κατέρχομαι katerchomai

Greek word for “to descend” · Strong’s G2718 · used 16 times in 16 verses

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Meaning

κατ-έρχομαι; to come down, go down: before εἰς, 13:4 15:30 19:1, Τ; ἀπό, 18:5 21:10;

How it is translated

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

• came down 3
• went down 2
• having gone down 2
• when were descending 1
• descending 1
• having come down 1
• went 1
• having landed 1
• come down 1
• disembarked 1
• came 1
• coming down 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 15 (2), Acts 18 (2), Acts 21 (2), Luke 4 (1), Luke 9 (1), Acts 8 (1), Acts 9 (1), Acts 11 (1), Acts 12 (1), Acts 13 (1)

Forms

• κατῆλθον 4
• κατελθὼν 3
• κατελθεῖν 2
• κατήλθομεν 2
• κατῆλθεν 1
• κατελθόντων 1
• κατελθόντες 1
• κατῆλθέν 1
• κατερχομένη 1

Words used with it

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

• Ἀντιόχεια Antiocheia “Antioch” 3
• Ἰουδαία Ioudaia “Judea” 3
• Κύπρος Kupros “Cyprus” 2
• Καισάρεια Kaisareia “Caesarea” 2
• τε te “and/both” 3
• διέρχομαι dierchomai “to pass through” 2
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 3
• διδάσκω didaskō “to teach” 2
• εἶναι einai “to exist” 2
• προφήτης prophētēs “prophet” 2
• πόλις polis “city” 2
• Παῦλος Paulos “Paul” 2

Key verses

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

• Luke 4:31 — And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
• Acts 8:5 — Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
• Acts 9:32 — And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.
• Acts 11:27 — And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
• Acts 12:19 — And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judæa to…
• Acts 13:4 — So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
• Acts 15:1 — And certain men which came down from Judæa taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
• Acts 18:5 — And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
• Acts 18:22 — And when he had landed at Cæsarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.
• Acts 19:1 — And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
• Acts 21:3 — Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.
• James 3:15 — This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

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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.