Strong G2658καταντάω

to come to

Transliteration
katantaō
Pronunciation
kat-an-tah'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G2596 and a derivative of G473; to meet against that is arrive at (literally or figuratively): - attain come.

Detailed definition

κατ-αντάω, -ῶ
[in LXX: 2Ki.3:29 (חוּל), 2Ma.4:21 2Mac 4:24 2Mac 4:44 2Mac 6:14 *;]
to come to, arrive at: before εἰς, with accusative loc., Act.16:1 18:19, 24 21:7 25:13 (see M, Pr., 132) Act.27:12 28:13; before ἀντικρύ, with genitive, Act.20:15. Metaphorical, before εἰς, with accusative of person(s), 1Co.10:11 14:36; id. with accusative of thing(s), to attain to: Act.26:7, Eph.4:13, Php.3:11.†
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In the Bible

Strong G2658 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • come11
  • attain2
  • we1

First verses

  1. Acts 16:1
    Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
  2. Acts 18:19
    And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
  3. Acts 18:24
    And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
  4. Acts 20:15
    And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.
  5. Acts 21:7
    And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
  6. Acts 25:13
    And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Cesarea to salute Festus.
  7. Acts 26:7
    Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
  8. Acts 27:12
    And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.
  9. Acts 28:13
    And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli:
  10. 1 Corinthians 10:11
    Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
  11. 1 Corinthians 14:36
    What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
  12. Ephesians 4:13
    Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
  13. Philippians 3:11
    If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
καταντ-άω,
come down to, arrive, εἰς τὰ βασίλεια, ἐπὶ κοίτην, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.52, 3.27, compare “PTeb.” 59.3 (1st c.BC), etc.: _metaphorically_, ἐπὶ τὴν φυσικὴν ὁδόν 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 259.3, compare 185.16, 251.30.)]
2 in a speech or narrative, come to, arrive at a point, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (εἰς τὴν ἔκπτωσιν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.1.8; ἐπί τινας λογισμούς [prev\. author] 10.37.3; κ. ἐπὶ τὸν ὅρκον 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.79, cf. J “AJ” 3.10.4, etc.)]; have recourse to, ἐπὶ [τὴν ἡδονήν] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Ep.” 3p.63U.; ἐπὶ τὰ δάκρυα 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.62)] O.
3 of persons, κ. εἰς ἑαυτούς attack, commence hostilities against each other, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.11.3.)]
4 of events, come upon, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (πᾶς δ᾽ ἀγὼν ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ κατήντα 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 261.13)]; κ. εἴς τινα affect him, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p)].83 W.; of blood-guiltiness, fall, [Refs (ἐπὶ κεφαλήν τινος Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum “2 Kings” 3.29)].
4.b turn out, result, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (ποῦ καταντήσει πάλιν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.4.12; τὸ πρᾶγμα κ. εἰς ὑπόνοιαν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.37; εἰς τὸ μηδέν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.34.2)]; so of numbers, to be reduced, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (εἰς μόνους ἄνδρας δέκα “BGU” 903.14 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]
5 of an inheritance, κ. εἴς τινα fall to one's share, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (“NT.1Cor.10.11”, “POxy.” 75 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]
II transitive, make to come back, bring back, τινα [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Palaephatus Paradoxographus 2; εἰς ἑαυτὸν τὴν ἀρχιερωσύνην Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum “2 Maccabees” 4.24)] (so intransitive in perfect, return, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν κατηντηκέναι βίον “BGU” 1101.5 (1st c.BC)).)]