καταντάω

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Definition

κατ-αντάω, -ῶ

[in LXX: 2 Samuel 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., Acts 16:1; 18:19, 24; 21:7; 25:13 (see M, Pr., 132) Acts 27:12; 28:13; before ἀντικρύ, with genitive, Acts 20:15. Metaphorical, before εἰς, with accusative of person(s), 1 Corinthians 10:11; 14:36; id. with accusative of thing(s), to attain to: Acts 26:7, Ephesians 4:13, Philippians 3:11.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

13 total
  1. Acts 16:1Κατήντησεν · [Paul] came
    Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.
  2. Acts 18:19Κατήντησαν · they reached
    When they reached Ephesus, Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews.
  3. Acts 18:24κατήντησεν · came
    Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.
  4. Acts 20:15κατηντήσαμεν · we arrived
    Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite Chios. The day after that we arrived at Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus.
  5. Acts 21:7κατηντήσαμεν · landed
    When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.
  6. Acts 25:13κατήντησαν · came down
    After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.
  7. Acts 26:7καταντῆσαι · to see fulfilled
    …the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.
  8. Acts 27:12καταντήσαντες · reach
    Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, hoping that somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.
  9. Acts 28:13κατηντήσαμεν · and came
    From there we weighed anchor and came to Rhegium. After one day, a south wind came up, and on the second day we arrived at Puteoli.
  10. 1 Corinthians 10:11κατήντηκεν · has come
    Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
  11. 1 Corinthians 14:36κατήντησεν · it has reached
    Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only ones it has reached?
  12. Ephesians 4:13καταντήσωμεν · we all reach
    …until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.
  13. Philippians 3:11καταντήσω · to attain
    …and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.