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Strong's G2597 καταβαίνω (katabaino)

Katabaino means “go” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2597 — chanukka (“dedication”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2597
Language Greek
Linked Usages 377
Books 48

Strong's G2597 Quick Answer

Strong's G2597 καταβαίνω (katabaino) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. katabaino (kat-ab-ai'-no) v. 1. to descend {literally or figuratively} It has 377 linked Bible usages across 48 books. Visible English usage signals include down, went, lord, came, and come. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
katabaino (kat-ab-ai'-no) v. 1. to descend {literally or figuratively}
Usage
377 linked usages
Books
48 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
down, went, lord, came, and come

Meaning and Definition

katabaino (kat-ab-ai'-no) v. 1. to descend {literally or figuratively} [from G2596 and the base of G939] KJV: come (get, go, step) down, fall (down) Root(s): G2596, G939

Original Word
καταβαίνω
Transliteration
katabaino
Derivation
Root: βάσις R1: 2596 R2: 939
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2597. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to come/go down

Usage: κατα-βαίνω [in LXX chiefly for יָרַד ;] to go or come down, descend. __1. Of persons: Mat.3:16 24:17, Luk.2:51 6:17 10:31 17:31 19:5-6, Jhn.4:47, 49 4:51 5:7, Act.7:34 8:15 10:20 20:10 23:10 24:1, 22 Eph.4:10. before ἀπό, Mat.8:1 14:29 27:40, 42 Mrk.3:22 15:30, Luk.10:30, Jhn.6:38, Act.25:7, 1Th.4:16; ἐκ, Mat.17:9; ἐκ τ. οὐρανοῦ, Mat.28:2, Mrk.9:9, Jhn.1:32 3:13 6:33, 41-42 6:50-51, 58 Rev.10:1 18:1 20:1; εἰς, Mrk.1:10, Luk.10:30 18:14, Jhn.2:12, Act.7:15 8:38 14:25 16:8 18:22 25:6, Rom.10:7, Eph.4:9;

ἐπί, with accusative loc., Jhn.6:16; with accusative of person(s), Luk.3:22, Jhn.1:33, 51; ἐν, Jhn.5:4; πρός, with accusative of person(s), Act.10:21 14:11, Rev.12:12. __2. Of things: σκεῦος, Act.10:11 11:5; βροχή, Mat.7:25, 27; λαῖλαψ, Luk.8:23; before ἀπό, Luk.9:54, Act.8:26, Jas.1:17; ἐπὶ τ. γῆν, Luk.22:44 (WH, R, mg., reject); ἐκ τ. οὐρανοῦ before ἀπό, Rev.3:12 21:2, 10; id. before εἰς, Rev.13:13; ἐπί, with accusative of person(s), Rev.16:21. Fig., κ. ἕως ᾄδον, Mat.11:23, Luk.10:15, WH, txt., Tr., mg.

(καταβιβασθήση, T, WH, mg., RV), (cf. συν-καταβαίνω).† (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

down went lord came come into said people thee god upon moses

How Strong's G2597 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 267 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2597 (καταβαίνω) appears 327 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

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Strong's G2597 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2597 in the New Testament

80 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G2597 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

267 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 11:5 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men built.

Genesis 11:7 Septuagint / Brenton

Come, and having gone down let us there confound their tongue, that they may not understand each the voice of his neighbor.

Genesis 12:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.

Strong's G2597 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

22 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G2597 in 1 Enoch

8 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2597.

Genesis 11:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men built.
Genesis 11:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Come, and having gone down let us there confound their tongue, that they may not understand each the voice of his neighbor.
Genesis 12:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.
Genesis 15:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And birds came down upon the bodies, even upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them.
Genesis 18:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will therefore go down and see, if they completely correspond with the cry which comes to me, and if not, that I may know.
Genesis 24:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the virgin was very beautiful in appearance, she was a virgin, a man had not known her; and she went down to the well, and filled her waterpot, and came up.
Genesis 24:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass before I had done speaking in my mind, straightaway Rebekah came forth, having her pitcher on her shoulders; and she went down to the well, and drew water; and I said to her, Give me to drink.
Genesis 26:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt, but dwell in the land, which I shall tell thee of.
Genesis 28:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and dreamed, and behold a ladder fixed on the earth, whose top reached to heaven, and the angels of God ascended and descended on it.
Genesis 37:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all his sons and his daughters gathered themselves together, and came to comfort him; but he would not be comforted, saying, I will go down to my son mourning to Hades; and his father wept for him.
Genesis 38:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass at that time that Judah went down from his brethren, and came as far as to a certain man of Adullam, whose name was Hirah.
Genesis 42:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt; go down thither, and buy for us a little food, that we may live, and not die.
Genesis 42:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the ten brethren of Joseph went down to buy corn out of Egypt.
Genesis 42:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But he said, My son shall not go down with you, because his brother is dead, and he only has been left; and suppose it shall come to pass that he is afflicted by the way by which ye go, then ye shall bring down my old age with sorrow to Hades.
Genesis 43:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If, then, thou send our brother with us, we will go down, and buy thee food;
Genesis 43:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And take your brother; and arise, go down to the man.
Genesis 43:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men having taken these presents, and the double money, took in their hands also Benjamin; and they rose up and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
Genesis 43:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
saying, We pray thee, Sir; we came down at first to buy food.
Genesis 44:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But thou saidst to thy servants, Except your younger brother come down with you, ye shall not see my face again.
Genesis 44:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And we said, We shall not be able to go down; but if our younger brother go down with us, we will go down; for we shall not be able to see the man’s face, our younger brother not being with us.
Genesis 45:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hasten, therefore, and go up to my father, and say to him, These things saith thy son Joseph; God has made me lord of all the land of Egypt; come down therefore to me, and tarry not.
Genesis 46:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he says to him, I am the God of thy fathers; fear not to go down into Egypt, for I will make thee there a great nation.
Genesis 46:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will go down with thee into Egypt, and I will bring thee up at the end; and Joseph shall put his hands on thine eyes.
Exodus 2:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to the river to bathe; and her maids walked by the river’s side, and having seen the ark in the ooze, she sent her maid, and took it up.
Exodus 3:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land, and to bring them into a good and wide land, into a land flowing with milk and honey, into the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Girgashites, and Hivites, and Jebusites.
Exodus 11:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all these thy servants shall come down to me, and do me reverence, saying, Go forth, thou and all the people over whom thou presidest, and afterward I will go forth.
Exodus 19:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and solemnly charge the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments.
Exodus 19:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And let them be ready against the third day, for on the third day the Lord will descend upon Mount Sinai before all the people.
Exodus 19:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified them, and they washed their clothes.
Exodus 19:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The mount of Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because God had descended upon it in fire; and the smoke went up as the smoke of a furnace, and the people were exceedingly amazed.
Exodus 19:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord came down upon Mount Sinai on the top of the mountain; and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
Exodus 19:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God spoke to Moses, saying, Go down, and solemnly charge the people, lest at any time they draw nigh to God to gaze, and a multitude of them fall.
Exodus 19:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to him, Go, descend, and come up thou and Aaron with thee; but let not the priests and the people force their way to come up to God, lest the Lord destroy some of them.
Exodus 19:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses went down to the people, and spoke to them.
Exodus 24:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the glory of God came down upon the Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days; and the Lord called Moses on the seventh day out of the midst of the cloud.
Exodus 32:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people combined against Aaron, and said to him, Arise and make us gods who shall go before us; for this Moses, the man who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt—we do not know what is become of him.
Exodus 32:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Go quickly, descend hence, for thy people whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt have transgressed;
Exodus 32:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tables of testimony were in his hands, tables of stone written on both their sides: they were written within and without.
Exodus 32:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now go, descend, and lead this people into the place of which I spoke to thee: behold, my angel shall go before thy face; and in the day when I shall visit I will bring upon them their sin.
Exodus 33:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when Moses entered into the tabernacle, the pillar of the cloud descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and God talked to Moses.
Exodus 34:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord descended in a cloud, and stood near him there, and called by the name of the Lord.
Exodus 34:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when Moses went down from the mountain, there were the two tables in the hands of Moses—as then he went down from the mountain, Moses knew not that the appearance of the skin of his face was glorified, when God spoke to him.
Leviticus 9:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Aaron lifted up his hands on the people and blessed them; and after he had offered the sin offering, and the whole burnt offerings, and the peace offerings, he came down.
Numbers 11:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the dew came upon the camp by night, the manna came down upon it.
Numbers 11:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will go down, and speak there with thee; and I will take of the spirit that is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear together with thee the burden of the people, and thou shalt not bear them alone.
Numbers 11:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy men that were elders; and when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied and ceased.
Numbers 12:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the three came forth to the tabernacle of witness; and the Lord descended in a pillar of a cloud, and stood at the door of the tabernacle of witness; and Aaron and Miriam were called; and both came forth.
Numbers 14:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Amalek and the Canaanite that dwelt in that mountain came down, and routed them, and destroyed them unto Hormah; and they returned to the camp.
Numbers 16:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if the Lord shall show by a wonder, and the earth shall open her mouth and swallow them up, and their houses, and their tents, and all that belongs to them, and they shall go down alive into Hades, then ye shall know that these men have provoked the Lord.
Numbers 16:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they went down and all that they had, alive into Hades; and the ground covered them, and they perished from the midst of the congregation.
Numbers 20:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we sojourned in Egypt many days, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.
Numbers 20:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he took Aaron’s garments off him, and put them on Eleazar his son, and Aaron died on the top of the mountain; and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
Numbers 34:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah eastward to the fountains, and the border shall go down from Riblah behind the sea Chinnereth eastward.
Numbers 34:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the termination shall be the salt sea; this shall be your land and its borders round about.
Deuteronomy 9:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to me, Arise, go down quickly from hence, for thy people whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt have transgressed; they have gone aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them, and have made themselves a molten image.
Deuteronomy 9:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I turned and went down from the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to heaven; and the two tables of the testimonies were in my two hands.
Deuteronomy 9:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And your sin which ye had made, even the calf, I took, and burned it with fire, and pounded it and ground it down till it became fine; and it became like dust, and I cast the dust into the brook that descended from the mountain.
Deuteronomy 10:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I turned and came down from the mountain, and I put the tables into the ark which I had made; and there they were, as the Lord commanded me.
Deuteronomy 10:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
With seventy souls your fathers went down into Egypt; but the Lord thy God has made thee as the stars of heaven in multitude.
Deuteronomy 26:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and he shall answer and say before the Lord thy God, My father abandoned Syria, and went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a small number, and became there a mighty nation and a great multitude.
Deuteronomy 28:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord thy God make the rain of thy land dust; and dust shall come down from heaven, until it shall have destroyed thee, and until it shall have quickly consumed thee.
Deuteronomy 28:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The stranger that is within thee shall get up very high, and thou shalt come down very low.
Deuteronomy 31:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord descended in a cloud, and stood by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony; and the pillar of the cloud stood by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony.
Deuteronomy 32:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let my speech be looked for as the rain, And my words come down as dew, As the shower upon the herbage, And as snow upon the grass.
Joshua 2:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the two young men returned, and came down out of the mountain; and they went over to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that had happened to them.
Joshua 3:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass, when the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth rest in the water of Jordan, the water of Jordan below shall fail, and the water coming down from above shall stop.
Joshua 3:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the waters that came down from above stopped; there stood one solid heap very far off, as far as the region of Kiriath-jearim, and the lower part came down to the Sea of Arabah, the salt sea, till it completely failed; and the people stood opposite Jericho.
Joshua 15:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders continue on to the fourth part of the Valley of Achor, and go down to Gilgal, which is before the approach of Adummim, which is southward in the valley, and terminate at the water of the fountain of the sun; and their going forth shall be the fountain of Rogel.
Joshua 15:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the border will go round from Baalah to the sea, and will go on to the mount of Seir behind the city of Jearim northward; this is Chesalon: and it will come down to the city of the Sun, and will go on to the south.
Joshua 17:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders shall go down to the Valley of Kanah southward by the Valley of Jezreel (there is a turpentine tree belonging to Ephraim between that and the city of Manasseh): and the borders of Manasseh are northward to the brook; and the sea shall be its termination.
Joshua 18:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders will go forth thence to Luz, behind Luz, from the south of it; this is Bethel: and the borders shall go down to Ataroth-addar, to the hill country, which is southward of Beth-horon the lower.
Joshua 18:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders shall extend down on one side, this is in front of the forest of Hinnom, which is on the side of Emec Rephaim northward, and it shall come down to Gai-hinnom behind Jebus southward: it shall come down to the fountain of Rogel.
Joshua 18:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders shall go across to the fountain of Beth-shemesh:
Joshua 18:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and shall proceed to Geliloth, which is in front by the going up of Adummim; and they shall come down to the stone of Bohan of the sons of Reuben; and shall pass over behind Beth-arabah northward, and shall go down to the borders behind the sea northward.
Joshua 19:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan, according to their families, these are their cities and their villages:
Joshua 24:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I gave to him Isaac, and to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir for him to inherit: and Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt, and became there a great and populous and mighty nation: and the Egyptians afflicted them.
Judges 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight with the Canaanite dwelling in the hill country, and the south, and the plain country.
Judges 1:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Amorite drove out the children of Dan into the mountain, for they did not suffer them to come down into the valley.
Judges 3:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when Ehud came into the land of Israel, that he blew the horn in Mount Ephraim, and the children of Israel came down with him from the mountain, and he was before them.
Judges 3:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to them, Come down after me, for the Lord God has delivered our enemies, even Moab, into our hand; and they went down after him, and seized on the fords of Jordan before Moab, and he did not suffer a man to pass over.
Judges 4:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Deborah said to Barak, Rise up, for this is the day on which the Lord has delivered Sisera into thy hand, for the Lord shall go forth before thee: and Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
Judges 4:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barak: and Sisera descended from off his chariot, and fled on his feet.
Judges 5:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
ye that are delivered from the noise of disturbers Among the drawers of water; There shall they relate righteous acts: O Lord, increase righteous acts in Israel: Then the people of the Lord went down to the cities.
Judges 5:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then went down the remnant to the strong, The people of the Lord went down for him among the mighty ones from me.
Judges 5:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ephraim rooted them out in Amalek, Behind thee was Benjamin among thy people: The inhabitants of Machir came down with me searching out the enemy, And from Zebulun came they that draw with the scribe’s pen of record.
Judges 7:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass in that night that the Lord said to him, Arise, go down into the camp, for I have delivered it into thy hand.
Judges 7:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thou art afraid to go down, go down thou and thy servant Purah into the camp.
Judges 7:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt hear what they shall say, and afterward thy hands shall be strong, and thou shalt go down into the camp: and he went down and Purah his servant to the extremity of the companies of fifty, which were in the camp.
Judges 7:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gideon sent messengers into all Mount Ephraim, saying, Come down to meet Midian, and take to yourselves the water as far as Beth-barah and Jordan: and every man of Ephraim cried out, and they took the water beforehand unto Beth-barah and Jordan.
Judges 9:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gaal the son of Ebed saw the people, and said to Zebul, Behold, a people comes down from the top of the mountains: and Zebul said to him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as men.
Judges 9:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gaal continued to speak and said, Behold, a people comes down westward from the part bordering on the middle of the land, and another company comes by the way of Helon Maonenim.
Judges 11:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she said to her father, Let my father now do this thing: let me alone for two months, and I will go up and down on the mountains, and I will bewail my virginity, I and my companions.
Judges 14:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
Judges 14:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samson and his father and his mother went down to Timnah, and he came to the vineyard of Timnah; and behold, a young lion roared in meeting him.
Judges 14:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they went down and spoke to the woman, and she was pleasing in the eyes of Samson.
Judges 14:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his father went down to the woman, and Samson made there a banquet for seven days, for so the young men are used to do.
Judges 14:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him powerfully, and he went down to Ashkelon, and destroyed of the inhabitants thirty men, and took their garments, and gave the changes of raiment to them that told the riddle; and Samson was very angry, and went up to the house of his father.
Judges 15:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he smote them leg on thigh with a great overthrow; and went down and dwelt in a cave of the rock Etam.
Judges 15:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the three thousand men of Judah went down to the hole of the rock Etam, and they said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines rule over us? and what is this that thou hast done to us? and Samson said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.
Judges 15:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said to him, We are come down to bind thee to deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines: and Samson said to them, Swear to me that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
Judges 16:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his brethren and his father’s house went down, and they took him; and they went up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the sepulcher of his father Manoah; and he judged Israel twenty years.
Judges 20:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the rest turned, and fled to the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon; and the children of Israel picked off of them five thousand men; and the children of Israel went down after them as far as Gidom, and they smote of them two thousand men.
Ruth 3:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she went down to the threshing floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law enjoined her.
1 Kingdoms 6:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they send messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought back the ark of the Lord, go down and take it home to yourselves.
1 Kingdoms 9:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he went down from Bama into the city; and they prepared a lodging for Saul on the roof, and he lay down.
1 Kingdoms 9:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As they went down to a part of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Speak to the young man, and let him pass on before us; and do thou stand as today, and hearken to the word of God.
1 Kingdoms 10:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And afterward thou shalt go to the hill of God, where is the encampment of the Philistines; there is Nasib the Philistine: and it shall come to pass when ye shall have entered into the city, that thou shalt meet a band of prophets coming down from the Bama; and before them will be lutes, and a drum, and a pipe, and a harp, and they shall prophesy.
1 Kingdoms 10:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt go down in front of Gilgal, and behold, I come down to thee to offer a whole burnt offering and peace offerings: seven days shalt thou wait until I shall come to thee, and I will make known to thee what thou shalt do.
1 Kingdoms 13:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then I said, Now will the Philistines come down to me to Gilgal, and I have not sought the face of the Lord: so I forced myself and offered the whole burnt offering.
1 Kingdoms 13:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all Israel went down to the land of the Philistines to forge every one his reaping hook and his tool, and every one his axe and his sickle.
1 Kingdoms 14:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines this night, and let us plunder among them till the day break, and let us not leave a man among them. And they said, Do all that is good in thy sight: and the priest said, Let us draw nigh hither to God.
1 Kingdoms 14:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul inquired of God, If I go down after the Philistines, wilt thou deliver them into the hands of Israel? And he answered him not in that day.
1 Kingdoms 15:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samuel rose early and went to meet Israel in the morning, and it was told Saul, saying, Samuel has come to Carmel, and he has raised up help for himself: and he turned his chariot, and came down to Gilgal to Saul; and, behold, he was offering up a whole burnt offering to the Lord, the chief of the spoils which he brought out of Amalek.
1 Kingdoms 17:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he stood and cried to the army of Israel, and said to them, Why are ye come forth to set yourselves in battle array against us? Am not I a Philistine, and ye Hebrews of Saul? choose for yourselves a man, and let him come down to me.
1 Kingdoms 22:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David departed thence, and escaped; and he comes to the cave of Adullam, and his brethren hear, and the house of his father, and they go down to him there.
1 Kingdoms 23:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David inquired yet again of the Lord; and the Lord answered him, and said to him, Arise and go down to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hands.
1 Kingdoms 23:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David, that he went down with David to Keilah, having an ephod in his hand.
1 Kingdoms 23:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul charged all the people to go down to war to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
1 Kingdoms 23:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Will the place be shut up? and now will Saul come down, as thy servant has heard? Lord God of Israel, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, It will be shut up.
1 Kingdoms 23:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now according to all the king’s desire to come down, let him come down to us; they have shut him up into the hands of the king.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2597, grouped by book.

Genesis 23 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 19 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 26 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 24 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 17 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 19 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 19 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 16 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 19 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Obadiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 10 usages, New Testament
Mark 6 usages, New Testament
Luke 12 usages, New Testament
John 18 usages, New Testament
Acts 19 usages, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
Ephesians 2 usages, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 1 usage, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 10 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 10 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 8 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G2597 FAQ

What does katabaino (καταβαίνω) mean?

Katabaino (Strong's G2597) is a Greek word most simply glossed "go". katabaino (kat-ab-ai'-no) v. 1. to descend {literally or figuratively}

How many times is katabaino (καταβαίνω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 377 linked usages for Strong's G2597 across 48 books.

Where can I study katabaino (καταβαίνω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2597 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate katabaino (καταβαίνω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as down, went, lord, came, come, and into. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2597 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 267 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 22 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 8 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G2597, with linked reader references where each row is available.