down a certain
INT: a priest certain went down on the

Strong's Greek 2597
82 Occurrences

καταβαίνει — 2 Occ.
καταβαίνειν — 1 Occ.
καταβαίνων — 2 Occ.
καταβαῖνον — 7 Occ.
καταβαίνοντα — 3 Occ.
καταβαίνοντας — 1 Occ.
καταβαίνοντες — 1 Occ.
καταβαινόντων — 2 Occ.
καταβαίνοντος — 1 Occ.
καταβαίνουσα — 1 Occ.
καταβαίνουσαν — 3 Occ.
καταβὰν — 1 Occ.
καταβάντες — 2 Occ.
Καταβάντος — 1 Occ.
καταβὰς — 12 Occ.
καταβάτω — 5 Occ.
καταβῇ — 2 Occ.
καταβῆναι — 2 Occ.
καταβήσῃ — 2 Occ.
καταβήσεται — 2 Occ.
κατάβηθι — 4 Occ.
καταβέβηκα — 2 Occ.
καταβεβηκότες — 1 Occ.
κατέβαινεν — 3 Occ.
κατέβη — 13 Occ.
κατέβην — 1 Occ.
κατέβησαν — 5 Occ.