65 occurrences in 12 translations

'Descend' in the Bible

I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, NaturalMaking KingsfruitfulnessReproduction, After Kind

God also said to him:I am God Almighty.Be fruitful and multiply.A nation, indeed an assembly of nations,will come from you,and kings will descend from you.

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, NaturalBlessings, To AbrahamBodyGod, Power OfProcreationI Am Godfruitfulness

And Jehovah saith unto him, 'Go, descend, then thou hast come up, thou, and Aaron with thee; and the priests and the people do not break through, to come up unto Jehovah, lest He break forth upon them.'

Verse ConceptsAaron, PrivilegesGoing Up MountainsMan Going DownBreaking Forth

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Go, descend, for thy people whom thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt hath done corruptly,

Verse ConceptsWorseGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptStruggles In Relationship

Whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent; and the Lord would speak with Moses.

Verse ConceptsCommunicationLonelinessPillarsDivine ManifestationsTent Of MeetingTheophanySolitudeObelisksGod Appearing At The DoorwayEntering The TabernacleGod Speaking

But if the LORD creates something new, so that the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and everything that belongs to them and they all descend directly to Sheol while still alive, then you'll know that these men have spurned the LORD."

Verse ConceptsGrave, TheMoses, Significance OfRetributionRebellion Against God, Nature OfSwallowingWhilst AliveDeath Of The Wicked

And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:

Verse ConceptsSea

The Lord will turn the rain of your land into falling dust; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

Verse ConceptsDust, Figurative Usedust

The Lord will not be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that person, and every curse written in this scroll will descend on him. The Lord will blot out his name under heaven,

Verse ConceptsOblivionGod, Zeal OfJealousyNames Blotted OutBook of the LawThe Curse Of The LawGod Not ForgivingAnger And Forgivenesssmoking

May my instructions descend like rain and may my words flow like dew, as light rain upon the grass, and as showers upon new plants.

Verse ConceptsdewGrassPlantsRainTendernessWeather, As God's JudgmentAbundance, MaterialShowersPeople TeachingHerbsdoctrine

I thought: The Philistines will now descend on me at Gilgal, and I haven’t sought the Lord’s favor. So I forced myself to offer the burnt offering.”

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodYielding To TemptationImpulsesNot PrayingSeeking The Favour Of God

David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

Verse ConceptsHow Death Is InevitableGod KillingGod Killing Individualsnatural Death

Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. Not even one will be left of all the men with him.

Verse ConceptsdewHoly Spirit, Types OfNo SurvivorsKilling Will Happen

Act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head descend to Sheol in peace.

Verse ConceptsGrave, TheGod Is TranscendentGreyBe Wise!

Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler over the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it and roofed it. Then he installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also made repairs to the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the city of David.

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalHorticultureStairwaysPoolsNamed GatesStepsGardens Attached To Palaces

Will it go down to the gates of Sheol,or will we descend together to the dust?

Verse ConceptsGatesCreatures Returning To Dust

They grow old in prosperity, as they descend peacefully into the afterlife.

Verse ConceptsDeath Of The WickedSudden DeathThe Wicked ProsperWealth And Prosperity

“He breaks open (mine) shafts far away from where people live,[In places] forgotten by the [human] foot;They dangle [in the mines] and hang away from men.

Verse ConceptsFeetSwinging

The trouble he planned will return on his own head, and his violence will descend on his skull.

Verse ConceptsHeadsMischiefFreedom From Violenceproblems

LORD, you brought me from death; you kept me alive so that I did not descend into the Pit.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadGrave, ThePitsSheolGoing Down To The PitGod Lifting PeopleKept Alive By God

Enemies seek to destroy my life, but they will descend into the depths of the earth.

Verse ConceptsdepthAttempting To Kill Meseeking

You shine brightly and reveal your majesty, as you descend from the hills where you killed your prey.

Verse ConceptsLight, SpiritualPrayer, And WorshipExcellence

The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any of those who descend into the silence of death.

Verse ConceptsDeath, Description OfAfterlifeNot Praising GodState Of The DeadDeathPraise And Worship

Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit is failing. Do not hide your face from me; otherwise, I will become like those who descend to the Pit,

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodPitsGoing Down To The PitGod HidingState Of The DeadPits As A Term For GravesDepression

Bow your heavens, LORD, and descend; touch the mountains, and they will smolder.

Verse ConceptsSmokeTheophanyTouchGod Going DownGoing To Heavensmoking

Like Sheol, we will swallow them alive and whole, {like those who descend to the pit}.

Verse ConceptsPitsSheolThe Fact Of DeathPits As A Term For GravesWhilst Alive

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels as they descend to the innermost parts of the body.

Verse ConceptsEvil SpeakingStomachsSavourinessUnder One's Breathgossiping

Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is as a flock of goats, that descend from Mount Gilead.

Verse ConceptsAppearance Of HairYoung LoversHairgirlfriends

Come with me from Lebanon, my bride—with me from Lebanon!Descend from the peak of Amana,from the summit of Senir and Hermon,from the dens of the lions,from the mountains of the leopards.

Verse ConceptsLeopard

Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

Verse ConceptsGrave, TheThe Glory Of ManThe Fact Of Death

Indeed, this is what the Lord says to me: "The Lord will be like a growling lion, like a young lion growling over its prey. Though a whole group of shepherds gathers against it, it is not afraid of their shouts or intimidated by their yelling. In this same way the Lord who commands armies will descend to do battle on Mount Zion and on its hill.

Verse ConceptsNoiseShepherds, As Kings And LeadersStock Keeping

For My sword is satiated in heaven,Behold it shall descend for judgment upon EdomAnd upon the people whom I have devoted to destruction.

Verse ConceptsMore Than EnoughGod's Sword

Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.

Verse ConceptsGrave, TheHope, Nature OfHope, Results Of Its AbsenceSheolNot Praising GodState Of The DeadDeath Of Loved OneCelebrationLoss Of A Loved One

Thus said Jehovah, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: 'For your sake I have sent to Babylon, And caused bars to descend -- all of them, And the Chaldeans, whose song is in the ships.

Verse ConceptsReturn From BabylonRedemption, In OtSeafaringShipsFor The Sake Of God's People

Look, I [am] against you, O inhabitants of the valley, O rock of the plain," {declares} Yahweh; "you who say, 'Who can descend against us, or who can enter into our hiding place?'

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceSecurity, FalseGod Opposing

I will give them a single-minded purpose to live in a way that always shows respect for me. They will want to do that for their own good and the good of the children who descend from them.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And BlessingConcentrationUnified PeopleGood ChildrenSingle MindednessLife PurposeBeing Singleheartbeat

מ MemHe sent fire from heaven into my bones;He made it descend.He spread a net for my feetand turned me back.He made me desolate,sick all day long.

Verse ConceptsNetsUnceasingContinual HardshipCausing People To TurnDamage To The BodyFire From HeavenGod Trapping

All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble continually, and be appalled at you.

Verse ConceptsembroideryOrnamentsThroneClothed With Bad ThingsPeople Stripping OffSitting In DejectionGroups TremblingSea DwellersOthers Going Down

When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;

Verse ConceptsPitsArchaeologyEmpty CitiesGoing Down To The PitAbasing PeoplePits As A Term For Graves

They will descend from their ships -- all who handle the oar, the sailors and all the sea captains -- they will stand on the land.

Verse ConceptsMarinersMan Going DownRowingsailing

This happened so that no trees planted beside water would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and so that no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the underworld, among the people who descend to the Pit.

Verse ConceptsPitsSon Of ManGoing Down To The PitHow Death Is InevitableThings On HighWhy It Happened

I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadGroups TremblingMetaphorical TreesHuman Comfort

“Son of man, wail over the hordes of Egypt and bring Egypt and the daughters of mighty nations down to the underworld, to be with those who descend to the Pit:

Verse ConceptsdaughtersdepthGoing Down To The Pit

Elam is therewith all her hordes around her grave.All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down to the underworld uncircumcised,who once spread their terrorin the land of the living.They bear their disgracewith those who descend to the Pit.

Verse ConceptsdepthDying With The UncircumcisedFearing Other PeopleLife And DeathShame Has Come

Among the slainthey prepare a resting place for Elamwith all her hordes.Her graves are all around her.All of them are uncircumcised,slain by the sword,although their terror was once spreadin the land of the living.They bear their disgracewith those who descend to the Pit.They are placed among the slain.

Verse ConceptsDying With The UncircumcisedFearing Other PeopleLife And DeathState Of The DeadShame Has Come

Edom is there, her kings and all her princes,who, despite their strength, have been placedamong those slain by the sword.They lie down with the uncircumcised,with those who descend to the Pit.

Verse ConceptsGoing Down To The PitDying With The Uncircumcised

All the leaders of the northand all the Sidonians are there.They went down in shame with the slain,despite the terror their strength inspired.They lie down uncircumcisedwith those slain by the sword.They bear their disgracewith those who descend to the Pit.

Verse ConceptsShameGoing Down To The PitDying With The UncircumcisedFearing Other PeopleShame Has Come

"Then I saw in the visions of my head while I was in bed and take careful notice! I saw a holy observer descend from heaven.

Verse ConceptsMediatorLying Down To RestAngels Going At God's BiddingSpecific Holy Individuals

Look, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling place! He will descend and march on the earth's mountaintops!

Verse ConceptsHigh PlacesGod Going Down

and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded on the rock.

Verse ConceptsRainFoundations Of BuildingsRosesFloods

and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.'

Verse ConceptsRainThe Insecurity Of The WickedSpiritual FailureDestruction Of HousesThings FallingRosesFloods

And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will descend to Hades; for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadHadesSkyCitiesProphecies Said By JesusHumbling The ProudPermanenceAbasing PeoplePutting Things DownSky, Figurative Usegays

He saved others, himself he cannot save. He is King of Israel: let him descend now from the cross, and we will believe on him.

Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For ChristHeartlessnessChrist Going DownReasons For Faith In ChristChrist Is King Of IsraelSaving OneselfThose Not Saved

Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.

Verse ConceptsMessianic Titles, King Of The JewsChrist Going DownReasons For Faith In ChristChrist Is King Of IsraelCrucifiedInsulting ChristOthers Crucified

I did not recognize Him [as the Messiah], but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, ‘He upon whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this One is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritSending Of The Holy SpiritMissionaries, Call OfPromises Of The Holy SpiritAbiding With GodGod Going DownWater For BaptismNot Knowing About Christ

I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:

Verse ConceptsecstasyFour CornersLowering PeopleThose Who Saw VisionsFour SidesI PrayPutting Animals Down

Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)

Verse ConceptsGoing Down To The PitMan Going DownChrist Is Risen

Bible Theasaurus

Condescend (2 instances)
Crash (9 instances)
Decline (11 instances)
Derive (3 instances)
Descend (65 instances)
Settle (133 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ירד 
Yarad 
Usage: 378

καταβαίνω 
Katabaino 
Usage: 63

κατέρχομαι 
Katerchomai 
Usage: 13

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