καταβαίνω

As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.

Matthew 3:16

• καταβαῖνονkatabainonverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: descending

The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.

Matthew 7:25

• κατέβηkatebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: came down

The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”

Matthew 7:27

• κατέβηkatebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: came down

When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him.

Matthew 8:1

• Καταβάντοςkatabantosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: When was coming down

And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.

Matthew 11:23

• καταβήσῃkatabeseverb · future middle form, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: will go down

“Come,” said Jesus. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.

Matthew 14:29

• καταβὰςkatabasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having descended

As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Do not tell anyone about this vision until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”

Matthew 17:9

• καταβαινόντωνkatabainontonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: when are descending

Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.

Matthew 24:17

• καταβάτωkatabatoverb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should come down

and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

Matthew 27:40

• κατάβηθιkatabethiverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do descend

“He saved others, but He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him.

Matthew 27:42

• καταβάτωkatabatoverb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should descend

Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.

Matthew 28:2

• καταβὰςkatabasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having descended

As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, He saw the heavens breaking open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove.

Mark 1:10

• καταβαῖνονkatabainonverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: descending

And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”

Mark 3:22

• καταβάντεςkatabantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having come down

As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus admonished them not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

Mark 9:9

• καταβαινόντωνkatabainontonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: when are descending

Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house.

Mark 13:15

• καταβάτωkatabatoverb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should come down

come down from the cross and save Yourself!”

Mark 15:30

• καταβὰςkatabasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: descending

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe!” And even those who were crucified with Him berated Him.

Mark 15:32

• καταβάτωkatabatoverb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should descend

Then He went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But His mother treasured up all these things in her heart.

Luke 2:51

• κατέβηkatebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He went down

and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”

Luke 3:22

• καταβῆναιkatabenaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: descending

Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples was there, along with a great number of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.

Luke 6:17

• καταβὰςkatabasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having descended

As they sailed, He fell asleep, and a windstorm came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger.

Luke 8:23

• κατέβηkatebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: came down

When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”

Luke 9:54

• καταβῆναιkatabenaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to come down

And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!

Luke 10:15

• καταβήσῃ.¶katabeseverb · future middle form, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you will be brought down

Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.

Luke 10:30

• κατέβαινενkatebainenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was going down

Now by chance a priest was going down the same road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

Luke 10:31

• κατέβαινενkatebainenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was going down

On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.

Luke 17:31

• καταβάτωkatabatoverb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should come down

I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Luke 18:14

• κατέβηkatebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: went down

When Jesus came to that place, He looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down, for I must stay at your house today.”

Luke 19:5

• κατάβηθιkatabethiverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do come down

So Zacchaeus hurried down and welcomed Him joyfully.

Luke 19:6

• κατέβηkatebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he came down

And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

Luke 22:44

• καταβαίνοντεςkatabainontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: falling down

Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.

John 1:32

• καταβαῖνονkatabainonverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: descending

I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

John 1:33

• καταβαῖνονkatabainonverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: descending

Then He declared, “Truly, truly, I tell you, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

John 1:51

• καταβαίνονταςkatabainontasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: descending

After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and His disciples, and they stayed there a few days.

John 2:12

• κατέβηkatebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He went down

No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

John 3:13

• καταβάςkatabasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having come down

When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.

John 4:47

• καταβῇkatabeaverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: He may come down

“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

John 4:49

• κατάβηθιkatabethiverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do come down

And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

John 4:51

• καταβαίνοντοςkatabainontosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: is going down

“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.”

John 5:7

• καταβαίνειkatabaineiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: descends

When evening came, His disciples went down to the sea,

John 6:16

• κατέβησανkatebesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: went down

For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

John 6:33

• καταβαίνωνkatabainonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: coming down

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.

John 6:38

• καταβέβηκαkatabebekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have come down

At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”

John 6:41

• καταβὰςkatabasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having come down

They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven?’”

John 6:42

• καταβέβηκα;¶katabebekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have come down

This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.

John 6:50

• καταβαίνωνkatabainonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: coming down

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”

John 6:51

• καταβάςkatabasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having come down

This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”

John 6:58

• καταβάςkatabasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having come down

So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.

Acts 7:15

• κατέβηkatebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: went down

I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’

Acts 7:34

• κατέβηνkatebenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have come down

On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.

Acts 8:15

• καταβάντεςkatabantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having come down

Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

Acts 8:26

• καταβαίνουσανkatabainousanverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: is going down

And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

Acts 8:38

• κατέβησανkatebesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they went down

He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.

Acts 10:11

• καταβαῖνονkatabainonverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: descending

So get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”

Acts 10:20

• κατάβηθιkatabethiverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do go down

So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”

Acts 10:21

• καταβὰςkatabasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having gone down

“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

Acts 11:5

• καταβαῖνονkatabainonverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: descending

When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!”

Acts 14:11

• κατέβησανkatebesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: have come down

And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

Acts 14:25

• κατέβησανkatebesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they went down

So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.

Acts 16:8

• κατέβησανkatebesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they came down

When Paul had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem. Then he went down to Antioch.

Acts 18:22

• κατέβηkatebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he went down

But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”

Acts 20:10

• καταβὰςkatabasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Having descended

The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the barracks.

Acts 23:10

• καταβὰνkatabanverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: having gone down

Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.

Acts 24:1

• κατέβηkatebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: came down

Then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned the hearing and said, “When Lysias the commander comes, I will decide your case.”

Acts 24:22

• καταβῇkatabeaverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may have come down

After spending no more than eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in.

Acts 25:6

• καταβὰςkatabasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having gone down

When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.

Acts 25:7

• καταβεβηκότεςkatabebekotesverb · perfect active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having come down

or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”

Romans 10:7

• καταβήσεταιkatabesetaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will descend

What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?

Ephesians 4:9

• κατέβηkatebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He descended

He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.

Ephesians 4:10

• καταβὰςkatabasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having descended

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.

1 Thessalonians 4:16

• καταβήσεταιkatabesetaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will descend

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

James 1:17

• καταβαῖνονkatabainonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: coming down

The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.

Revelation 3:12

• καταβαίνουσαkatabainousaverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: is descending

Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.

Revelation 10:1

• καταβαίνονταkatabainontaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: coming down

Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”

Revelation 12:12

• κατέβηkatebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has come down

And the second beast performed great signs to cause even fire from heaven to come down to earth in the presence of the people.

Revelation 13:13

• καταβαίνεινkatabaineinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to come down

And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.

Revelation 16:21

• καταβαίνειkatabaineiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: comes down

After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory.

Revelation 18:1

• καταβαίνονταkatabainontaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: descending

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.

Revelation 20:1

• καταβαίνονταkatabainontaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: descending

And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.

Revelation 20:9

• κατέβηkatebeverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: came down

I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Revelation 21:2

• καταβαίνουσανkatabainousanverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: coming down

And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,

Revelation 21:10

• καταβαίνουσανkatabainousanverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: descending