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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: καταβαίνω

(Strong's #2597 — Verb — katabaino — kat-ab-ah'ee-no )

"to go down" (kata, "down," baino, "to go"), used for various kinds of motion on the ground (e.g., going, walking, stepping), is usually translated "to descend." The RV uses the verb "to come down," for AV, "descend," in Mark 15:32; Acts 24:1; Revelation 21:10 . See COME , No. 19.

2: κατέρχομαι

(Strong's #2718 — Verb — katerchomai — kat-er'-khom-ahee )

"to come or go down," is translated "descendeth," in James 3:15 , AV; RV, "cometh down." See COME , No. 7.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Descend'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​d/descend.html. 1940.
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