Strong G2713κατέναντι

before

Transliteration
katenanti
Pronunciation
kat-en'-an-tee
Morphology
Greek Preposition

Definition

From G2596 and G1725; directly opposite: - before over against.

Detailed definition

κατέναντι
adv., [in LXX chiefly for נֶגֶד, פָּנִים, Gen.7:1, etc.;]
over against, opposite, before: ἡ, κ. κώμη, Luk.19:30; as prep., with genitive, Mat.21:2 27:24 (ἀπ-, WH, mg.), Mrk.11:2 12:41 (ἀπ-, WH, mg.) Mrk.13:3; metaphorically, before, before θεοῦ, Rom.4:17, 2Co.2:17 12:19.†
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In the Bible

Strong G2713 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • against4
  • before1

First verses

  1. Mark 11:2
    And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.
  2. Mark 12:41
    And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
  3. Mark 13:3
    And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
  4. Luke 19:30
    Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.
  5. Romans 4:17
    (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: κατ-έναντα,
adverb over against, opposite, with genitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC(?): Cydias Lyricus 1, 2nd c.AD: Pancrates Epicus “POxy.” 1085.24, 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 1.552, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 3.176: with _dative_, [prev. author] 6.277: _absolutely_, [prev. author] 3.132)]:—also κατ-έναντι [LXX (LXX.Exo.19.2)]; πύλη ἡ κ.[LXX+NT+2nd c.BC+ (LXX.Eze.11.1; κώμη ἡ κ. ὑμῶν NT.Mark.11.2, compare “UPZ” 79.11 (2nd c.BC), “Inscription Prien.” 37.170 (2nd c.BC).)]