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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