Quick Definition
κατέναντι Adv opposite, in front of
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and 1725; directly opposite
KJV Usage: before, over against
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
prep. (with gen.), advb. | κατά + ἐν + ἀντί
1 2CO 2:17 It is possible, as in the case of 2CO 2:17, for the implication of contrast to be somewhat neutralized in particular contexts. 2 There are undoubtedly certain subtle distinctions of meaning associated with the various markers in 90.20, but it is impossible to determine those differences on the basis of existing contexts.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατ-έναντι, adv.; not found in prof. auth. [W. 102 (97)]; in Sept. mostly for 333, 3229, 25), (see ἔναντι and ἀπέναντι) ; prop. over against, opposite, before : foll. by the gen. [B. 319 (273); ef. W. § 54, 6], Mk. xi. 2; xii. 41 (Tr txt. WH mrg. ἀπέναντι]; xiii. 8, and LT Tr WH in Mt. xxi. 2; L Tr WH txt. also in xxvii. 24; ἡ κατέναντι κώμη, the village opposite, Lk. xix. 30. Metaph., w. gen. of pers., before one i. e. he being judge (see ἐνώπιον [esp. 2e.and 1 ¢.]): τοῦ θεοῦ, Ro. iv. 17 (which, by a kind of attraction somewhat rare, is to be resolved κατέναντι θεοῦ, ᾧ ἐπίστευσε, who is the father of us all ace. to the judgment and appointment of God, whom he believed, — the words καθὼς ... τέθεικα forming a parenthesis; cf. Fritzsche ad loc.; [B. 287 (247); but al. resolve it, κατέναντι τ. θεοῦ κατέν. οὗ ἐπίστ.. cf. Meyer (per contra ed. Weiss) ad loc.; W.164 (155)]); or, he being witness [in the sight 97: τοῦ θεοῦ, L T Tr WH in 2 Co. ii. 17 and xii. 19.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κατέναντι katenanti 8x
can function as an improper prep., over against, opposite to, Mk. 11:2; 12:41; 13:3; ὁ, ἡ, τό, κατέναντι, opposite, Lk. 19:30; before, in the presence of, in the sight of, Rom. 4:17
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† κατέναντι, adv.,
[in LXX chiefly for נֶגֶד(לְ), לִפְנֵי, etc.;]
over against, opposite, before: ἡ, κ. κώμη, Lk 19:30; as prep., c. gen., Mt 21:2 27:24 (ἀπ-, WH, mg.), Mk 11:2 12:41 (ἀπ-, WH, mg.) 13:3; metaph., before, seq. θεοῦ, Ro 4:17, II Co 2:17 12:19.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κατέναντι. The usage of κατέναντι (for form see Proleg. p. 99) c. gen. = “ opposite,” ‘‘ over against,” as in Mk 121, 133 a/., 1 Macc 251, is not so unknown to ‘“‘ profane” Greek, as Grimm-Thayer (s.v.) would lead us to suppose. Thus Rouffiac (Recherches, p. 34) quotes from Priene 3717 (ii/B.c.) with reference to a treaty made—katévavtt τοῦ ὄρευς, and in P Par 501! (B.c, 160) we read of a woman seated on the sand with a child—karévayti αὐτῆς : cf. also P Flor III. 3707 (A.D. 132) k[drav]ra Σαραπιήου. According to Wackernagel Hellenistica, p. 3 ff. (as quoted s.v. ἀπέναντι) the usage is due to Doric influence, and passed into the ἸΚοινή about B.c. 300. The word survives in MGr.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κατέναντι (katenanti) — before. Included with: κατ-έναντα, adverb over against, opposite, with genitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—also κατ-έναντι [LXX]; πύλη ἡ κ.[LXX+NT+2nd c.BC+]