to bless, Mk. 10:16*

optative, κατευθύναι (3rd sg), to make straight; to direct, guide aright, Lk. 1:79; 1 Thess. 3:11; 2 Thess. 3:5*

also spelled κατέσθω, to eat up, devour, Mt. 13:4; to consume, Rev. 11:5, to expend, squander, Lk. 15:30; met. to make a prey of, plunder, Mt. 23:13; Mk. 12:40; Lk. 20:47; 2 Cor.

to come, or go down, Lk. 4:31; 9:37; Acts 8:5; 9:32; to land at, touch at, Acts 18:22; 27:5

to work out; to effect, produce, bring out as a result, Rom. 4:15; 5:3; 7:13; 2 Cor. 4:17; 7:10; Phil. 2:12; 1 Pet. 4:3; Jas. 1:3; to work, practice, realize in practice, Rom.

to exercise lordship, or authority over, domineer over, Mt. 20:25; Mk. 10:42*

can function as an improper prep., in the presence of, in the sight of, before; Eph. 1:4; Col. 1:22; Jude 24*

can function as an improper prep., over against, opposite to, Mk. 11:2; 12:41; 13:3; ὁ, ἡ, τό, κατέναντι, opposite, Lk. 19:30; before, in the presence of, in the sight of, Rom. 4:17

rife with idols, sunk in idolatry, grossly idolatrous, Acts 17:16*