G2597 – katabaino – καταβαίνω – to descend, come/go down

Strong’s ID:
G2597
Greek Word:
καταβαίνω
Transliteration:
katabaino
Pronunciation:
kat-ab-ah’-ee-no
Part of Speech:
verb
Etymology:
from and the base of
Usage Count:
80
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Find “katabaino” in the Bible (New Testament)

Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon

to descend, come/go down

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Strong’s Greek Lexicon

from and the base of ; to descend (literally or figuratively):—come (get, go, step) down, fall (down).

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

1) to go down, come down, descend
1a) the place from which one has come down from
1b) to come down
1b1) as from the temple at Jerusalem, from the city of Jerusalem
1b2) of celestial beings coming down to earth
1c) to be cast down
2) of things
2a) to come (i.e. be sent) down
2b) to come (i.e. fall) down
2b1) from the upper regions of the air
3) metaphorically to (go, i.e.) be cast down to the lowest state of wretchedness and shame

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.