Quick Definition
I run down
Strong's Definition
to run down, i.e. hasten from a tower
Derivation: from G2596 (κατά) and G5143 (τρέχω);
KJV Usage: run down
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατατρέχω: 2 aorist κατέδραμον; to run down, hasten down: ἐπί τινας, to quell a tumult, Act_21:32. (Herodotus on.)
STRONGS NT 2701a: καταυγάζω [καταυγάζω: 1 aorist infinitive καταυγασαι; to beam down upon; to shine forth, shine brightly: 2Co_4:4 L marginal reading Tr marginal reading, where others αὐγάσαι which see; cf. φωτισμός, b.; (transitive, Wis_17:5, etc.; intransitive, 1Ma_6:39; Heliodorus 5, 31).]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κατατρέχω katatrechō 1x
to run down, Act_21:32
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατα -τρέχω ,
[in LXX : Lev_26:37 , Jdg_1:6 ( H7291 ), al. ;]
to run down: seq . ἐπί , c . acc pers ., Act_21:32 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κατατρέχω [page 334]
A good ex. of this verb, which in the NT is confined to Act_21:32 (cf. Hobart, p. 193), occurs in P Par 44 .6 (B.C. 153) (= Witkowski Epp. .2 p. 83) βλέπω Μενέδημον κατατρέχοντά με , where Witkowski renders κατατρέχω , persequor fugientem, impetum facio, aggredior, impugno. Cf. also P Tebt I. 41 .80 ( c. B.C. 119) ὁ ἐγκαλούμενος Μαρρῆς πρὸς τῆ̣[ι ] διασείσει κατατρέχει τοὺς γεωργούς , Marres the accused besides his extortions oppresses the cultivators. For the more literal sense see BGU III. 935 .8 (iii/iv A.D.) οἱ καταδραμόντες τοὺς τόπους , and the ii/B.C. inscr. Syll 241 .5 καθ᾽ ὃν καιρὸν συνέβη Βοῦκριν καταδραμόντα τὴν χώραν καταγαγεῖν εἰς Κρήτην τῶν τε πολιτῶν πλείους κτλ .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κατατρέχω fut. -δρα^μοῦμαι aor2 κατ-έδρα^μον "to run down", Hdt. , Xen. of seamen, "to run to land, to disembark in haste", Xen. :—metaph., κ. ἄστυ "to come to a haven in" . . , Pind. trans. "to overrun, ravage", χώραν Thuc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κατα-τρέχω
[in LXX: Lev.26:37, Jdg.1:6 (רָדַף), al. ;]
to run down: before ἐπί, with accusative of person(s), Act.21:32.†
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