Quick Definition
descent
Strong's Definition
a declivity
Derivation: from G2597 (καταβαίνω);
KJV Usage: descent
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατάβασις, καταβάσεως, ἡ (καταβαίνω) (from Herodotus down), descent;
a. the act of descending.
b. the place of descent: τοῦ ὄρους, i. e. that part of the mountain where the descent is made, Luk_19:37; so Jos_10:11 the Sept.; Diodorus 4, 21; opposed to ἀνάβασις, the place of ascent way up, 1Ma_3:16; 1Ma_3:24; Xenophon, Cyril 7, 2, 3. So Latindescensus; cf. Herzog on Sall. Cat. 57, 3.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κατάβασις katabasis 1x
the act of descending; a way down, descent, Luk_19:37
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† κατα -βαρύνω ,
[in LXX : 2Sa_13:25 ; 2Sa_14:26 ( H3513 ), Joe_2:8 , Sir_8:15 * ;]
= καταβαρέω G2599 : pass ., Pres . ptcp ., Mar_14:40 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κατάβασις [page 324]
In P Grenf II. 67 .15 (A.D. 237) in connexion with a village festival three asses are provided for the conveyance of certain dancing girls down and back again ὑπὲρ καταβάσεως καὶ ἀναβάσεως .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κατάβασις κατάβα^σις, εως [Etym: καταβαίνω] "a going down, way down, descent", Hdt. , attic; cf. καταίβασις. "the descent from" Central Asia, Xen.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κατα-βαρύνω
[in LXX: 2Ki.13:25 14:26 (כָּבַד), Jol.2:8, Sir.8:15 * ;]
= καταβαρέω: pass., Pres. ptcp., Mrk.14:40.†
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