κατέρχομαι katerchomai · G2718
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)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
κατέρχομαι, ; future κατελεύσομαι []aorist κατήλῠθον or κατῆλθον, infinitive κατελθεῖ; Doric dialect subjunctive κατένθῃ []participle κατενθών, perfect participle κατηνθηκώς, see at {καθέρπω} []: perfect κατελήλυθα []:—go down, Οὐλύμποιο κατήλθομεν []; go down to the grave, κ. Ἄϊδος εἴσω, Ἄϊδόσδε, []; from high land to the coast, ἐπὶ νῆα θοὴν κατελεύσομαι []; down the Nile, εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν []; 2 of things, κατερχομένης ὑπὸ πέτρης by the descending rock, []; of a river, κατέρχεται ὁ Νεῖλος …
Where it's used 15 times
Luke 4:31 · Luke 9:37 · Acts 8:5 · Acts 9:32 · Acts 11:27 · Acts 12:19 · Acts 13:4 · Acts 15:1 · Acts 15:30 · Acts 18:5 · Acts 18:22 · Acts 21:3 · Acts 21:10 · Acts 27:5 · James 3:15
Source: TBESG G2718; TFLSJ G2718
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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