Dictionary entry

καταβαίνω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κατα-βαίνω,

[in LXX chiefly for ירד;]

to go or come down, descend.

1. Of persons: Mt 3:1624:17, Lk 2:516:1710:3117:3119:5, 6, Jo 4:47, 49, 515:7, Ac 7:348:1510:2020:1023:1024:1, 22, Eph 4:10; seq. ἀπό, Mt 8:114:2927:40, 42, Mk 3:2215:30, Lk 10:30, Jo 6:38, Ac 25:7, I Th 4:16; ἐκ, Mt 17:9; ἐκ τ. οὐρανοῦ, Mt 28:2, Mk 9:9, Jo 1:323:136:33, 41, 42, 6:50, 51, 58, Re 10:118:120:1; εἰς, Mk 1:10, Lk 10:3018:14, Jo 2:12, Ac 7:158:3814:2516:818:2225:6, Ro 10:7, Eph 4:9; ἐπί, c. acc. loc., Jo 6:16; c. acc. pers., Lk 3:22, Jo 1:33, 52; ἐν, Jo 5:[4]; πρός, c. acc. pers., Ac 10:2114:11, Re 12:12.

2. Of things: σκεῦος, Ac 10:1111:5; βροχή, Mt 7:25, 27; λαῖλαψ, Lk 8:23; seq. ἀπό, Lk 9:54, Ac 8:26, Ja 1:17; ἐπὶ τ. γῆν, Lk 22:44 (WH, R, mg., reject); ἐκ τ. οὐρανοῦ seq. ἀπό, Re 3:1221:2, 10; id. seq. εἰς, Re 13:13; ἐπί, c. acc. pers., Re 16:21. Fig., κ. ἕως ᾅδου, Mt 11:23, Lk 10:15, WH, txt., Tr., mg. (καταβιβασθήση, T, WH, mg., RV), (cf. συν-καταβαίνω).†