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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