κατάγω
katágō · G2609 · Greek · 9 occurrences
Meanings
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to bring down, to lead down
To lead or to bring down
ExamplesActs 9:30 Now when the brothers learned of it, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.
Acts 22:30 Now on the next day, wanting to know for certain why Paul had been accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and all the Council to assemble, and he brought Paul down and placed him before them.
Acts 23:15 “Now therefore, you and the Council notify the commander to bring him down to you, as though you were going to investigate his case more thoroughly; and as for us, we are ready to kill him before he comes near the place.”
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to put in at, to land, to bring to shore
To cause a boat to put in at a shore or to land
ExamplesLuke 5:11 When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him.
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to arrive at land, to put in at
(Technical, nautical terms) To go by ship toward the shore
ExamplesActs 27:3 The next day we put in at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul with consideration and allowed him to go to his friends and receive care.
Acts 28:12 After we put in at Syracuse, we stayed there for three days.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
9 occurrences in 6 groups
- Not stated in the clause 3
- Not stated (participle) 2
- ἀδελφόςbrother 1
- Not stated: I 1
- Not stated: you (one person) 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- ΠαῦλοςPaul 2
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2
- πλοῖονboat 1
- ΧριστόςChrist, Messiah 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
7 occurrences in 6 groups
- εἰςto+ συνέδριονcouncil, Sanhedrin 2
- εἰςto+ ΚαισάρειαCaesarea 1
- εἰςto+ ΣιδώνSidon 1
- εἰςto+ σύyou 1
- εἰςto+ ΣυράκουσαιSyracuse 1
- ἐπίon+ γῆearth 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὔριονtomorrow 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὗτοςthis 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- κατέρχομαι katérchomai · G2718 · to move down, to come down, to go down
- Both verbs can describe ships arriving at port or land, sharing nautical register usage. However, κατάγω emphasizes the causative or transitive action of bringing/leading down (including mooring a vessel), while κατέρχομαι focuses on the intransitive motion of coming or going down to a destination.
In the other Testament 1 word
- יָרַד yârad · H3381 · to go down, to come down, to fall down
- יָרַד (yârad, H3381) יָרַד is the standard Hebrew verb for downward motion ('to go down, descend, bring down'), serving as the direct semantic equivalent of κατάγω (katágō, G2609) κατάγω's core sense 'to lead down' in LXX translation contexts.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- To bring down, to lead down15.175
- In Acts 22:30, of Paul's transfer to the Jewish council it is written that the commander “brought Paul down and placed him before them,” using this word for the act of leading or bringing someone down from one place to another.
- To arrive at land, to put in at54.15
- In Acts 27:3, of Paul's voyage it is written, “The next day we put in at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul with consideration and allowed him to go to his friends and receive care,” using this word for a ship arriving and putting in at a port.
- To put in at, to land, to bring to shore54.16
- In Acts 28:12, of the same voyage it is written, “After we put in at Syracuse, we stayed there for three days,” using this word for the specific act of a ship landing and coming to shore.
Word family 51 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 2 aorist κατήγαγον; 1 aorist passive κατήχθην; the Sept. for הורִיד, to make to…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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