Definition:
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)
Definition:
καταβαίνω,
Doric dialect κᾰβαίνω [
Refs 7th c.BC+]:
future -βήσομαι[
Refs 8th c.BC+]
perfect -βέβηκ;
Boeotian dialect participle καταβεβάων [
Refs]:
aorist κατέβην [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
poetry 3rd.pers. plural κατέβαν [
LXX+8th c.BC+],
Laconian dialect κάβασι [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
Epic dialect 1st pers. plural subjunctive καταβήομεν (variant{-βείομεν}) [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; late
3rd.pers. singular optative κατάβοι [
LXX+1st c.BC+];
poetry participle καββάς [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
Epic dialect infinitive καταβήμεναι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—
middle,
Epic dialect aorist 1 κατεβήσετο [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
imperative καταβήσεο [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—
go or
come down from, with
genitive, πόλιος κ. [
Refs]; οὐρανόθεν κ[
Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with Preps, ἐξ ὄρεος [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. Ἀΐδαν, Ἀΐδα δόμον, [
Refs 8th c.BC+] (later
absolutely,
die, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]; ἔσω κ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+] she
came down from the upper floor, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κλίμακα κατεβήσετο
came down the ladder,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξεστὸν ἐφόλκαιον καταβάς
having got down by the lading-plank, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
come downstairs, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially
1)
dismount from a chariot or from horseback, δίφρου [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; but κ. ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων
give up riding, [
Refs 4th c.BC+] —hence in
passive, ἵππος καταβαίνεται the horse
is dismounted from, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
go down from the inland parts to the sea, especially from central Asia [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also from Athens, κ. ἐς Πειραιᾶ, ἐς λιμένα, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3)
go down into the scene of contest, γυμνὸν ἐπὶ στάδιον κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸ τοῦτο (i.e. τὸ ἀεθλεύειν) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
absolutely, = Latin
in certamen descendere, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare καταβατέο; μέτρῳ καταβαίνειν 'seek no more contests' (μέτρῳ by litotes for μή), [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μεθ᾽ ὅπλων κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4) of an orator,
come down from the tribune, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, also κ. ἀπὸ τοῦ λόγου, ἀπὸ τῶν ἰαμβείων,
to cease from, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
5) less frequently of things, πρὶν. καταβήμεναι ἐκ Διὸς οὖρον [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of tears, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of streams, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the womb, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; πόσσω κατέβα τοι ἀφ᾽ ἱστ; at what price did [the robe]
come down from the loom? [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of the heavenly bodies,
set, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II)
metaphorically,
II.1)
attain, πόμπιμον κατέβαινε νόστου τέλος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
absolutely,
attain one's end, ἐν φάει κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply,
come to,
arrive at in course of speaking, κατέβαινε ἐς λιτάς he
ended with prayer, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
participle, κατέβαινε αὖτις παραιτεόμενος[
Refs]; καταβάς, of a writer, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
II.2) κ. εἰς.
conform to, εἰς τοὺς Χρόνους κ. τούτους [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.3)
condescend, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.4)
fall in value, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.5) λέγεται μηδὲν αὐτοῖς τούτων καταβαίνειν, of abusive language, does not
affect them or
get home, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]