What does κατάγω (katágō) mean in the Bible?
κατάγω (katágō) is a Greek word meaning "to lead down; specially, to moor a vessel".
Greek · G2609
κατάγω
To lead down; specially, to moor a vessel
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κατάγω G2609
Pronunciation katágō
What does κατάγω (katágō) mean in the Bible?
κατάγω (katágō) is a Greek word meaning "to lead down; specially, to moor a vessel".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2609?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include bring (1), bring him down (1), he brought (1), I brought [him] down (1), Putting in (1).
Where does κατάγω (katágō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 5:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (7), Luke (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It bring 1× Acts 23:20
bring him down 1× Acts 23:15
he brought 1× Acts 22:30
I brought [him] down 1× Acts 23:28
Putting in 1× Acts 28:12
they had brought 1× Luke 5:11
they took him down 1× Acts 9:30
to bring Christ down 1× Romans 10:6
we landed 1× Acts 27:3
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 5:11 καταγαγόντες to they had brought Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 9:30 κατήγαγον to they took him down Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Acts 22:30 καταγαγὼν to he brought Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 23:15 καταγάγῃ to bring him down Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular Acts 23:20 καταγάγῃς to bring Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Singular Acts 23:28 κατήγαγον to I brought [him] down Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Acts 27:3 κατήχθημεν to we landed Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person Plural Acts 28:12 καταχθέντες to Putting in Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural Romans 10:6 καταγαγεῖν to to bring Christ down Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 5:11
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 3
Luke 1 Acts 7 Romans 1
Source forms
κατήγαγον 2x katēgagon Acts 9:30, Acts 23:28
καταγαγεῖν 1x katagagein Romans 10:6
καταγάγῃ 1x katagagē Acts 23:15
καταγάγῃς 1x katagagēs Acts 23:20
καταγαγόντες 1x katagagontes Luke 5:11
καταγαγὼν 1x katagagōn Acts 22:30
καταχθέντες 1x katachthentes Acts 28:12
κατήχθημεν 1x katēchthēmen Acts 27:3
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular 1x Acts 23:28
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 1x Acts 9:30
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person Plural 1x Acts 27:3
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active 1x Romans 10:6
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 5:11
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 22:30
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 28:12
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Singular 1x Acts 23:20
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to lead down; specially, to moor a vessel
Strong's G2609
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Greek text appearances 10 times Word forms 4 forms 9 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to lead down; specially, to moor a vessel
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
10 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 5:11 Verb Second Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
καταγαγόντες katagagontev
I lead down, bring down
Read verse Acts 9:30 Verb Third Person Plural Second Aorist Active Indicative
κατήγαγον kathgagon
I lead down, bring down
Read verse Acts 21:3 Verb First Person Plural Second Aorist Passive Indicative
κατήχθημεν kathcqhmen
I lead down, bring down
Read verse Acts 22:30 Verb Second Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
καταγαγὼν katagagwn
I lead down, bring down
Read verse Acts 23:15 Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Active Subjunctive
καταγάγῃ katagagh
I lead down, bring down
Read verse Acts 23:20 Verb Second Person Singular Second Aorist Active Subjunctive
καταγάγῃς katagaghv
I lead down, bring down
Read verse Acts 23:28 Verb First Person Singular Second Aorist Active Indicative
κατήγαγον kathgagon
I lead down, bring down
Read verse Acts 27:3 Verb First Person Plural Second Aorist Passive Indicative
κατήχθημεν kathcqhmen
I lead down, bring down
Read verse Acts 28:12 Verb Aorist Passive Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
καταχθέντες katacqentev
I lead down, bring down
Read verse Romans 10:6 Verb Second Aorist Active Infinitive
καταγαγεῖν·) katagagein
I lead down, bring down
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 4 Aligned forms 9 Tenses Aorist Voices Active, Passive
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 3×
Aorist Active Luke 5:11 · Acts 22:30 2×
Aorist Passive Acts 28:12 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 3×
Aorist Active Acts 9:30 · Acts 23:28 2×
Aorist Passive Acts 27:3 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 2×
Aorist Active Acts 23:15 · Acts 23:20 2×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Aorist Active Rom 10:6 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 9 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 9
Voice
active 7 passive 2
Mood
indicative 3 participle 3 subjunctive 2 infinitive 1
NT Occurrences
Luke 5:11 καταγαγόντες aorist active participle participle Acts 9:30 κατήγαγον aorist active indicative completed Acts 22:30 καταγαγὼν aorist active participle participle Acts 23:15 καταγάγῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Acts 23:20 καταγάγῃς aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Acts 23:28 κατήγαγον aorist active indicative completed Acts 27:3 κατήχθημεν aorist passive indicative completed Acts 28:12 καταχθέντες aorist passive participle participle Romans 10:6 καταγαγεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain