Strong G2600κατάβασις
descent
- Transliteration
- katabasis
- Pronunciation
- kat-ab'-as-is
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G2597; a declivity: - descent.
Detailed definition
κατά-βᾰσις, εως, ἡ,
opposed to ἀνάβασις, way down, descent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.186 (_plural_), 7.223, etc.)]; ἡ εἰς Ἅιδου κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.20, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.6.12, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.122)]; title of work by Dicaearchus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 13.31.2)]; compare καταίβασις.
2 descent from central Asia, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.5.4)]; ἡ ἐπὶ θάλατταν κ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.25.)]
3 metaphorically, descent of an idea into the mind, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.242.)]
4 steep ground, declivity, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 248 (_plural_).)]
5 ἔργον καταβάσεως hanging work, [LXX (LXX.3Ki.7.16(29).)]
opposed to ἀνάβασις, way down, descent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.186 (_plural_), 7.223, etc.)]; ἡ εἰς Ἅιδου κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.20, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.6.12, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.122)]; title of work by Dicaearchus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 13.31.2)]; compare καταίβασις.
2 descent from central Asia, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.5.4)]; ἡ ἐπὶ θάλατταν κ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.25.)]
3 metaphorically, descent of an idea into the mind, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.242.)]
4 steep ground, declivity, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 248 (_plural_).)]
5 ἔργον καταβάσεως hanging work, [LXX (LXX.3Ki.7.16(29).)]
In the Bible
Strong G2600 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- descent1
First verses
- Luke 19:37And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κατά-βᾰσις, εως, ἡ,
opposed to ἀνάβασις, way down, descent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.186 (_plural_), 7.223, etc.)]; ἡ εἰς Ἅιδου κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.20, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.6.12, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.122)]; title of work by Dicaearchus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 13.31.2)]; compare καταίβασις.
2 descent from central Asia, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.5.4)]; ἡ ἐπὶ θάλατταν κ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.25.)]
3 metaphorically, descent of an idea into the mind, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.242.)]
4 steep ground, declivity, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 248 (_plural_).)]
5 ἔργον καταβάσεως hanging work, [LXX (LXX.3Ki.7.16(29).)]
opposed to ἀνάβασις, way down, descent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.186 (_plural_), 7.223, etc.)]; ἡ εἰς Ἅιδου κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.20, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.6.12, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.122)]; title of work by Dicaearchus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 13.31.2)]; compare καταίβασις.
2 descent from central Asia, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.5.4)]; ἡ ἐπὶ θάλατταν κ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.25.)]
3 metaphorically, descent of an idea into the mind, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.242.)]
4 steep ground, declivity, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 248 (_plural_).)]
5 ἔργον καταβάσεως hanging work, [LXX (LXX.3Ki.7.16(29).)]