Lexical Definition
κατέρχομαι katérchomai (kat-er'-khom-ahee) to descend G:V
from κατά and ἔρχομαι (including its alternate)
come (down), depart, descend, go down, land.
- to come (or go) down (literally or figuratively)
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| κατῆλθον | came down | Acts.11.27 • Acts.18.5 |
| went | Acts.15.30 | |
| went down | Acts.13.4 | |
| κατῆλθεν | He went down | Luke.4.31 |
| κατῆλθέν | came down | Acts.21.10 |
| κατερχομένη | coming down | Jas.3.15 |
| κατελθὼν | having gone down | Acts.8.5 • Acts.12.19 |
| having landed | Acts.18.22 | |
| κατελθόντων | when were descending | Luke.9.37 |
| κατελθόντεσ | having come down | Acts.15.1 |
| κατελθεῖν | descending | Acts.9.32 |
| to come down | Acts.19.1 | |
| κατήλθομεν | we came | Acts.27.5 |
| we disembarked | Acts.21.3 |
Abbott-Smith
** κατ-έρχομαι, [in LXX: To 1:22, א 2:1, Es 3:13, Wi 11:22, II Mac 11:29*;]
to come down, go down: seq. εἰς, Lk 4:31, Ac 8:5 13:4 15:30 19:1, Τ; ἀπό, Lk 9:37, Ac 15:1 18:5 21:10; ἀπό et εἰς, Ac 11:27 12:10; of coming to port by ship, Ac 18:22 21:3 27:5; seq. πρός, c. acc. pers., Ac 9:32; metaph., of gifts from God, Ja 3:15.†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Ezra | 3:13 |
| Luke | 4:31 · 9:37 |
| Acts | 8:5 · 9:32 · 11:27 · 12:10 · 13:4 · 15:1 · 15:30 · 18:5 · 18:22 · 19:1 · 21:3 · 21:10 · 27:5 |
| James | 3:15 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
κατέρχομαι,
future κατελεύσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist κατήλῠθον or κατῆλθον, infinitive κατελθεῖ; Doric dialect subjunctive κατένθῃ [Refs 4th c.AD+]participle κατενθών, perfect participle κατηνθηκώς, see at {καθέρπω} [Refs]: perfect κατελήλυθα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—go down, Οὐλύμποιο κατήλθομεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; go down to the grave, κ. Ἄϊδος εἴσω, Ἄϊδόσδε, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; from high land to the coast, ἐπὶ νῆα θοὴν κατελεύσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; down the Nile, εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 of things, κατερχομένης ὑπὸ πέτρης by the descending rock, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a river, κατέρχεται ὁ Νεῖλος πληθύων comes down in flood, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 κ. εἰς τὸν ἀγῶνα, Latin descendere in certamen, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 with accusative, come to a place, ὑμέτερον δῶ [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__5 of property, pass to, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II come back, return, especially come back from exile, [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; φυγὰς κατελθών [Refs 5th c.BC+] in passive sense, ὑπ᾽ ὀλιγαρχίας κατελθεῖν to be brought back by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]