verb

katantamō

Greekκαταντάω (katantaō)

Strong’sG2658

I come down, arrive at, reach

stem katant-13 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books8 forms occur

Translated as

arrived4×came3×attain2×reach2×come1×reached1×

What it means

† κατ-αντάω, -ῶ,

[in LXX: II Ki 3:29 (חוּל), II Mac 4:21, 24, 44 6:14*;]

to come to, arrive at: seq. εἰς, c. acc. loc., Ac 16:1 18:19, 24 21:7 25:13 (v. M, Pr., 132) 27:12 28:13; seq. ἀντικρύ, c. gen., Ac 20:15. Metaph., seq. εἰς, c. acc. pers., I Co 10:11 14:36; id. c. acc. rei, to attain to: Ac 26:7, Eph 4:13, Phl 3:11.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2658 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkat-an-tah'-o

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

Fromfrom G2596 and a derivative of G473;

King Jamesattain, come.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
katantataκατήντησεν	happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular	came	3×
katantanaκατηντήσαμεν	happened · weaorist active indicative 1st person plural	arrived	3×
katantalaκατήντησαν	happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural	came	2×
katantatēκατήντηκεν	has happened · he/she/itperfect active indicative 3rd person singular	come	1×
katantameiaκαταντήσω	happened · Iaorist active subjunctive 1st person singular	attain	1×
katantaneiaκαταντήσωμεν	happened · weaorist active subjunctive 1st person plural	reach	1×
katantaraκαταντῆσαι	happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive	attain	1×
katantaratoisκαταντήσαντες	happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine	reach	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 9 occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	katantamō	katantame	katantami	katantama	katantamē	katantamelē
you 2nd person singular	katantasō	katantase	katantasi	katantasa	katantasē	katantaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katantatō	katantate	katantati	katantata3×κατήντησεν	katantatē1×κατήντηκεν	katantatelē
we 1st person plural	katantanō	katantane	katantani	katantana3×κατηντήσαμεν	katantanē	katantanelē
ye 2nd person plural	katantavō	katantave	katantavi	katantava	katantavē	katantavelē
they 3rd person plural	katantalō	katantale	katantali	katantala2×κατήντησαν	katantalē	katantalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, 2 occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	katantameiō	katantameia1×καταντήσω	katantameiē
you 2nd person singular	katantaseiō	katantaseia	katantaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katantateiō	katantateia	katantateiē
we 1st person plural	katantaneiō	katantaneia1×καταντήσωμεν	katantaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	katantaveiō	katantaveia	katantaveiē
they 3rd person plural	katantaleiō	katantaleia	katantaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	katantasōr	katantasar	katantasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katantatōr	katantatar	katantatēr
ye 2nd person plural	katantavōr	katantavar	katantavēr
they 3rd person plural	katantalōr	katantalar	katantalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	katantamoiō	katantamoia
you 2nd person singular	katantasoiō	katantasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katantatoiō	katantatoia
we 1st person plural	katantanoiō	katantanoia
ye 2nd person plural	katantavoiō	katantavoia
they 3rd person plural	katantaloiō	katantaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	katantarō	katantari	katantara1×καταντῆσαι	katantarē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	katantarōtos	katantaritos	katantaratos1×	katantarētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

katantstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

katant is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

13 occurrences, every one of them listed

katantata“came”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular3×

Acts 16:1“came”Katantata de kai eis Derban kai eis Lustran. kai idou mathētos tinos ate ekei onome Timotheos, huios gunaikau Ioudaiau pistau, patērou de Hellēnou,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.

Acts 18:24“came”Ioudaios de tinos Apollos onome, Alexandrevos te gene, anēros logios, katantata eis Efesan, dunatos arōtos en tai grafai.Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.

1 Corinthians 14:36“reached”ē apo vu tos logos tou theou exerchata, ē eis vin monoin katantata?Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only ones it has reached?

katantana“arrived”happened · weaorist active indicative 1st person plural3×

Acts 20:15“arrived”kakeithen apoplaratois ta epeiarōta katantana antikrus Chiau, ta de hetera paraballana eis Saman, ta de echerōta erchana eis Milētan;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.

Acts 21:7“arrived”Nis de ton plouon dianuaratois apo Turau katantana eis Ptolemaidan, kai aspazeratois toin adelfoin menana hēmeran henan para autoi.When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.

Acts 28:13“arrived”hothen periairaratois katantana eis Rēgiem. kai meta henan hēmeran epigineratou notou deuteraiois erchana eis Potioloin,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.

katantala“came”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural2×

Acts 18:19“came”katantala de eis Efesan, kakeinoin kataleipata autou, autos de eisercharatos eis tan sunagōgan dialegeta toi Ioudaioi.When they reached Ephesus, Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews.

Acts 25:13“arrived”Hēmeraiu de diaginerataiu tinaiu Agrippaos tos basilevos kai Bernikas katantala eis Kaisareian aspazeratois ton Fēston.After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus.

katantatē“come”has happened · he/she/itperfect active indicative 3rd person singular1×

1 Corinthians 10:11“come”houteim de tupikōs sumbainate ekeinoi, grafita de pros nouthesian nu, eis hoin teim teleim toiu aiōnoiu katantatē.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.

katantameia“attain”happened · Iaorist active subjunctive 1st person singular1×

Philippians 3:11“attain”ei pōs katantameia eis tan exanastasian tan ek nekroiu.and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

katantaneia“reach”happened · weaorist active subjunctive 1st person plural1×

Ephesians 4:13“reach”mechris katantaneia tois pantois eis tan henotan tau pistiau kai tau epignōsiau tou huiou tou theou, eis anēron teleion, eis metrem hēlikiau teu plērōmeu tou Christou,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.

katantara“attain”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive1×

Acts 26:7“attain”eis han tem dōdekafulem nu en ekteneia nuxan kai hēmeran latreuarōtem elpizatō katantara; peri hau elpiau enkalimō hupo Ioudaioiu, basilevor;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.

katantaratois“reach”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative plural masculine1×

Acts 27:12“reach”aneuthetou de tou limēnou huparcharōtou pros paracheimasian tois polloterois tithela boulan anagira ekeithen, ei pōs duneloiō katantaratois eis Foinixon paracheimazara, limēnon tau Krētau bleparōton kata lipson kai kata chōron.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.