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katabainō G2597

καταβαίνω (katabainō) means “to come/go down” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

καταβαίνω Greek · G2597 80 tagged occurrences in 80 verses

Pronunciation guide: kat-ab-ah'-ee-no Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2597

καταβαίνω · katabainō · to come/go down

κατα-βαίνω [in LXX chiefly for יָרַד ;] to go or come down, descend. 1. Of persons: Mat.3:16 24:17, Luk.2:51 6:17 10:31 17:31 19:5-6, Jhn.4:47, 49 4:51 5:7, Act.7:34 8:15 10:20 20:10 23:10 24:1, 22 Eph.4:10. before ἀπό, Mat.8:1 14:29 27:40, 42 Mrk.3:22 15:30, Luk.10:30, Jhn.6:38, Act.25:7, 1Th.4:16; ἐκ, Mat.17:9; ἐκ τ. οὐρανοῦ, Mat.28:2, Mrk.9:9, Jhn.1:32 3:13 6:33, 41-42 6:50-51, 58 Rev.10:1 18:1 20:1; εἰς, Mrk.1:10, Luk.10:30 18:14, Jhn.2:12, Act.7:15 8:38 14:25 16:8 18:22 25:6, Rom.10:7, Eph.4:9; ἐπί, with accusative loc., Jhn.6:16; with accusative of person(s), Luk.3:22, Jhn.1:33, 51; ἐν, Jhn.5:4; πρός, with accusative of person(s), Act.10:21 14:11, Rev.12:12. 2. Of things: σκεῦος, Act.10:11 11:5; βροχή, Mat.7:25, 27; λαῖλαψ, Luk.8:23; before ἀπό, Luk.9:54, Act.8:26, Jas.1:17; ἐπὶ τ. γῆν, Luk.22:44 (WH, R, mg., reject); ἐκ τ. οὐρανοῦ before ἀπό, Rev.3:12 21:2, 10; id. before εἰς, Rev.13:13; ἐπί, with accusative of person(s), Rev.16:21. Fig., κ. ἕως ᾄδον, Mat.11:23, Luk.10:15, WH, txt., Tr., mg. (καταβιβασθήση, T, WH, mg., RV), (cf. συν-καταβαίνω).† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend.

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How translators render G2597

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
came down 7
come down 7
coming down 5
descending 5
went down 5
descended 4
comes down 3
down 3
fell 2
have come down 2
he went down 2
i have come down 2
vvv 2
was going down 2
were coming down 2
will descend 2
and went down 1
comes 1
descend 1
falling 1
festus went down 1
go back inside 1
go downstairs 1
goes down 1
goes in 1
got down out 1
had come down 1
has come down 1
he also descended 1
jesus came down 1
let him come down 1
no you will be brought down 1
on the way 1
on their arrival 1
rained down 1
then he went down 1
they went down 1
to come down 1
to go down 1
went home 1
who had come down 1
you will be brought down 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
come down 10
descended 7
descending 7
came down 6
went down 6
he went down 4
let him 3
as 2
descend 2
i came down 2
shall descend 2
there came down 2
they went down 2
was come down 2
am come down 1
and came down 1
and come down 1
and cometh down 1
and get thee down 1
are come down 1
cometh down 1
coming down 1
falling down 1
go down 1
goeth down 1
going down 1
he 1
he came down 1
he would come down 1
is come down 1
shall come down 1
steppeth down 1
there fell 1
to come down 1
to go down 1
was 1
when they were come down 1
which came down 1

Verses containing G2597

Page 2 of 2. 80 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Acts 8:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

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  2. Acts 10:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.

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  3. Acts 10:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”

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  4. Acts 10:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”

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  5. Acts 11:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

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  6. Acts 14:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!”

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  7. Acts 14:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

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  8. Acts 16:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.

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  9. Acts 18:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Paul had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem. Then he went down to Antioch.

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  10. Acts 20:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”

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  11. Acts 23:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the barracks.

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  12. Acts 24:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.

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  13. Acts 24:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned the hearing and said, “When Lysias the commander comes, I will decide your case.”

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  14. Acts 25:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After spending no more than eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in.

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  15. Acts 25:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.

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  16. Romans 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”

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  17. Ephesians 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?

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  18. Ephesians 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.

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  19. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.

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  20. James 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

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  21. Revelation 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.

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  22. Revelation 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.

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  23. Revelation 12:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”

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  24. Revelation 13:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the second beast performed great signs, even causing fire from heaven to come down to earth in the presence of the people.

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  25. Revelation 16:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.

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  26. Revelation 18:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory.

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  27. Revelation 20:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.

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  28. Revelation 20:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.

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  29. Revelation 21:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

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  30. Revelation 21:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,

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