Strong G2601καταβιβάζω

to bring down

Transliteration
katabibazō
Pronunciation
kat-ab-ib-ad'-zo
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G2596 and a derivative of the base of G939; to cause to go down that is precipitate: - bring (thrust) down.

Detailed definition

κατα-βιβάζω
[in LXX for יָרַד (hi., etc.): Deu.21:4, Eze.31:16, al.;]
to cause to go down, cast down: pass., ἕως ᾅδου, Mat.11:23 (WH, R, mg.), Luk.10:15 (WH, mg.).†
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In the Bible

Strong G2601 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • bring1
  • thrust1

First verses

  1. Matthew 11:23
    And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
  2. Luke 10:15
    And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
καταβῐβ-άζω,
causal of καταβαίνω, make to go down, bring down, τινὰ ἀπὸ τῆς πυρῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.87, compare 86; τοὺς ἐκ τοῦ καταστρώματος ἐς κοίλην νέα [prev. author] 8.119; στρατιώτας.. εἰς τὴν Χώραν τῶν Φρυγῶν “Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 16.3; τὴν πόλιν πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 4)]; bring from town to country, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cam.” 10)]; down into a mine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.86, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.262d)]: metaphorically, bring down, lower, κ. σεαυτὸν ἀπὸ αὐχημάτων εἰς τὸ δημοτικώτερον [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 7.45)]:—passive, κωμῳδία -βιβασθεῖσα εἰς τὸ λογοειδές [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.6.)]
2 force to come down, εἰς τὸ ὁμαλὸν τὸ στρατόπεδον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.6.7, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.65)]; drive away, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 1.143.)]
II bring down, τὴν διήγησιν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν τοῦ πρώτου Φοινικικοῦ πολέμου [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.8; τὸν λόγον ἐπὶ τὰ νῦν καθεστῶτα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Rh.Pr.” 20.)]
III bring down the accent, i.e. throw it forward, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 213.16, “Etymologicum Magnum” 774.34.)]
IV Astron., ὁ -βιβάζων (i.e. σύνδεσμος) the descending node, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 30.6, 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Hypotyposis astronomicarum positionum” 5.101.)]