Quick Definition
κατάβασις, εως, ἡ n.f. descent
Strong's Definition
from 2597; a declivity
KJV Usage: descent
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | βαίνω (go, walk)
15.109 · Linear Movement · Come/Go Down, Descend
slope, descent (derivative of καταβαίνω ‘to move down, to descend,’ 15.107) the slope or declivity of an object which one may descend ἐγγίζοντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἤδη πρὸς τῇ καταβάσει τοῦ Ὄρους τῶν Ἐλαιῶν ‘he was already approaching the slope of the Mount of Olives’ or ‘he was already approaching the descent of the Mount of Olives’ LUK 19:37. The latter translation could represent the means of descent, namely, ‘the road leading down from the Mount of Olives.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατα-βαρύνω : i. 4. καταβαρέω (q. ν.} ; pres. pass. ptep. καταβαρυνόμενος, Mk. xiv. 40 LT TrWH; see Bape. (Sept.; Theophr. et al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κατάβασις katabasis 1x
the act of descending; a way down, descent, Lk. 19:37*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† κατα-βαρύνω,
[in LXX: II Ki 13:25 14:26 (כּבד), Jl 2:8, Si 8:15*;]
= καταβαρέω: pass., pres. ptcp., Mk 14:40.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κατάβασις. In P Grenf τ]. 6715 (a.D. 237) in connexion with a village festival three asses are provided for the conveyance of certain dancing girls ‘‘down and back again”—imp καταβάσεως. καὶ ἀναβάσεως.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κατάβασις (katabasis) — descent. κατά-βᾰσις, εως, ἡ, opposed to ἀνάβασις, way down, descent, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ εἰς Ἅιδου κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; title of work by Dicaearchus, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; compare καταίβασις.
2. descent from central Asia, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐπὶ θάλατταν κ. [Refs 1st c.BC+]
3. metaphorically, descent of an idea into the mind, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
4. steep ground, declivity, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
5. ἔργον καταβάσεως hanging work, [LXX]