καταβαίνω

imperfect 3 person plural κατέβαινον; future καταβήσομαι; 2 aorist κατέβην, imperative κατάβηθι (Mt 27:40; Lk 19:5; Jn 4:49; Acts 10:20) and κατάβα (Mk 15:30 (R G (where L T Tr WH participle καταβάς)), see ἀναβαίνω); perfect καταβέβηκα; (from Homer on); the Sept. for יָרַד; to go down, come down, descend;
1. of persons;
a. properly: absolutely, the place from which one has come down being evident from the context, καταβάς ἔστη, Lk 6:17 (cf. ); (followed here by an infinitive, so Mt 24:17); Lk 19:5; Jn 5:7; Acts 20:10; Eph 4:10; followed by ἀπό with the genitive of the place, Mt 8:1; Mt 14:29; Mt 17:9 Rec.; Mt 27:40, Mt 27:42; Mk 9:9 (L Tr marginal reading WH text ἐκ); Mk 15:30, Mk 15:32; by ἐκ with the genitive of place, Mt 17:9 G L T Tr WH (see ἐκ, I. 3); by εἰς with the accusative of place, Mk 13:15 (R G L brackets Tr; others omit εἰς etc.); Acts 8:38; (Rom 10:7); Eph 4:9.
b. to come down, as from the temple at Jerusalem, from the city of Jerusalem; also of celestial beings coming down to earth: absolutely, Mt 3:16; Lk 2:51; Lk 10:31; Jn 4:47, Jn 4:49, Jn 4:51; Acts (); Acts 8:15; ; (); Acts 24:1, Acts 24:22; followed by ἀπό with the genitive of the place, Mk 3:22; Lk 10:30; Acts 25:7; 1 Thess 4:16; ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, Mt 28:2; Jn 1:32; Jn 3:13; Jn 6:33, Jn 6:38 (R G; others ἀπό), 41f, 50f, 58 (on these passages cf. Buttmann, 297 (255)); Rev 10:1; Rev 18:1; Rev 20:1, followed by εἰς with the accusative of place, Lk 10:30; Lk 18:14; Jn 2:12; Acts 7:15; Acts 14:25; Acts 16:8; Acts 18:22; Acts 25:6; by ἐπί with the accusative of place, Jn 6:16; with the accusative of the person; Mk 1:10 (R G L marginal reading); Lk 3:22; Jn 1:33, Jn 1:51 (Jn 1:52); by ἐν with dative of place, Jn 5:4 (R L) (see ἐν, I. 7); by πρός with the accusative of person, Acts 10:21; Acts 14:11; contextually equivalent to to be cast down, of the devil, Rev 12:12.
2. of things, to come (i. e. be sent) down: Acts 10:11 (Rec. adds ἐπ' αὐτόν); ; followed by ἀπό with a genitive of person, Jas 1:17; ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀπό τοῦ Θεοῦ, Rev 3:12; Rev 21:2, Rev 21:10; to come (i. e. fall) down: from the upper regions of the air; as βροχή, Mt 7:25, Mt 7:27; λαῖλαψ, Lk 8:23; πῦρ ἀπό (Lachmann ἐκ) τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Lk 9:54; ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰς τήν γῆν, Rev 13:13; ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀπό τοῦ Θεοῦ, Rev 20:9 (R G Tr); χάλαζα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐπί τινα, Rev 16:21; θρόμβοι ἐπί τήν γῆν, Lk 22:44 (L brackets WH reject the passage); of a way leading downward, Acts 8:26.
3. figuratively, καταβαίνειν ἕως ᾅδου, to (go i. e.) be cast down to the lowest state of wretchedness and shame: Mt 11:23 L Tr WH; (Lk 10:15 WH text Tr marginal reading Compare: συγκαταβαίνω.)