καταβαίνω; imperfect 3 person plural κατέβαινον; future καταβήσομαι; 2 aorist κατέβην, imperative κατάβηθι (Mat 27:40; Luk 19:5; Joh 4:49; Act 10:20) and κατάβα (Mar 15:30 (R G (where L T Tr WH participle καταβάς)), see ἀναβαίνω); perfect καταβέβηκα; (from Homer on); the Sept. for éÈøÇã; to go down, come down, descend;

1. of persons;

a. properly: absolutely, the place from which one has come down being evident from the context, καταβάς ἔστη, Luk 6:17 (cf. ); (followed here by an infinitive, so Mat 24:17); Luk 19:5; Joh 5:7; Act 20:10; Eph 4:10; followed by ἀπό with the genitive of the place, Mat 8:1; Mat 14:29; Mat 17:9 Rec.; ; Mar 9:9 (L Tr marginal reading WH text ἐκ); ; by ἐκ with the genitive of place, Mat 17:9 G L T Tr WH (see ἐκ, I. 3); by εἰς with the accusative of place, Mar 13:15 (R G L brackets Tr; others omit εἰς etc.); Act 8:38; (Rom 10:7); Eph 4:9.

b. to come down, as from the temple at Jerusalem, from the city of Jerusalem; also of celestial beings coming down to earth: absolutely, Mat 3:16; Luk 2:51; Luk 10:31; Joh 4:47; Joh 4:49; Joh 4:51; Acts (); ; (); ; followed by ἀπό with the genitive of the place, Mar 3:22; Luk 10:30; Act 25:7; 1Th 4:16; ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, Mat 28:2; Joh 1:32; Joh 3:13; Joh 6:33; Joh 6:38 (R G; others ἀπό), 41f, 50f, 58 (on these passages cf. Buttmann, 297 (255)); Rev 10:1; Rev 18:1; Rev 20:1, followed by εἰς with the accusative of place, Luk 10:30; Luk 18:14; Joh 2:12; Act 7:15; Act 14:25; Act 16:8; Act 18:22; Act 25:6; by ἐπί with the accusative of place, Joh 6:16; with the accusative of the person; Mar 1:10 (R G L marginal reading); Luk 3:22; Joh 1:33; Joh 1:51 (); by ἐν with dative of place, Joh 5:4 (R L) (see ἐν, I. 7); by πρός with the accusative of person, Act 10:21; Act 14:11; contextually equivalent to to be cast down, of the devil, Rev 12:12.

2. of things, to come (i. e. be sent) down: Act 10:11 (Rec. adds ἐπ’ αὐτόν); ; followed by ἀπό with a genitive of person, Jas 1:17; ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀπό τοῦ Θεοῦ, Rev 3:12; Rev 21:2; Rev 21:10; to come (i. e. fall) down: from the upper regions of the air; as βροχή, Mat 7:25; Mat 7:27; λαῖλαψ, Luk 8:23; πῦρ ἀπό (Lachmann ἐκ) τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Luk 9:54; ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰς τήν γῆν, Rev 13:13; ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀπό τοῦ Θεοῦ, Rev 20:9 (R G Tr); χάλαζα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐπί τινα, Rev 16:21; θρόμβοι ἐπί τήν γῆν, Luk 22:44 (L brackets WH reject the passage); of a way leading downward, Act 8:26.

3. figuratively, καταβαίνειν ἕως ᾅδου, to (go i. e.) be cast down to the lowest state of wretchedness and shame: Mat 11:23 L Tr WH; (Luk 10:15 WH text Tr marginal reading Compare: συγκαταβαίνω.)