02597

@LINK καταβαίνω

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2597. καταβαίνω fut. -βήσομαι perf. -βέβηκα aor2 κατέβην poet. 3rd pl. κατέβαν imperat. κατάβηθι or κατάβα epic 1st pl. subj. καταβείομεν [epic 1st pl. subj. καταβείομεν for -βῶμεν] Mid., epic 3rd sg. aor1 κατεβήσετο imperat. καταβήσεο I. to step down, go or come down, Lat. descendere, ἐξ ὄρεος from the mountain, Il.; κ. πόλιος to go down from the city, id=Il.; κ. δίφρου to dismount from the chariot, id=Il.; c. acc. loci, θάλαμον κατεβήσετο she came down to her chamber, Od.:—but also c. acc., κατέβαιν᾽ ὑπερώϊα she came down from the upper floor, id=Od.; κλίμακα κατεβήσετο came down the ladder, id=Od.; absol. to come down stairs, Ar.; hence in Pass., ἵππος καταβαίνεται the horse is dismounted from, Xen.
2. to go down from the inland parts to the sea, esp. from central Asia (cf. ἀναβαίνω II. 3), Hdt.; κ. ἐς Πειραιᾶ, Plat.
3. to come to land, get safe ashore, Pind.
4. to go down into the arena, κ. ἐπ᾽ ἄεθλα Hdt.; and absol., like Lat. in certamen descendere, Soph., Xen.
5. of an orator, to come down from the tribune, κατάβα: —answer, καταβήσομαι Ar.
6. πόσσω κατέβα τοι ἀφ᾽ ἵστω; at what price did [the robe] come down from the loom? Theocr.
II. metaph., καταβαίνειν εἴς τι to come to a thing in the course of speaking, κατέβαινε ἐς λιτάς he ended with prayer, Hdt.; c. part., κατέβαινεν παραιτεόμενος ended in begging, id=Hdt.; κ. ἐπὶ τελευτήν Plat.
B. trans. to bring down, Pind.

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2597. καταβαίνω katabaivnw katabaino {kat-ab-ah'-ee-no}
from 2596 and the base of 939; to descend (literally or figuratively):--come (get, go, step) down, fall (down). see GREEK for 2596 see GREEK for 939

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2597 chanukka' chan-ook-kaw'

(Aramaic) corresponding to 2598; consecration:--dedication.
see HEBREW for 02598