καταβαίνω

katabaínō · Greek · Strong's G2597 · 79 occurrences

The KJV renders 18 different Hebrew and Greek words as “fall”

What it means

to descend (literally or figuratively)

from G2596 (κατά) and the base of G939 (βάσις);

How the KJV renders it

come get, step down, fall

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“fall”

also renders ptaíō (G4417), epibállō (G1911), paráptōma (G3900), gínomai (G1096), píptō (G4098), apopíptō (G634), katapíptō (G2667), kataphérō (G2702), ptōsis (G4431), châdal (H2308), kâraʻ (H3766), kishshâlôwn (H3783), lâbaṭ (H3832), môwṭ (H4131), mappeleth (H4658), nâgar (H5064), nᵉphal (H5308)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

79 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Thessalonians 4:16 V-FDI-3SActs 7:15 V-2AAI-3SActs 7:34 V-2AAI-1SActs 8:15 V-2AAP-NPMActs 8:26 V-PAP-ASFActs 8:38 V-2AAI-3PActs 10:11 V-PAP-ASNActs 10:20 V-2AAM-2SActs 10:21 V-2AAP-NSMActs 11:5 V-PAP-ASNActs 14:11 V-2AAI-3PActs 14:25 V-2AAI-3PActs 16:8 V-2AAI-3PActs 18:22 V-2AAI-3SActs 20:10 V-2AAP-NSMActs 23:10 V-2AAP-ASNActs 24:1 V-2AAI-3SActs 24:22 V-2AAS-3SActs 25:6 V-2AAP-NSMActs 25:7 V-RAP-NPMEphesians 4:9 V-2AAI-3SEphesians 4:10 V-2AAP-NSMJames 1:17 V-PAP-NSNJohn 1:32 V-PAP-ASNJohn 1:33 V-PAP-ASNJohn 2:12 V-2AAI-3SJohn 3:13 V-2AAP-NSMJohn 4:47 V-2AAS-3SJohn 4:49 V-2AAM-2SJohn 4:51 V-PAP-GSMJohn 5:7 V-PAI-3SJohn 6:16 V-2AAI-3PJohn 6:33 V-PAP-NSMJohn 6:38 V-RAI-1SJohn 6:41 V-2AAP-NSMJohn 6:42 V-RAI-1SJohn 6:50 V-PAP-NSMJohn 6:51 V-2AAP-NSMJohn 6:58 V-2AAP-NSMLuke 2:51 V-2AAI-3SLuke 3:22 V-2AANLuke 6:17 V-2AAP-NSMLuke 8:23 V-2AAI-3SLuke 9:54 V-2AANLuke 10:30 V-IAI-3SLuke 10:31 V-IAI-3SLuke 17:31 V-2AAM-3SLuke 18:14 V-2AAI-3SLuke 19:5 V-2AAM-2SLuke 19:6 V-2AAI-3SLuke 22:44 V-PAP-GSMMatthew 3:16 V-PAP-ASNMatthew 7:25 V-2AAI-3SMatthew 7:27 V-2AAI-3SMatthew 8:1 V-2AAP-DSMMatthew 14:29 V-2AAP-NSMMatthew 17:9 V-PAP-GPMMatthew 24:17 V-2AAM-3SMatthew 27:40 V-2AAM-2SMatthew 27:42 V-2AAM-3S

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.