Katantáō — G2658

Definition

verb

to meet against, i.e. arrive at (literally or figuratively)

1. properly
2. metaphorically, εἰς τί, like the Latinad aliquid pervenio, i. e. to attain to a thing

Usually translated as

come, attain

Origin

from G2596 and a derivative of G473

• katá (G2596)
• antí (G473)

Occurrences

Katantáō occurs 13 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (9), 1 Corinthians (2), Ephesians (1), Philippians (1)

• Acts 16:1 — Then came (κατήντησεν) 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:
• Acts 18:19 — And he came (κατήντησεν) to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
• Acts 18:24 — And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came (κατήντησεν) to Ephesus.
• Acts 20:15 — And we sailed thence, and came (κατηντήσαμεν) 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.
• Acts 21:7 — And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came (κατηντήσαμεν) to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
• Acts 25:13 — And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came (κατήντησαν) unto Cæsarea to salute Festus.
• Acts 26:7 — Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come (καταντῆσαι). For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
• 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 (καταντήσαντες) to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.
• Acts 28:13 — And from thence we fetched a compass, and came (κατηντήσαμεν) to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli:
• 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 (κατήντησεν).
• 1 Corinthians 14:36 — What? came the word of God out from you? or came (κατήντησεν) it unto you only?
• Ephesians 4:13 — Till we all come (καταντήσωμεν) 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:
• Philippians 3:11 — If by any means I might attain (καταντήσω) unto the resurrection of the dead.