ΥΠΟΚΑΤΕΒΗΣΑΝ, υποκατεβησαν
YPOKATEBĒSAN, ypokatebēsan
Sounds Like: hoo-po-ka-TEB-ee-san
Translations: they went down, they descended, they came down
From the root: ΥΠΟΚΑΤΑΒΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb meaning 'to go down under' or 'to descend'. It describes the action of moving downwards, often implying a specific location or purpose for the descent. It is formed from the preposition 'ὑπό' (hypo), meaning 'under' or 'down', and the verb 'καταβαίνω' (katabainō), meaning 'to go down' or 'to descend'.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G5261 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 1:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΟΚΑΤΑΒΑΙΝΩ.
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.
- ΥΠΟΚΑΤΑΒΑΙΝΩΝ — descending, going down, coming down, one who descends
- ΥΠΟΚΑΤΑΒΑΣ — descending, going down, having descended
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