What does κατέναντι (katénanti) mean in the Bible?
κατέναντι (katénanti): Spatial or metaphorical positioning directly before/opposite someone, often implying conscious presence or accountability.
Greek · G2713
κατέναντι
Directly opposite
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κατέναντι G2713
Pronunciation katénanti
What does κατέναντι (katénanti) mean in the Bible?
κατέναντι (katénanti): Spatial or metaphorical positioning directly before/opposite someone, often implying conscious presence or accountability.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2713?
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include before (2), opposite (2), [He is our father] in the presence of (1), ahead (1), ahead [of you] (1).
Where does κατέναντι (katénanti) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 21:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (3), 2 Corinthians (2), Luke (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It before 2× 2 Corinthians 2:17, 2 Corinthians 12:19
opposite 2× Mark 12:41, Mark 13:3
[He is our father] in the presence of 1× Romans 4:17
ahead 1× Matthew 21:2
ahead [of you] 1× Luke 19:30
ahead of 1× Mark 11:2
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 21:2 κατέναντι to ahead Preposition Mark 11:2 κατέναντι to ahead of Preposition Mark 12:41 κατέναντι to opposite Preposition Mark 13:3 κατέναντι to opposite Preposition Luke 19:30 κατέναντι to ahead [of you] Adverb Romans 4:17 κατέναντι to [He is our father] in the presence of Preposition 2 Corinthians 2:17 κατέναντι to before Preposition 2 Corinthians 12:19 κατέναντι to before Preposition
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 21:2
Aligned rows 8
Books represented 5
Matthew 1 Mark 3 Luke 1 Romans 1 2 Corinthians 2
Source forms
κατέναντι 8x katenanti Matthew 21:2, Mark 11:2, Mark 12:41, Mark 13:3
Parsing patterns
Preposition 7x Matthew 21:2, Mark 11:2, Mark 12:41, Mark 13:3
Adverb 1x Luke 19:30
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Spatial or metaphorical positioning directly before/opposite someone, often implying conscious presence or accountability.
Strong's G2713
Lexical occurrences 8 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 2 forms 8 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
directly opposite
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 11:2 Preposition
κατέναντι katenanti
opposite, in front of
Read verse Mark 12:41 Preposition
κατέναντι katenanti
opposite, in front of
Read verse Mark 13:3 Preposition
κατέναντι katenanti
opposite, in front of
Read verse Luke 19:30 Adverb
κατέναντι katenanti
opposite, in front of
Read verse Romans 4:17 Preposition
κατέναντι katenanti
opposite, in front of
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 8
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Matt 21:2 · Mark 11:2 · Mark 12:41 · Mark 13:3 · Rom 4:17 · 2 Cor 2:17 · 2 Cor 12:19 7×
Luke 19:30 1×
Word Origins
κατέναντι is built from these roots:
+ ἔναντι G1725
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain