- Original: κατάβασις - Transliteration: Katabasis - Phonetic: kat-ab'-as-is - Definition: 1. descent a. the act of descending b. the place of descent 1. that part of the mountain where the descent is made - Origin: from G2597 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G2597 ; a declivity: - descent. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • descent, 1 Luke 19:37