κατέρχομαιkatérchomai
to come (or go) down (literally or figuratively)
Greek (New Testament) · G2718
Meanings
to come down, go down: followed by εἰς, Luke 4:31, Acts 8:5, Acts 13:4, Acts 15:30, Acts 19:1, Τ; ἀπό, Luke 9:37, Acts 15:1, Acts 18:5, Acts 21:10; ἀπό et εἰς, Acts 11:27, Acts 12:10; of coming to port by ship, Acts 18:22, Acts 21:3, Acts 27:5; followed by πρός, with accusative of person, Acts 9:32; metaphorically, of gifts from God, James 3:15.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 16 times in the Bible.
- Luke 4:31 Then Jesus went to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and taught there in the synagogue every Sabbath day.
- Luke 9:37 The next day, after they had come down the mountain, a large crowd met Jesus.
- Acts 8:5 Philip, for example, went to the city of Samaria and told the people there about the Messiah.
- Acts 9:32 Meanwhile, Peter traveled from place to place, and he came down to visit the believers in the town of Lydda.
- Acts 11:27 During this time some prophets traveled from Jerusalem to Antioch.
- Acts 12:19 Herod Agrippa ordered a thorough search for him. When he couldn’t be found, Herod interrogated the guards and sentenced them to death. Afterward Herod left Judea to stay in Caesarea for a while.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.