Quick Definition
to descend
Strong's Definition
to sink, i.e. descend; causatively, to press or lead down
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: be broken, (cause to) come down, enter, go down, press sore, settle, stick fast.
TWOT Reference: 1351
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
נָחֵת (na.chat) — to descend. 1) to go down, descend 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go down, descend 1a2) to descend, descend into (chastisement) (fig.) 1b) (Niphal) to come down into, penetrate 1c) (Piel) to cause to descend, press down, stretch (a bow) 1d) (Hiphil) to bring down Aramaic equivalent: ne.chat (נְחֵת "to descend" H5182)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · נַחַת · נָחֵת
Move | verb pe'al, verb nif, verb qal
to descend = action by which humans or supernatural beings move down from a place of higher elevation
Move | verb hif, verb hof
to bring down = causative action by which humans or deities cause (other) humans to move down from a place of higher elevation
DAN 5:20 · JOL 4:11
Dead | verb nif
to go down to Sheol, to pass away literally: to go down to Sheol; hence: = process by which humans die and enter the realm of the dead
Know | verb qal
to impress = process by which an experience finds a prominent place in a person's memory
Impact | verb qal, verb nif
to strike = process by which a sharp or heavy object comes down and hits a person's body
Shape | verb pi
to bend = causative action by which humans shape a straight object into a curve
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[נָחֵת] vb. (Aram. and poet.) go down, descend Qal go down, descend
fig. descend in chastisement
Niph. = penetrate
Pi. cause to descend = press down
Hiph. thither bring down thy heroes
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