κατέρχομαι
katerchomai
“to descend”
Definition
to come (or go) down (literally or figuratively)
from G2596 (κατά) and G2064 (ἔρχομαι) (including its alternate);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Verb
G:V
Greek Verb
Occurrences
κατέρχομαι appears 16 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
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.”
When Paul had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem. Then he went down to Antioch.
After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
As Peter traveled throughout the area, he went to visit the saints in Lydda.
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