καταβαίνω; imperfect 3 person plural κατέβαινον; future καταβήσομαι; 2 aorist κατέβην, imperative κατάβηθι (Mat_27:40; Luk_19:5; Joh_4:49; Act_10:20) and κατάβα (Mar_15:30 (R G (where L T Tr WH participle καταβάς)), see ἀναβαίνω); perfect καταβέβηκα; (from Homer on); the Sept. for ιΘψΗγ; 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, Luk_6:17 (cf. ); (followed here by an infinitive, so Mat_24:17); Luk_19:5; Joh_5:7; Act_20:10; Eph_4:10; followed by ἀπό with the genitive of the place, Mat_8:1; Mat_14:29; Mat_17:9 Rec.; ; Mar_9:9 (L Tr marginal reading WH text ἐκ); ; by ἐκ with the genitive of place, Mat_17:9 G L T Tr WH (see ἐκ, I. 3); by εἰς with the accusative of place, Mar_13:15 (R G L brackets Tr; others omit εἰς etc.); Act_8:38; (Rom_10:7); Eph_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, Mat_3:16; Luk_2:51; Luk_10:31; Joh_4:47; Joh_4:49; Joh_4:51; Acts (); ; (); ; followed by ἀπό with the genitive of the place, Mar_3:22; Luk_10:30; Act_25:7; 1Th_4:16; ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, Mat_28:2; Joh_1:32; Joh_3:13; Joh_6:33; Joh_6:38 (R G; others ἀπό), 41f, 50f, 58 (on these passages cf. Buttmann, 297 (255)); Rev_10:1; Rev_18:1; Rev_20:1, followed by εἰς with the accusative of place, Luk_10:30; Luk_18:14; Joh_2:12; Act_7:15; Act_14:25; Act_16:8; Act_18:22; Act_25:6; by ἐπί with the accusative of place, Joh_6:16; with the accusative of the person; Mar_1:10 (R G L marginal reading); Luk_3:22; Joh_1:33; Joh_1:51 (); by ἐν with dative of place, Joh_5:4 (R L) (see ἐν, I. 7); by πρός with the accusative of person, Act_10:21; Act_14:11; contextually equivalent to to be cast down, of the devil, Rev_12:12. 2. of things, to come (i. e. be sent) down: Act_10:11 (Rec. adds ἐπ' αὐτόν); ; followed by ἀπό with a genitive of person, Jas_1:17; ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀπό τοῦ Θεοῦ, Rev_3:12; Rev_21:2; Rev_21:10; to come (i. e. fall) down: from the upper regions of the air; as βροχή, Mat_7:25; Mat_7:27; λαῖλαψ, Luk_8:23; πῦρ ἀπό (Lachmann ἐκ) τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Luk_9:54; ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰς τήν γῆν, Rev_13:13; ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀπό τοῦ Θεοῦ, Rev_20:9 (R G Tr); χάλαζα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐπί τινα, Rev_16:21; θρόμβοι ἐπί τήν γῆν, Luk_22:44 (L brackets WH reject the passage); of a way leading downward, Act_8:26. 3. figuratively, καταβαίνειν ἕως ᾅδου, to (go i. e.) be cast down to the lowest state of wretchedness and shame: Mat_11:23 L Tr WH; (Luk_10:15 WH text Tr marginal reading Compare: συγκαταβαίνω.)

καταβαίνω katabainō 81x to come or go down, descend, Mat_8:1 ; Mat_17:9 ; to lead down, Act_8:26 ; to come down, fall, Mat_7:25 ; Mat_7:27 ; to be let down, Act_10:11 ; Act_11:5 come down; descend; go down.

κατα -βαίνω , [in LXX chiefly for H3381 ;] to go or come down, descend. 1. Of persons: Mat_3:16 ; Mat_24:17 , Luk_2:51 ; Luk_6:17 ; Luk_10:31 ; Luk_17:31 ; Luk_19:5-6 , Joh_4:47 ; Joh_4:49 ; Joh_4:51 ; Joh_5:7 , Act_7:34 ; Act_8:15 ; Act_10:20 ; Act_20:10 ; Act_23:10 ; Act_24:1 ; Act_24:22 Eph_4:10 . seq . ἀπό , Mat_8:1 ; Mat_14:29 ; Mat_27:40 ; Mat_27:42 Mar_3:22 ; Mar_15:30 , Luk_10:30 , Joh_6:38 , Act_25:7 , 1Th_4:16 ; ἐκ , Mat_17:9 ; ἐκ τ . οὐρανοῦ , Mat_28:2 , Mar_9:9 , Joh_1:32 ; Joh_3:13 ; Joh_6:33 ; Joh_6:41-42 ; Joh_6:50-51 ; Joh_6:58 Rev_10:1 ; Rev_18:1 ; Rev_20:1 ; εἰς , Mar_1:10 , Luk_10:30 ; Luk_18:14 , Joh_2:12 , Act_7:15 ; Act_8:38 ; Act_14:25 ; Act_16:8 ; Act_18:22 ; Act_25:6 , Rom_10:7 , Eph_4:9 ; ἐπί , c . acc loc ., Joh_6:16 ; c . acc pers ., Luk_3:22 , Joh_1:33 ; Joh_1:51 ; ἐν , Joh_5:4 ; πρός , c . acc pers ., Act_10:21 ; Act_14:11 , Rev_12:12 . 2. Of things: σκεῦος , Act_10:11 ; Act_11:5 ; βροχή , Mat_7:25 ; Mat_7:27 ; λαῖλαψ , Luk_8:23 ; seq . ἀπό , Luk_9:54 , Act_8:26 , Jas_1:17 ; ἐπὶ τ . γῆν , Luk_22:44 ( WH , R , mg ., reject); ἐκ τ . οὐρανοῦ seq . ἀπό , Rev_3:12 ; Rev_21:2 ; Rev_21:10 ; id . seq . εἰς , Rev_13:13 ; ἐπί , c . acc pers ., 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 ).†

καταβαίνω [page 324] See s.v. ἀναβαίνω , and add P Grenf II. 38 .16 (B.C. 81) γράψον μοι περὶ τοῦ μὴ λογεύιν ἕως καταβῇς , P Tebt 1. 37 .22 (B.C. 73) ἔχε ἀπὸ τοῦ χαλκοῦ (τάλαντον ) ᾱ ἕως καταβῶ καὶ λάβωι , ib. II. 284 .3 (i/B.C.) ἐπικέκριταί μοι μὴ καταβῆναι ἕως τῆς κ̄ε̄ , it has been decided for me (by an oracular response from the god Soknebtunis) that I should not go down till the 25th (Edd.). In P Par 42 .10 (B.C. 156) the verb is used with reference to the possibility that certain malefactors might escape from the right of asylum in an Egyptian temple ἐὰν τολμήσωσι καὶ καταβῶσι ἐκτὸς τοῦ ἀσύλου , διασάφησόν μοι . See also P Oxy IX. 1223 .33 (late iv/A.D.) of depreciated coin ὁ ὁλοκόττινος νῦν μυ (ριάδων ) β̄κ̄ ἐστίν· κατέβη γάρ , the solidus now stands at 2,020 myriads; it has come down (Ed.). MGr κατεβαίνω : the aor. may take the augment, (ἐ )κατέβηκα .

καταβαίνω fut. -βήσομαι perf. -βέβηκα aor2 κατέβην poet. 3rd pl. κατέβαν imperat. κατάβηθι or κατάβα epic 1st pl. subj. καταβείομεν [Etym: epic 1st pl. subj. καταβείομεν for -βῶμεν] Mid., epic 3rd sg. aor1 κατεβήσετο imperat. καταβήσεο "to step down, go or come down", Lat. descendere, ἐξ ὄρεος from the mountain, Il. ; κ. πόλιος "to go down from" the city, id=Il. ; κ. δίφρου "to dismount" from the chariot, id=Il. ; c. acc. loci, θάλαμον κατεβήσετο she "came down" to her chamber, Od. :—but also c. acc., κατέβαιν᾽ ὑπερώϊα "she came down from" the upper floor, id=Od. ; κλίμακα κατεβήσετο "came down" the ladder, id=Od. ; absol. "to come down stairs", Ar. ; hence in Pass., ἵππος καταβαίνεται the horse "is dismounted from", Xen. "to go down from the inland parts to the sea", esp. from central Asia (cf. ἀναβαίνω II. 3), Hdt. ; κ. ἐς Πειραιᾶ, Plat. "to come to land, get safe ashore", Pind. "to go down into the arena", κ. ἐπ᾽ ἄεθλα Hdt. ; and absol., like Lat. in certamen descendere, Soph. , Xen. of an orator, "to come down from the tribune", κατάβα: —answer, καταβήσομαι Ar. πόσσω κατέβα τοι ἀφ᾽ ἵστω; at what price did [the robe] "come down from the loom?" Theocr. metaph., καταβαίνειν εἴς τι "to come to" a thing "in the course of speaking", κατέβαινε ἐς λιτάς "he ended" with prayer, Hdt. ; c. part., κατέβαινεν παραιτεόμενος "ended" in "begging", id=Hdt. ; κ. ἐπὶ τελευτήν Plat. trans. "to bring down", Pind.

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)