κατέναντι
opposite
‘opposite’ is one of 2 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Adverb
- A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb.
Every verse where G2713 appears in the Book of Romans — 1 distinct verse. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Romans
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“opposite” is the headline sense of the Greek verb κατεναντι (katénanti). First canonically at Matthew 21:2, it enters the text early. With 8 verses in 5 books, it is an uncommon word in the Greek New Testament. It concentrates in Mark, which alone accounts for 38% of its uses. Lexicons map it across 2 senses. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G2713 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 8
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 8 distinct verses.
- 5 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 5 of 27 New Testament books.
- #1,240
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Greek words (rank 1,240 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 8 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Mark 3 verses 38%
- 2 Corinthians 2 verses 25%
- Matthew 1 verse 13%
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 8 distinct verses.
- Gospels 5 verses · 63%
- Pauline corpus 3 verses · 38%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 1 verse · 13%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Over against 4×
- American Standard Version: Over against 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Ahead 2×, Before 2×, Opposite 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Opposite 5×, Presence of 2×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G2713 across 5 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G2713 across 5 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G2713 across 8 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G2713 across 8 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 2 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- over against, opposite before
- metaph. before one i.e. he being judge
Word origin
Derived from κατα (katá) (G2596) — down.
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G2713, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- καθα kathá G2505 according as
- καθαιρεω kathairéō G2507 to tear down
- καθαπτω katháptō G2510 to fasten down
- καθεδρα kathédra G2515 seat
- καθεζομαι kathézomai G2516 to sit down
- καθεξης kathexēs G2517 in order
- καθευδω katheúdō G2518 to fall asleep
- καθηγητης kathēgētḗs G2519 guide
- καθηκω kathḗkō G2520 to come down
- καθημαι káthēmai G2521 to sit down
- καθημερινος kathēmerinós G2522 daily
- καθιημι kathíēmi G2524 to send down
- καθιστημι kathístēmi G2525 to place
- καθο kathó G2526 according to what
- καθολου kathólou G2527 wholly
- καθοπλιζω kathoplízō G2528 to arm
- καθοραω kathoráō G2529 to see clearly
- καθοτι kathóti G2530 according to what
- καθως kathṓs G2531 according as
- καμμυω kammýō G2576 to close eyes
- καταβαινω katabaínō G2597 to descend
- καταβαλλω katabállō G2598 to cast down
- καταβαρεω katabaréō G2599 to weigh down
- καταβιβαζω katabibázō G2601 to bring down
+103 more words share this root (not shown).
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 129 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word κατεναντι appears 58 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 57 verses in 17 books.
- 58
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 57
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 17 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 17 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 2:14 κατέναντι
- Exodus 19:2 κατέναντι
- Numbers 17:19 κατέναντι
- 2 Kings 1:13 κατέναντι
- 1 Chronicles 5:11 κατέναντι
- 2 Chronicles 2:5 κατέναντι
- Ezra 13:10 κατέναντι
- Psalms 5:6 κατέναντι
- Ecclesiastes 4:12 κατέναντι
- Isaiah 38:20 κατέναντι
- Lamentations 3:35 κατέναντι
- Ezekiel 1:9 κατέναντι
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G2713) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 57. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 2:14 κατέναντι The name of the third river is Hiddekel: this is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
- Genesis 4:16 κατέναντι Cain went out from Yahweh's presence, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
- Genesis 50:13 κατέναντι for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying-place, from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
- Exodus 19:2 κατέναντι When they had departed from Rephidim, and had come to the wilderness of Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness; and there Israel encamped before the mountain.
- Exodus 32:5 κατέναντι When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, "Tomorrow shall be a feast to Yahweh."
- Numbers 17:19 κατέναντι
- 2 Kings 1:13 κατέναντι Again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. The third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, man of God, please let my life, and the life of these fifty your servants, be precious in your sight.
- 1 Chronicles 5:11 κατέναντι The sons of Gad lived over against them, in the land of Bashan to Salecah:
- 1 Chronicles 8:32 κατέναντι Mikloth became the father of Shimeah. They also lived with their brothers in Jerusalem, over against their brothers.
- 1 Chronicles 19:7 κατέναντι So they hired them thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people, who came and encamped before Medeba. The children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
- 1 Chronicles 19:14 κατέναντι So Joab and the people who were with him drew near before the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.
- 1 Chronicles 24:6 κατέναντι Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests and of the Levites; one fathers' house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
- 1 Chronicles 26:15 κατέναντι To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the store-house.
- 1 Chronicles 26:16 κατέναντι To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goes up, watch against watch.
- 2 Chronicles 2:5 κατέναντι The house which I build is great; for great is our God above all gods.
- 2 Chronicles 4:10 κατέναντι He set the sea on the right side [of the house] eastward, toward the south.
- 2 Chronicles 5:12 κατέναντι also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brothers, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them one hundred twenty priests sounding with trumpets;)
- 2 Chronicles 6:12 κατέναντι He stood before the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands
- 2 Chronicles 6:22 κατέναντι If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house;
- 2 Chronicles 6:24 κατέναντι If your people Israel be struck down before the enemy, because they have sinned against you, and shall turn again and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this house;
- 2 Chronicles 6:28 κατέναντι If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague or whatever sickness there be;
- 2 Chronicles 8:14 κατέναντι He appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their divisions at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
- 2 Chronicles 32:12 κατέναντι Has not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, You shall worship before one altar, and on it shall you burn incense?
- Ezra 13:10 κατέναντι
- Ezra 13:23 κατέναντι
- Ezra 22:37 κατέναντι
- Psalms 5:6 κατέναντι You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
- Psalms 25:3 κατέναντι Yes, no one who waits for you shall be shamed. They shall be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.
- Ecclesiastes 4:12 κατέναντι If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
- Ecclesiastes 6:8 κατέναντι For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
- Isaiah 38:20 κατέναντι Yahweh is [ready] to save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of Yahweh.
- Lamentations 3:35 κατέναντι To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
- Ezekiel 1:9 κατέναντι their wings were joined one to another; they didn't turn when they went; they went everyone straight forward.
- Ezekiel 3:8 κατέναντι Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.
- Ezekiel 11:1 κατέναντι Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of Yahweh's house, which looks eastward: and see, at the door of the gate twenty-five men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
- Ezekiel 40:10 κατέναντι The lodges of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
- Ezekiel 40:27 κατέναντι There was a gate to the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubits.
- Ezekiel 40:41 κατέναντι Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they killed [the sacrifices].
- Ezekiel 41:13 κατέναντι So he measured the house, one hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls of it, one hundred cubits long;
- Ezekiel 41:14 κατέναντι also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, one hundred cubits.
- Ezekiel 42:1 κατέναντι Then he brought me forth into the outer court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was over against the building toward the north.
- Ezekiel 42:4 κατέναντι Before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits' breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.
- Ezekiel 42:19 κατέναντι He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
- Ezekiel 44:4 κατέναντι Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and, behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh: and I fell on my face.
- Ezekiel 47:20 κατέναντι The west side shall be the great sea, from the [south] border as far as over against the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.
- Daniel 3:3 κατέναντι Then the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
- Daniel 3:7 κατέναντι Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
- Daniel 4:29 κατέναντι At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon.
- Daniel 5:5 κατέναντι In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
- Daniel 5:15 κατέναντι Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known to me the interpretation of it; but they could not show the interpretation of the thing.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G2713) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.