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κατεναντίον

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κατεναντίον

Sense

  1. over against, opposite

Examples

  • ὅτι πάντα τὰ κρίματα αὐτοῦ κατεναντίον μου, καὶ τὰ δικαιώματα αὐτοῦ, οὐκ ἀπέστην ἀπ’ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 22:23)
  • καὶ ἐνετράπη ἡ καρδία σου καὶ ἐταπεινώθησ ἀπὸ προσώπου μου ἐν τῷ ἀκοῦσαί σε τοὺσ λόγουσ μου ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον τοῦτον καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺσ κατοικοῦντασ αὐτὸν καὶ ἐταπεινώθησ ἐναντίον μου καὶ διέρρηξασ τὰ ἱμάτιά σου καὶ ἔκλαυσασ κατεναντίον μου, καὶ ἐγὼ ἤκουσα, φησὶ Κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 34:27)
  • καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντεσ τῶν Λευιτῶν Ἀσαβία καὶ Σαραβία καὶ Ἰησοῦ καὶ υἱοὶ Καδμιὴλ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν κατεναντίον αὐτῶν εἰσ ὕμνον αἰνεῖν ἐν ἐντολῇ Δαυὶδ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐφημερία πρὸσ ἐφημερίαν (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 12:20)
  • ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἡ ἐντροπή μου κατεναντίον μού ἐστι, καὶ ἡ αἰσχύνη τοῦ προσώπου μου ἐκάλυψέ με (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 43:16)
  • τίσ κεν ἐκείνου ἔτλη θνητὸσ ἐὼν κατεναντίον ὁρμηθῆναι πλήν γ’ Ἡρακλῆοσ καὶ κυδαλίμου Ιὀλάου; (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 4:10)

Synonyms

  1. over against

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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