ΣΥΓΚΑΤΑΒΑΙΝΕΙΝ, συγκαταβαινειν
SYGKATABAINEIN, sygkatabainein
Sounds Like: soong-kah-tah-BAH-ee-nayn
Translations: to go down with, to descend with, to come down with
From the root: ΣΥΓΚΑΤΑΒΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the prefix ΣΥΝ- (syn-, meaning 'with' or 'together'), the preposition ΚΑΤΑ- (kata-, meaning 'down' or 'against'), and the verb ΒΑΙΝΩ (bainō, meaning 'to go' or 'to step'). Therefore, it literally means 'to go down together with' or 'to descend with'. It describes the action of accompanying someone or something in a downward movement or descent.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4781 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 2:40
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΓΚΑΤΑΒΑΙΝΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΣΥΓΚΑΤΑΒΑΙΝΩ — go down with, descend with, condescend, associate with
- ΣΥΓΚΑΤΕΒΗ — went down with, descended with, came down with
- ΣΥΝΚΑΤΑΒΑΝΤΕΣ — having gone down with, having descended with, condescending, having come down with
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