Quick Definition
I lead down, bring down
Strong's Definition
to lead down; specially, to moor a vessel
Derivation: from G2596 (κατά) and G71 (ἄγω);
KJV Usage: bring (down, forth), (bring to) land, touch
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατάγω: 2 aorist κατήγαγον; 1 aorist passive κατήχθην; the Sept. for δεψΔιγ, to make to descend; to lead down, bring down: τινα, Act_22:30; Rom_10:6; τινα followed by εἰς with the accusative of place, Act_9:30; Act_23:1-35 : (15 L T Tr WH), 20,28; τινα followed by πρός with the accusative of person, Act_23:15 (R G); τό πλοῖον ἐπί τήν γῆν to bring the vessel (down from deep water) to the land, Luk_5:11; κατάγεσθαι, to be brought (down) in a ship, to land, touch at: followed by εἰς with the accusative of place, Act_21:3 (L T Tr WH κατήλθομεν); ; often so in Greek writings.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κατάγω katagō 9x
to l ead, bring, or conduct down, Act_9:30 ; Act_22:30 ; Act_23:15 ; Act_23:20 ; Act_23:28 ; to bring a ship to land; pass. κατάγομαι , aor. κατήχθην , to come to land, land, touch, Luk_5:11
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατ -άγω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H3381 hi .;]
to bring down: c . acc pers ., Act_22:30 , Rom_10:6 ; id . seq . εἰς , Act_9:30 ; Act_23:15 ; Act_23:20 ; Act_23:28 ; as nautical term, to bring to land: τ . πλοῖον ἐπὶ τ . γῆν , Luk_5:11 ; pass ., seq . εἰς , Act_27:3 ; Act_2:12 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κατάγω [page 325]
κατάγω is frequently used of bringing down corn etc. to the sea coast or a harbour, e.g. P Grenf II. 44 .11 (A.D. 101) ὡς εἰς φόρετρα ὧν κατῆξαν γένων ἐπὶ κώμη (ς ) Βακχιάδος , of goods brought down the canal which at one time ran past Philadelphia to Bacchias and the lake, P Oxy IV. 708 .2 (A.D. 188) τοῦ ] καταχθέντος γόμου ἐκ τοῦ ὑπὸ σοὶ νομοῦ , BGU I. 81 .20 (A.D. 189) ἃς καὶ κατήξαμεν εἰς ὅρμον ἄλσους μητρο (πόλεως ). For a similar use of the subst. καταγωγή see P Magd 11 .10 (B.C. 221) τῆι καταγωγῆι τοῦ σίτου , and cf. Archiv iii. p. 219 f. On τὸ καταγώγιον = the sum paid for this transport, see Wilcken Ostr. i. p. 379.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κατάγω fut. ξω epic inf. -αξέμεν aor2 κατήγα^γον perf. καταγήοχα "to lead down", Lat. deducere, Od. , etc.; esp. "into the nether world", id=Od. ; εἰς Ἀΐδαο id=Od. "to bring down to the sea-coast", Il. , Xen. "to bring down from the high seas to land", Od. ; κατ. ναῦν "to bring" a ship "into port", Hdt. , attic: —Pass. "to come to land, land", opp. to ἀνάγεσθαι, Od. , Hdt. , attic κατάγεσθαι παρά τινι "to turn in and lodge in" a person's house, Lat. deversari apud aliquem, Dem. "to draw down or out, spin", Lat. deducere filum, Plat. "to reduce" to a certain state, ἐς κίνδυνον κ. τὴν πόλιν Thuc. κ. θρίαμβον, Lat. deducere triumphum, Plut. : "to escort", like πομπεύω, id=Plut. κ. γένος "to derive" a pedigree, id=Plut. κατ. βοάν "to lower" the voice, Eur. "to bring back", Lat. reducere, Od. : "to bring home, recall", Hdt. , attic: generally, "to restore", Hdt. :—Pass. "to return", Plat. , Xen.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κατ-άγω
[in LXX chiefly for יָרַד hi. ;]
to bring down: with accusative of person(s), Act.22:30, Rom.10:6; id. before εἰς, Act.9:30 23:15, 20 23:28; as nautical term, to bring to land: τ. πλοῖον ἐπὶ τ. γῆν, Luk.5:11; pass., before εἰς, Act.27:3 2:12.†
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