katenanti · opposite

What it means

katenanti (κατέναντι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “opposite”.

Across from; in front of.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Located right opposite; or in someone's sight, above all God's.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• opposite ×4
• before ×2
• ahead of you ×1
• presence of ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×3
• Luke×1
• Romans×1
• 2 Corinthians×2

• Matthew 21:2

  saying to them, “Go into the village that is opposite you, and at once you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me.

• Mark 11:2

  and says to them, “Go into the village that is opposite you, and at once, as you enter into it, you will find a colt tied, on which no person has ever yet sat; untie it and bring it.

• Mark 12:41

  And sitting down opposite the treasury, he was watching how the crowd puts copper coins into the treasury. And many rich people were putting in much.

• Mark 13:3

  And as he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew were asking him privately,

• Luke 19:30

  saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, on which no person has ever sat; untie it and bring it.

• Romans 4:17

  (as it is written: I have made you a father of many nations) in the presence of the God whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls the things that do not exist as though they existed.

• 2 Corinthians 2:17

  For we are not like the many, peddling the word of God, but as from sincerity, but as from God, before God we speak in the Messiah.

• 2 Corinthians 12:19

  Have you been thinking all along that we are defending ourselves to you? Before God we speak in the Messiah; and all things, beloved, are for your building up.