Lexical Summary katantaō: to come down to, reach Original Word: καταντάωTransliteration: katantaō Phonetic Spelling: (kat-an-tah'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to come down to, reach Meaning: to come down to, reach Strong's Concordance attain, come. From kata and a derivative of anti; to meet against, i.e. Arrive at (literally or figuratively) -- attain, come. see GREEK kata see GREEK anti Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2658: καταντάωκαταντάω, κατάντω: 1 aorist κατήντησα; perfect κατήντηκα (1 Corinthians 10:11 L T Tr WH); to come to, arrive at; a. properly: followed by εἰς with the accusative of place, Acts 16:1; Acts 18:19, 24; Acts 21:7; Acts 25:13; Acts 27:12; Acts 28:13 (2 Macc. 4:44); ἀντικρύ τίνος, to a place over against, opposite another, Acts 20:15; εἰς τινα τά τέλη τῶν αἰώνων κατήντηκεν, i. e. whose lifetime occurs at the ends of the ages, 1 Corinthians 10:11. b. metaphorically, εἰς τί, like the Latinad aliquid pervenio, i. e. to attain to a thing: Acts 26:7; Ephesians 4:13; Philippians 3:11; κάταντα τί εἰς τινα, to one, that he may become partaker of it, 1 Corinthians 14:36. (Polybius, Diodorus; ecclesiastical writings.) |
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