Strong G2718κατέρχομαι
to descend
- Transliteration
- katerchomai
- Pronunciation
- kat-er'-khom-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
κατ-έρχομαι
[in LXX: Tob.1:22, א Tob.2:1, Est.3:13, Wis.11:22, 2Ma.11:29 *;]
to come down, go down: before εἰς, Luk.4:31, Act.8:5 13:4 15:30 19:1, Τ; ἀπό, Luk.9:37, Act.15:1 18:5 21:10; ἀπό and εἰς, Act.11:27 12:10; of coming to port by ship, Act.18:22 21:3 27:5; before πρός, with accusative of person(s), Act.9:32; metaphorically, of gifts from God, Jas.3:15.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Tob.1:22, א Tob.2:1, Est.3:13, Wis.11:22, 2Ma.11:29 *;]
to come down, go down: before εἰς, Luk.4:31, Act.8:5 13:4 15:30 19:1, Τ; ἀπό, Luk.9:37, Act.15:1 18:5 21:10; ἀπό and εἰς, Act.11:27 12:10; of coming to port by ship, Act.18:22 21:3 27:5; before πρός, with accusative of person(s), Act.9:32; metaphorically, of gifts from God, Jas.3:15.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2718 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- come8
- go2
- depart1
- descendeth1
- land1
- when1
First verses
- Luke 4:31And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
- Luke 9:37And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come down from the hill, much people met him.
- Acts 8:5Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
- Acts 9:32And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.
- Acts 11:27And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
- Acts 12:19And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Cesarea, and there abode.
- Acts 13:4So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
- Acts 15:1And certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
- Acts 18:5And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
- Acts 18:22And when he had landed at Cesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.
- Acts 21:10And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
- Acts 27:5And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
- James 3:15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
κατέρχομαι,
future κατελεύσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.303, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.125, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 6.12.3 (but in good _Attic dialect_ κάτειμι, as also κατῄειν is always used for the _imperfect_):)]aorist κατήλῠθον or κατῆλθον, infinitive κατελθεῖ; Doric dialect subjunctive κατένθῃ [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.165 (from Cyrene); 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus)]participle κατενθών, perfect participle κατηνθηκώς, see at {καθέρπω} [Refs (11)]: perfect κατελήλυθα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 675.24 (2nd c.BC))]:—go down, Οὐλύμποιο κατήλθομεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.125, etc.; τιν᾽ ἀθανάτων ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος.. κατελθέμεν 6.109)]; go down to the grave, κ. Ἄϊδος εἴσω, Ἄϊδόσδε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 284, 7.330; εἰς Ἅιδου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1101, etc.: rarely with _accusative_, τίς.. σκότου πύλας ἔτλη κατελθεῖ; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 149.2 (parody))]; from high land to the coast, ἐπὶ νῆα θοὴν κατελεύσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.303; from country to town, 11.188)]; down the Nile, εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PLille” 3.80 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]
2 of things, κατερχομένης ὑπὸ πέτρης by the descending rock, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.484, 541)]; of a river, κατέρχεται ὁ Νεῖλος πληθύων comes down in flood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.19; κατελθόντος αἰφνιδίου τοῦ ῥεύματος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.75.)]
3 κ. εἰς τὸν ἀγῶνα, Latin descendere in certamen, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.324.)]
4 with accusative, come to a place, ὑμέτερον δῶ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.115; ἀφθονία κατελήλυθε τὴν πόλιν 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “Mag.” 3.76.)]
5 of property, pass to, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PRein.” 42.28 (1st-2nd c.AD), “POxy.” 1704.5 (3rd c.AD).)]
II come back, return, especially come back from exile, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.4, +others, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1647, “Ch.” 3, “Eu.” 462, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 601, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1165, 1167, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 21a, “OGI” 90.20 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC))], etc.; φυγὰς κατελθών [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 200; ὃς ἂν κατέλθῃ τήνδε γῆν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 39:)] in passive sense, ὑπ᾽ ὀλιγαρχίας κατελθεῖν to be brought back by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.68; compare κάτειμι 11, καθέρπω 11.)]
future κατελεύσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.303, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.125, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 6.12.3 (but in good _Attic dialect_ κάτειμι, as also κατῄειν is always used for the _imperfect_):)]aorist κατήλῠθον or κατῆλθον, infinitive κατελθεῖ; Doric dialect subjunctive κατένθῃ [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.165 (from Cyrene); 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus)]participle κατενθών, perfect participle κατηνθηκώς, see at {καθέρπω} [Refs (11)]: perfect κατελήλυθα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 675.24 (2nd c.BC))]:—go down, Οὐλύμποιο κατήλθομεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.125, etc.; τιν᾽ ἀθανάτων ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος.. κατελθέμεν 6.109)]; go down to the grave, κ. Ἄϊδος εἴσω, Ἄϊδόσδε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 284, 7.330; εἰς Ἅιδου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1101, etc.: rarely with _accusative_, τίς.. σκότου πύλας ἔτλη κατελθεῖ; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 149.2 (parody))]; from high land to the coast, ἐπὶ νῆα θοὴν κατελεύσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.303; from country to town, 11.188)]; down the Nile, εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PLille” 3.80 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]
2 of things, κατερχομένης ὑπὸ πέτρης by the descending rock, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.484, 541)]; of a river, κατέρχεται ὁ Νεῖλος πληθύων comes down in flood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.19; κατελθόντος αἰφνιδίου τοῦ ῥεύματος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.75.)]
3 κ. εἰς τὸν ἀγῶνα, Latin descendere in certamen, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.324.)]
4 with accusative, come to a place, ὑμέτερον δῶ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.115; ἀφθονία κατελήλυθε τὴν πόλιν 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “Mag.” 3.76.)]
5 of property, pass to, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PRein.” 42.28 (1st-2nd c.AD), “POxy.” 1704.5 (3rd c.AD).)]
II come back, return, especially come back from exile, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.4, +others, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1647, “Ch.” 3, “Eu.” 462, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 601, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1165, 1167, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 21a, “OGI” 90.20 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC))], etc.; φυγὰς κατελθών [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 200; ὃς ἂν κατέλθῃ τήνδε γῆν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 39:)] in passive sense, ὑπ᾽ ὀλιγαρχίας κατελθεῖν to be brought back by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.68; compare κάτειμι 11, καθέρπω 11.)]