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Lexicon :: Strong's G2597 - katabainō

Aa
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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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 Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:7

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

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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 into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:11 - And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:21 - I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:16 - And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45 - And before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the fountain, and drew: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2 - And Jehovah appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; 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 he dreamed; and behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 - And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning. 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 Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:2 - And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:3 - And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:38 - And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left: if harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:4 - If thou wilt 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 - take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:15 - And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and 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 - and said, Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:23 - And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:26 - And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:3

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:4 - I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 - And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river-side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:8 - and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:8 - And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:10 - And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go unto 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 be ready against the third day; for the third day Jehovah will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:14 - And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their garments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:18 - And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:20

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:21 - And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:24 - And Jehovah said unto him, Go, get thee down; and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto Jehovah, lest he break forth upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:25 - So Moses went down unto the people, and told them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:16 - And the glory of Jehovah abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:1 - And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:7 - And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, that thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:15 - And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand; tables that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:34 - And now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine angel shall go before thee; nevertheless in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:9 - And it came to pass, when Moses entered into the Tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the Tent: and Jehovah spake with Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:5

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:29 - And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:22

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:9

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:17 - And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the Spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:25 - And Jehovah came down in the cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:5 - And Jehovah came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:45 - Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite who dwelt in that mountain, and smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - But if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then ye shall understand that these men have despised Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:33 - So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly.

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