Lexical Definition

‎καταβαίνω‎ katabaínō (kat-ab-ah'-ee-no) to come/go down ^G:V
from ‎κατά‎ and the base of ‎βάσις‎

come (get, go, step) down, fall (down).

• to descend (literally or figuratively)

Abbott-Smith

κατα-βαίνω, [in LXX chiefly for ירד;]
to go or come down, descend.
1. Of persons: Mt 3:16 24:17, Lk 2:51 6:17 10:31 17:31 19:5, 6, Jo 4:47, 49, 51 5:7, Ac 7:34 8:15 10:20 20:10 23:10 24:1, 22, Eph 4:10; seq. ἀπό, Mt 8:1 14:29 27:40, 42, Mk 3:22 15:30, Lk 10:30, Jo 6:38, Ac 25:7, I Th 4:16; ἐκ, Mt 17:9; ἐκ τ. οὐρανοῦ, Mt 28:2, Mk 9:9, Jo 1:32 3:13 6:33, 41, 42, 6:50, 51, 58, Re 10:1 18:1 20:1; εἰς, Mk 1:10, Lk 10:30 18:14, Jo 2:12, Ac 7:15 8:38 14:25 16:8 18:22 25:6, Ro 10:7, Eph 4:9; ἐπί, c. acc. loc., Jo 6:16; c. acc. pers., Lk 3:22, Jo 1:33, 52; ἐν, [4](/btb/interlinear/43%20-%20John/5/John.5.4.html)]; πρός, c. acc. pers., Ac 10:21 14:11, Re 12:12.
2. Of things: σκεῦος, Ac 10:11 11:5; βροχή, Mt 7:25, 27; λαῖλαψ, Lk 8:23; seq. ἀπό, Lk 9:54, Ac 8:26, Ja 1:17; ἐπὶ τ. γῆν, Lk 22:44 (WH, R, mg., reject); ἐκ τ. οὐρανοῦ seq. ἀπό, Re 3:12 21:2, 10; id. seq. εἰς, Re 13:13; ἐπί, c. acc. pers., Re 16:21. Fig., κ. ἕως ᾅδου, Mt 11:23, Lk 10:15, WH, txt., Tr., mg. (καταβιβασθήση, T, WH, mg., RV), (cf. συν-καταβαίνω).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

καταβαίνω,

Doric dialect κᾰβαίνω [Refs 7th c.BC+]: future -βήσομαι[Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect -βέβηκ; Boeotian dialect participle καταβεβάων [Refs]: aorist κατέβην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; poetry 3rd.pers. plural κατέβαν [LXX+8th c.BC+], Laconian dialect κάβασι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 1st pers. plural subjunctive καταβήομεν (variant{-βείομεν}) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; late 3rd.pers. singular optative κατάβοι [LXX+1st c.BC+]; poetry participle καββάς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect infinitive καταβήμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, Epic dialect aorist 1 κατεβήσετο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; imperative καταβήσεο [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—go or come down from.., with genitive, πόλιος κ. [Refs]; οὐρανόθεν κ[Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with Preps., ἐξ ὄρεος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. Ἀΐδαν, Ἀΐδα δόμον, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (later absolutely, die, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; ἔσω κ. [Refs 8th c.BC+] she came down from the upper floor, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κλίμακα κατεβήσετο came down the ladder,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξεστὸν ἐφόλκαιον καταβάς having got down by the lading-plank, [Refs 8th c.BC+] come downstairs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially

__1 dismount from a chariot or from horseback, δίφρου [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but κ. ἀπὸ τῶν ἵππων give up riding, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —hence in passive, ἵππος καταβαίνεται the horse is dismounted from, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 go down from the inland parts to the sea, especially from central Asia [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also from Athens, κ. ἐς Πειραιᾶ, ἐς λιμένα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 go down into the scene of contest, γυμνὸν ἐπὶ στάδιον κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸ τοῦτο (i.e. τὸ ἀεθλεύειν) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, = Latin in certamen descendere, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare καταβατέο; μέτρῳ καταβαίνειν 'seek no more contests' (μέτρῳ by litotes for μή), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μεθ᾽ ὅπλων κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 of an orator, come down from the tribune, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, also κ. ἀπὸ τοῦ λόγου, ἀπὸ τῶν ἰαμβείων, to cease from.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__5 less frequently of things, πρὶν.. καταβήμεναι ἐκ Διὸς οὖρον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of tears, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of streams, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the womb, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πόσσω κατέβα τοι ἀφ᾽ ἱστ; at what price did [the robe] come down from the loom? [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of the heavenly bodies, set, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II metaphorically,
__II.1 attain, πόμπιμον κατέβαινε νόστου τέλος [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, attain one's end, ἐν φάει κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply, come to, arrive at in course of speaking, κατέβαινε ἐς λιτάς he ended with prayer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]participle, κατέβαινε αὖτις παραιτεόμενος[Refs]; καταβάς, of a writer, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II.2 κ. εἰς.. conform to, εἰς τοὺς Χρόνους κ. τούτους [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.3 condescend, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.4 fall in value, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.5 λέγεται μηδὲν αὐτοῖς τούτων καταβαίνειν, of abusive language, does not affect them or get home, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.2Kgs.23.13 ☩ LXX.2Kgs.1.21}