To descend
κατέρχομαιStrong’s G2718katerchomai
Appears in 16 verses of the New Testament
In short
Katerchomai is the Greek word usually translated “came down”, “having gone down” and “went down”. It appears in 16 verses of the New Testament.
“And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.”
Meaning
Usually translated “came down”, “having gone down” and “went down”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- came down 3
- having gone down 2
- he went down 1
- when were descending 1
- descending 1
- went down 1
- having come down 1
- went 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 13
- Luke 2
- James 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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 Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.
- Acts 13:4So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
Greek dictionary
κατέρχομαι katerchomai · to descend
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “descend” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DESCEND, verb intransitive
[Latin To climb.]
- To move or pass from a higher to a lower place; to move, come or go downwards; to fall; to sink; to run or flow down; applicable to any kind of motion or of body.“The rains descended, and the floods came” Matthew 7:25
- To go down, or to enter.
- To come suddenly; to fall violently.
- To go in; to enter.
All definitions and other forms of “descend”
- To rush; to invade, as an enemy.
- To proceed from a source or original; to be derived.
- To proceed, as from father to son; to pass from a preceding possessor, in the order of lineage, or according to the laws of succession or inheritance.
- To pass from general to particular considerations; as, having explained the general subject, we will descend to particulars.
- To come down from an elevated or honorable station; in a figurative sense.
- In music, to fall in sound; to pass from any note to another less acute or shrill, or from sharp to flat.
DESCEND, verb transitive
To walk, move or pass downwards on a declivity; as, to descend a hill; to descend an inclined plain. [But this may be considered as elliptical; on or along being understood.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.