κατέρχομαι

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Definition

κατ-έρχομαι

[in LXX: Tob.1.22, א Tob.2.1, Esther 3:13, Wis.11.22, 2Ma.11.29 * ;]

to come down, go down: before εἰς, Luke 4:31, Acts 8:5; 13:4; 15:30; 19:1, Τ; ἀπό, Luke 9:37, Acts 15:1; 18:5; 21:10; ἀπό and εἰς, Acts 11:27; 12:10; of coming to port by ship, Acts 18:22; 21:3; 27:5; before πρός, with accusative of person(s), Acts 9:32; metaphorically, of gifts from God, James 3:15.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

15 total
  1. Luke 4:31κατῆλθεν · He went down
    Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began to teach the people.
  2. Luke 9:37κατελθόντων · they came down
    The next day, when they came down from the mountain, Jesus was met by a large crowd.
  3. Acts 8:5κατελθὼν · went down
    Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.
  4. Acts 9:32κατελθεῖν · he went to [visit]
    As Peter traveled throughout the area, he went to visit the saints in Lydda.
  5. Acts 11:27κατῆλθον · came down
    In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
  6. Acts 12:19κατελθὼν · he went down
    After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
  7. Acts 13:4κατῆλθον · went down
    So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
  8. Acts 15:1κατελθόντες · came down
    Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
  9. Acts 15:30κατῆλθον · [and] went down
    So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they assembled the congregation and delivered the letter.
  10. Acts 18:5κατῆλθον · came down
    And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
  11. Acts 18:22κατελθὼν · had landed
    When Paul had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem. Then he went down to Antioch.
  12. Acts 21:3κατήλθομεν · landed
    After sighting Cyprus and passing south of it, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo.
  13. Acts 21:10κατῆλθέν · came down
    After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
  14. Acts 27:5κατήλθομεν · we came
    And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.
  15. James 3:15κατερχομένη · come
    Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.