καταβαίνω katabainō

Greek word for “to come/go down” · Strong’s G2597 · used 81 times in 81 verses

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Meaning

κατα-βαίνω; to go or come down, descend.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for katabainō in context, with how often each is used:

• descending 13
• went down 8
• came down 7
• having come down 7
• having descended 5
• coming down 5
• going down 4
• should come down 3
• have come down 3
• having gone down 3
• when are descending 2
• should descend 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 6 (8), Luke 10 (3), John 1 (3), John 4 (3), Acts 8 (3), Acts 10 (3), Matthew 7 (2), Matthew 27 (2), Mark 15 (2), Luke 19 (2)

Forms

• κατέβη 13
• καταβὰς 9
• καταβαῖνον 7
• καταβάτω 5
• κατέβησαν 5
• κατάβηθι 4
• καταβάς 3
• καταβαίνουσαν 3
• καταβαίνοντα 3
• καταβήσῃ 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with katabainō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 31
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 14
• ἀναβαίνω anabainō “to ascend” 8
• μέγας megas “great” 10
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 10
• ὕδωρ hudōr, hudatos “water” 6
• Ἱερουσαλήμ Hierousalēm “Jerusalem” 6
• περιστερά peristera “dove” 4
• υἱός uhios “son” 8
• γῆ gē “earth” 7
• ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 6
• οἰκία oikia “home” 5

Key verses

The verses using katabainō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Luke 18:14 — I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself…
• Luke 22:44 — And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
• John 1:51 — And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
• John 3:13 — And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
• John 6:38 — For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
• John 6:51 — I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I…
• 1 Thessalonians 4:16 — For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise…
• James 1:17 — Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
• Revelation 3:12 — Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of…
• Revelation 10:1 — And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet…
• Revelation 21:2 — And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
• Revelation 21:10 — And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.