Quick Definition
καταντάω v. I come down, arrive at, reach
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and a derivative of 473; to meet against, i.e. arrive at (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: attain, come
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀντάω (come opposite to, meet)
15.84 · Linear Movement · Come, Come To, Arrive
to come to, to reach, to arrive to move toward and to arrive at a point
ACT 16:1 · ACT 18:19 · ACT 18:24 · ACT 20:15 · ACT 21:7 · ACT 25:13 · ACT 27:12 · ACT 28:13 · 1CO 14:36
13.16 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · State
to come to be, to attain, to achieve to attain or arrive at a particular state
13.121 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Happen
to come upon to happen to, with the implication of something definitive and final
1 There are no doubt certain subtle distinctions of meaning in ἐφικνέομαιφθάνω[a], καταντάω[a], and ἥκω[a], but it is not possible to determine what the distinctive features are on the basis of existing contexts. 2 In the case of meanings involving to attain to a state, there is obviously a change in state implied, but the focus seems to be primarily on the end point, and hence these meanings are classified in this subdomain rather than in the following subdomain.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατ-αντάω, -@: 1 aor. κατήντησα; pi. κατήντηκα (1 Co. x.11LTTr WH); to come to, arrive at; a. prop.: foll. by εἰς w. ace. of place, Acts xvi. 1; xviii. 19, 24; xxi. 7; xxv.13; xxvil.12; xxviii. 13, (2 Macc. iv. 44); ἀντικρύ τινος, to a place over against, opposite another, Acts xx. 15; els τινα τὰ τέλη τῶν αἰώνων κατήντηκεν, 1. 6. whose lifetime occurs at the ends of the ages, 1 Co. x. 11. b. metaph. εἴς τι, like the Lat. ad aliquid pervenio, i. 6. to attain to a thing: Acts xxvi. 7; Eph. iv. 13; Phil. iii. 11; καταντᾷ τι εἴς twa, to one, that he may become partaker of it, 1 Co. xiv. 36. (Polyb., Diod.; eccl. writ.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καταντάω katantaō 13x
to come to, arrive at, Acts 16:1; 20:15; of an epoch, to come upon, 1 Cor. 10:11; met. to reach, attain to, Acts 26:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† 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.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καταντάω. Karayray eis in the legal sense of property “" descending to” an heir is very common, e.g. BGU IV. 11694 (B.c. το) ἧσπερ μετηλλαχυίας κατήντηκεν is αὐτοὺς τὰ ταύτης, P Oxy II. 274! (A.D. 89-97) τὰ δὲ προκείμενα αὐτοῦ πατρικ[ὰ] . . κατήντ(ησεν) εἰς αἰὐτὸν) μετὰ τὴν τ[ο]ῦ πατ(ρὸς) τελευτήν, BGU IIT. οδ914 (ii/A.D.) εἰς τὸν συνηγορούμενον κατήντηκεν ἡ κτηνοτίρ]οφία. [π᾿ BGU I. 326: 15,18 (a.p. 194) καταντῆσαι πρός τινα occurs twice in the same sense. This technical meaning seems very appropriate in 1 Cor 101* ἡμῶν, εἰς ods τὰ τέλη τῶν αἰώνων κατήντηκεν, on which Prof. Findlay’s unconscious comment is—‘‘ The Church is the Aezr of the spiritual training of mankind” (G7 ad/.). [Dr. Rendel Harris suggests that in this case τὰ τέλη means “the revenues” of the ages]. The Tennysonian parallel ““T, the heir of all the ages” suggests itself at once. In 1 Cor 14% ἢ εἰς ὑμᾶς μόνους κατήντησεν (ὃ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ) ; the same sense is probable—‘“‘ was the gospel your exclusive inheritance?” Like our descend, the word keeps its ordinary meaning elsewhere. Thus in illustration of its nine-fold occurrence in Acts with reference to travellers reaching their destination we may cite P Tebt I. 595 (B.c. 99) καταντήσαντος . . εἰς τὴν πόλιν Σοκονώφεως, P Oxy III. 486°° (A.p. 131) ἐνθάδε κατήντησα, and Priene 112%? (after B.C. 84) καταντᾶν eis TO γυμνάσιον, while P Meyer 315 (a.p. 148) tv’ οὖν. . εὐθέως ἐπὶ tov κρά(τιστον) ἐπίτροπί(ον) καταντήσῃς [ἐϊπέστειλά σοι shows the verb of ‘‘ presenting oneself before” a person. In PSII. τοι (end of ii/A.p.) εἰς μόνους κατηντηκέναι ἄνδρας y, the reference is to certain taxation which has “fallen upon” three men : cf. 73. 102!°, 105%. The verb is found in MGr = ‘*come to,” ‘‘end in,” as in Abbott Sozgs xvi. 5 (p. 140) τρελλὸς θὰ καταντήσω, ‘I shall end in madness ’’—a lover's serenade: cf. κατάντημα, ““ end,” ‘* goal,” in LXX Ps 187. The subst. κατάντησις = “ entrance” occurs in P Hamb I. 47 (A.D. 87) κατάντησιν els ᾿Αλεξάνδριαν.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καταντάω (katantaō) — to come to. καταντ-άω, come down to, arrive, εἰς τὰ βασίλεια, ἐπὶ κοίτην, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
2. in a speech or narrative, come to, arrive at a point, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; have recourse to, ἐπὶ [τὴν ἡδονήν] [Refs 4th c.BC+] O.
3. of persons, κ. εἰς ἑαυτούς attack, commence hostilities against each other, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
4. of events, come upon, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κ. εἴς τινα affect him, [Refs 1st c.BC+].83 W.; of blood-guiltiness, fall, [Refs].
4. b turn out, result, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; so of numbers, to be reduced, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
5. of an inheritance, κ. εἴς τινα fall to one's share, [NT+2nd c.AD+]
II. transitive, make to come back, bring back, τινα [Refs 4th c.AD+] (so intransitive in perfect, return, [Refs 1st c.BC+]