Katerchomai κατέρχομαι

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Katerchomai
κατέρχομαι
Transliterationkaterchomai
Strong's numberG2718
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto descend
Occurrences16 in 16 verses
Most frequent inActs (13)

Katerchomai (Greek κατέρχομαι, Strong's G2718) is a Greek verb meaning “to descend”. It occurs 16 times in 16 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

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 the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVdown (7), came (2), departed (1), come (1), landed (1), descendeth (1)
BSBcame down (4), went down (3), he went down (2), they came down (1), he went (1), had landed (1), landed (1), we came (1), come (1)

Verses

Every verse with Katerchomai, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Luke

Acts

James

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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