STRONGS G2600:
κατάβασις,
καταβάσεως,
ἡ (
καταβαίνω) (from
Herodotus down),
descent;
a. the act of descending.
b. the place of descent:
τοῦ ὄρους, i. e. that part of the mountain where the descent is made,
Luke 19:37; so
Joshua 10:11 the
Sept.;
Diodorus 4, 21; opposed to
ἀνάβασις, the place of ascent way up, 1 Macc. 3:16, 24;
Xenophon, Cyril 7, 2, 3. So Latin
descensus; cf.
Herzog on Sall. Cat. 57, 3.
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