To come to
καταντάωStrong’s G2658katantaō
Appears in 13 verses of the New Testament
In short
Katantaō is the Greek word usually translated “we arrived”, “came down” and “came”. It appears in 13 verses of the New Testament.
“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:”
Meaning
Usually translated “we arrived”, “came down” and “came”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- we arrived 2
- came down 2
- he came 1
- they came 1
- came 1
- to attain 1
- having arrived 1
- has come 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 9
- 1 Corinthians 2
- Ephesians 1
- Philippians 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 18:19And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
- Acts 18:24And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
- Acts 20:15And 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.
- Acts 21:7And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
- Acts 25:13And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus.
- Acts 26:7Unto 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.
Greek dictionary
καταντάω katantaō · to come to
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.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “came” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CAME, noun
A slender rod of cast lead, of which glaziers make their turned lead.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.