noun · feminine

apantēsias

Greekἀπάντησις (apantēsis)

Strong’sG529

the act of meeting, to meet

stem apantēsi-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

meet3×

What it means

ἀπάντησις, -εως, ἡ

(< ἀπαντάω), [in LXX chiefly for לִקְרַאת;]

usually with v.l., ὑπ-; a meeting; εἰς ἀ., c. gen. or dat., to meet: Mt 25:6 27:32 (WH, txt., omits), Ac 28:15, I Th 4:17 (v. M, Th., in l.; M, Pr., 14, 242; MM, VGT, s.v.; Lft., Notes, 69).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G529 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidap-an'-tay-sis

a (friendly) encounter

Fromfrom G528;

King Jamesmeet.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	apantēsias	apantēsiais
object accusative	apantēsian3×ἀπάντησιν	apantēsiain
direct address vocative	apantēsiar	apantēsiair
of, belonging to genitive	apantēsiau	apantēsiaiu
to, for dative	apantēsia	apantēsiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

apantēsistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

apantēsia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

apantēsian“meet”objectaccusative singular3×

Matthew 25:6“meet”mesau de nuxau kraugas ginatē; Idou tos numfios, exerchevōr eis apantēsian autou.At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’

Acts 28:15“meet”kakeithen tois adelfois akouaratois teim peri nu erchala eis apantēsian ni achri Appiouou Foreu kai Treis Tabernaiu, hoin horaratos tos Paulos eucharistaratos to theo lambata tharsem.The brothers there had heard about us and traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he was encouraged and gave thanks to God.

1 Thessalonians 4:17“meet”epeita nis tois zōarōtois tois perileipirōtois hama sun autoi harpazini en nefelai eis apantēsian tou kuriou eis aēron; kai houtōs pantote sun kurio eni.After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.