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G2609 κατάγω (katágō)
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Quick Definition

κατάγω v. I lead down, bring down

Strong's Definition

from 2596 and 71; to lead down; specially, to moor a vessel

KJV Usage: bring (down, forth), (bring to) land, touch

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | aor. κατήγαγον · inf. καταγαγεῖν · aor.pass. κατήχθην · ptc. καταχθείς | ἄγω

15.175 · Linear Movement · Lead, Bring, Take

to bring down, to lead down to lead or to bring down

ACT 9:30 · ACT 22:30 · ACT 23:15 · ACT 23:20 · ACT 23:28 · ROM 10:6

54.16 · Maritime Activities

to put in at, to land, to bring to shore to cause a boat to put in at a shore or to land

LUK 5:11

54.15 · (κατάγομαι) · Maritime Activities

to arrive at land, to put in at (technical, nautical terms) to go by ship toward the shore

ACT 27:3 · ACT 28:12

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κατ-άγω : 2 aor. κατήγαγον ; 1 aor. pass. κατήχθην ; Sept. for ΤΙ, to make to descend; to lead down, bring down: τινά, Acts xxii. 30; Ro. x.6; τινά foll. by εἰς w. ace. of place, Acts ix. 30; xxiii. (15 LT Tr WH], 20, 28; τινά foll. by πρός w. ace. of pers., Acts xxii. 15 [RG]; τὸ πλοῖον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν to bring the vessel (down from deep water) to the land, Lk. v.11}; κατάγεσθαι; to be brought (down) in a ship, to land, touch at: foll. by εἰς w. ace. of place, Acts xxi. 3 [LT Tr WH κατήλθομεν]; xxvii. 3; xxviii. 12; often so in Grk. writ.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κατάγω katagō 9x

to lead, bring, or conduct down, Acts 9:30; 22:30; 23:15, 20, 28; to bring a ship to land; pass. κατάγομαι, aor. κατήχθην, to come to land, land, touch, Lk. 5:11

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κατ-άγω,

[in LXX chiefly for ירד hi.;]

to bring down: c. acc. pers., Ac 22:30, Ro 10:6; id. seq. εἰς, Ac 9:30 23:15, 20, 28; as nautical term, to bring to land: τ. πλοῖον ἐπὶ τ. γῆν, Lk 5:11; pass., seq. εἰς, Ac 27:3 28:12.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

κατάγω is frequently used of ‘‘ bringing down” corn etc. to the sea coast or a harbour, e.g. P Grenf IT. 441} (a.p. 101) ὡς els φόρετρα ὧν κατῆξαν γένων ἐπὶ κώμη(ς) Βακχιάδος, of goods ‘‘brought down” the canal which at one time ran past Philadelphia to Bacchias and the lake, P Oxy IV. 708? (A.D. 188) τοῦ] καταχθέντος γόμου ἐκ Tod ὑπὸ σοὶ νομοῦ, BGU I. 812° (Α.Ὁ. 189) ἃς καὶ κατήξαμεν εἰς ὅρμον ἄλσους μητρο(πόλεως). For a similar use of the subst. καταγωγή see P Magd 11° (B.c, 221) τῆι καταγωγῆι Tod σίτου, and cf. Archiv iii. p. 219f. On τὸ καταγώγιον = ‘‘the sum paid for this transport,” see Wilcken Os¢v. i. p. 379.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

κατάγω (katagō) — to bring down. κατ-άγω [ᾰγ], future -ξω[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist κατήγᾰγον [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 1 κατῆξα[Refs 5th c.BC+]: Epic dialect aorist infinitive -αξέμεν[Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect καταγήοχα[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—lead down, especially into the nether world, ψυχὰς μνηστήρων κατάγων [Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally, bring down to a place, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; bring down a river or canal, [Refs]:—passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

2. draw down, κατῆγεν ἦγεν ἦγεν ἐς μέλαν πέδον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially by magic arts, κ. τὸν Δία [Refs 1st c.AD+], uncertain meaning in [Refs 4th c.BC+]

3. bring down to the sea-coast, κατάγειν κοίλας ἐπὶ νῆας [Refs 8th c.BC+]

3. b launch, σκάφος εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

4. bring down from the high seas to land, τὸν Κρήτηνδε κατήγαγε ἲς ἀνέμοιο [Refs 8th c.BC+]: absolutely, put in to shore,[Refs 3rd c.BC+]; especially for purposes of exacting toll or plundering, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. σαγήνην draw it to land, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τοῦ πνεύματος κλύδωνα κατάγοντος πολύν bringing in a heavy swell from the sea, [Refs]:—passive, come to land, land, opposed to ἀνάγεσθαι, of seamen as well as ships, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

4. b κατάγεσθαι παρά τινι turn in and lodge in a person's house, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥς τινα [Refs 4th c.BC+]

5. draw down or out, spin, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατάγουσα, ἡ, spinning-girl, statue by Praxiteles, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

6. reduce to a state, ἐς κίνδυνον φανερὸν κ. τὴν πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ οἶνος εἰς ὕπνον κ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

7. bring home, gain, θρίαμβον καὶ νίκην τῇ πατρίδι [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; escort, ἐπὶ τιμητείαν [Refs]

8. κ. γένος derive a pedigree, ἀπό τινος [Refs 2nd c.BC+] —passive, τὰ στέμματα κατάγεται εἴς τινα are traced down to.., [Refs 3rd c.BC+] P.; of persons, to be descended, ἀπό τινος [Refs 6th c.AD+]

9. derive a word, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: generally, derive, ὅθεν δεῖ κατῆχθαι καὶ πῶς ἀποδεικνύειν [Refs 1st c.BC+]; κ. [βοάν] lower the voice, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, bring down, lower, πρὸς αὑτόν to one's own standard, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

10. in Medicine texts, couch a cataract, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

11. wind up a torsion-engine, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

12. καταγόμενος current, ἐνιαυτός [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II. bring back, κατὰ δὲ φρόνιν ἤγαγε πολλήν brought back much news [of Troy], [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially from banishment, recall, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, restore, τυραννίδας ἐς τὰς πόλις [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, return, ἐπὶ τὸ στρατόπεδον [Refs 5th c.BC+]

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