κατῆλθον

katérchomai

went down

To come down, go down, or descend (from a higher to a lower place); to travel downward physically or metaphorically. In specific contexts, also used for descending from a place of prominence, disembarking from a ship, or departing from a location. The primary lexical meaning involves physical or metaphorical movement from a higher to a lower position.

G2718

Acts 13:4 · Word #9

Lexicon G2718

Lemmaκατέρχομαι
Transliterationkatérchomai
Strong'sG2718
DefinitionTo come down, go down, or descend (from a higher to a lower place); to travel downward physically or metaphorically. In specific contexts, also used for descending from a place of prominence, disembarking from a ship, or departing from a location. The primary lexical meaning involves physical or metaphorical movement from a higher to a lower position.

Morphology V AOR ACT IND 3P PL All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state of being
Tense AOR — Aorist — Simple occurrence, often past
Voice ACT — Active — The subject performs the action
Mood IND — Indicative — States a fact or reality
Person 3P — 3rd person — The one spoken about ("he/she/it/they")
Number PL — Plural — More than one

Common Translation

Phrasewent down
Literalwent-down

Lexical Info

Lemmaκατέρχομαι
Strong'sG2718

SIBI-P1 Translation G2718-05

having come down

Morphological NotesVerb; aorist active participle; nominative masculine singular — indicating a completed act of descending performed by a masculine singular subject.
Rendering RationaleThe aorist active participle denotes a completed act of descending, rendered as "having come down" to reflect both the downward movement (κατ-) and the simple completed aspect of the aorist. The participial form is preserved in English with "having" to convey its adverbial, attendant nature.

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SILEX v2

SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)

having come down

Same as P1No — adjusted for context
RationaleStandardized from "went down".
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