Definition

to meet against, i.e. arrive at (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

from G2596 (κατά) and a derivative of G473 (ἀντί);

Word family

• κατά katá
• ἀντί antí

How the KJV renders it

• attain
• come

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.