Original Word: καταγώ
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: katagó
Pronunciation: kat-ag-O
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ag'-o)
Definition: To bring down, to lead down, to lower
Meaning: I lead down, bring down, either from a high place on land or to a lower (or actually to the sea-coast), or from the high seas to land.

Word Origin: From the preposition κατά (kata, meaning "down" or "against") and the verb ἄγω (ago, meaning "to lead" or "to bring").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "katagó," the concept of bringing down or lowering can be found in Hebrew verbs like יָרַד (yarad, Strong's H3381), which means "to go down" or "to descend."

Usage: The verb "katagó" is used in the New Testament to describe the action of bringing something or someone down from a higher place to a lower one. It can be used both in a literal sense, such as lowering a physical object, and in a metaphorical sense, such as bringing down a person in status or position.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of "bringing down" could have various implications, from the literal act of lowering something to the more abstract idea of humbling or demoting someone. The term reflects a hierarchical view of the world, where positions and statuses were often seen in terms of higher and lower.

Word Origin
from kata and agó
Definition
to bring down
NASB Translation
bring...down (3), brought (1), brought...down (3), put (2).

STRONGS NT 2609: κατάγω

κατάγω: 2 aorist κατήγαγον; 1 aorist passive κατήχθην; the Sept. for הורִיד, to make to descend; to lead down, bring down: τινα, Acts 22:30; Romans 10:6; τινα followed by εἰς with the accusative of place, Acts 9:30; Acts 23: (15 L T Tr WH), 20,28; τινα followed by πρός with the accusative of person, Acts 23:15 (R G); τό πλοῖον ἐπί τήν γῆν to bring the vessel (down from deep water) to the land, Luke 5:11; κατάγεσθαι, to be brought (down) in a ship, to land, touch at: followed by εἰς with the accusative of place, Acts 21:3 (L T Tr WH κατήλθομεν); ; often so in Greek writings.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

bring down

From kata and ago; to lead down; specially, to moor a vessel -- bring (down, forth), (bring to) land, touch.

see GREEK kata

see GREEK ago

Forms and Transliterations

κατάγαγε καταγαγειν καταγαγείν καταγαγεῖν καταγάγετε καταγαγέτω καταγαγέτωσαν καταγαγη καταγάγῃ καταγαγης καταγάγης καταγάγῃς καταγαγοντες καταγαγόντες καταγαγων καταγαγών καταγαγὼν κατάγει καταγομένω κατάγουσαι κατάγουσι κατάξει κατάξεις κατάξετέ κατάξουσιν κατάξω καταχθείησαν καταχθεντες καταχθέντες κατήγαγεν κατήγαγες κατήγαγές κατηγαγον κατήγαγον κατηχθημεν κατήχθημεν katachthentes katachthéntes katagage katagagē katagágei katagágēi katagagein katagageîn katagágeis katagágēis katagages katagagēs katagagon katagagōn katagagṑn katagagontes katagagóntes katechthemen katēchthēmen katḗchthemen katḗchthēmen kategagon katēgagon katḗgagon

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