verb
hupantamō
Strong’sG5221
I meet
stem hupant-10 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books3 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ὑπ-αντάω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Da LXX 10:14 (קָרָה), Si 9:3, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5221 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic dialect ὑπαντ-έω Refs: future -ήσομαιRefs 1st c.AD+: aorist -ήντησαRefs 1st c.AD+, Doric dialect -άντᾱσαRefs 5th c.BC+:—come or go to meet, either as a friend, Refs 5th c.BC+; or in arms,Refs 4th c.BC+; ὑ. τινί NT+5th c.BC+ [same place]; πρὸς τὸ [βῆμα] Refs 3rd c.AD+: also with genitive, ἀνδρῶν ἀγαθῶν παιδὸς ὑ. Refs 5th c.BC+ just before:—later in middle, ὑπαντώμενος αὐτοῖς Refs 2nd c.AD+
2 meet, encounter, of a heavenly body, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II metaphorically, meet, i. e. agree to, ταῖς τιμαῖς Refs 2nd c.BC+; present oneself at, τῇ ἀποδόσει Refs 3rd c.AD+; πρὸς τὴν ἀπόδοσιν Refs 3rd c.AD+
II.2 meet, i.e. reply or object to, τοῖς ἐμοῖς βουλεύμασι Refs 5th c.BC+; πρός τινα or τι Refs 2nd c.AD+; πρός τι ὑ. ὡς.. Refs 2nd c.AD+ come in response, ensue, Herod.middle in Refs
II.3 occur to one, τῷ ῥήτορι Refs 3rd c.AD+
II.4 fall in with, ἀνωμαλίᾳ Refs 2nd c.AD+; correspond with, Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| hupantataὑπήντησεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | met | 6× |
| hupantalaὑπήντησαν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | met | 2× |
| hupantaraὑπαντῆσαι | happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive | met | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 8 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hupantamō | hupantame | hupantami | hupantama | hupantamē | hupantamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | hupantasō | hupantase | hupantasi | hupantasa | hupantasē | hupantaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hupantatō | hupantate | hupantati | hupantata6×ὑπήντησεν | hupantatē | hupantatelē |
| we 1st person plural | hupantanō | hupantane | hupantani | hupantana | hupantanē | hupantanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | hupantavō | hupantave | hupantavi | hupantava | hupantavē | hupantavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | hupantalō | hupantale | hupantali | hupantala2×ὑπήντησαν | hupantalē | hupantalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hupantameiō | hupantameia | hupantameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | hupantaseiō | hupantaseia | hupantaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hupantateiō | hupantateia | hupantateiē |
| we 1st person plural | hupantaneiō | hupantaneia | hupantaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | hupantaveiō | hupantaveia | hupantaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | hupantaleiō | hupantaleia | hupantaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | hupantasōr | hupantasar | hupantasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hupantatōr | hupantatar | hupantatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | hupantavōr | hupantavar | hupantavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | hupantalōr | hupantalar | hupantalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | hupantamoiō | hupantamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | hupantasoiō | hupantasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | hupantatoiō | hupantatoia |
| we 1st person plural | hupantanoiō | hupantanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | hupantavoiō | hupantavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | hupantaloiō | hupantaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | hupantarō | hupantari | hupantara2×ὑπαντῆσαι | hupantarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | hupantarōntos | hupantarintos | hupantarantos | hupantarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
hupant 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
10 occurrences, every one of them listed
hupantata“met”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular6×
Matthew 28:9kai idou Iēsus hupantata autai legarōntos; Chairavōr; tais de prosercharantais …Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” They came …
Mark 5:2… exercharantou autou ek teu ploieu euthuos hupantata auto ek teiu mnēmeieiu anthrōpos en …… out of the boat, He was met by a man with an unclean …
Luke 8:27exercharanto de auto epi tan gēan hupantata andros tinos ek tau polau echarōntos …When Jesus stepped ashore, He was met by a demon-possessed man from the …
John 11:20“went and met”… Marthas hōs akouata hoti Iēsus erchotō hupantata auto; Marias de en to oiko …So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him, but Mary stayed at …
John 11:30… ate ēti en to topo hopou hupantata auto tas Marthas.… at the place where Martha had met Him.
John 12:18“went to meet”dia houtem kai hupantata auto tos ochlos hoti akouala houtem …That is also why the crowd went out to meet Him, because they heard that He had …
hupantala“met”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural2×
Matthew 8:28… peran eis tan chōran toiu Gadarēnoiu hupantala auto duo daimonizorōntois ek teiu mnēmeieiu …… region of the Gadarenes, He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from …
John 4:51… de autou katabainarōntou tois doulois autou hupantala auto legarōntois hoti tos paidos autou …… still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his …
hupantara“met”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive2×
Luke 14:31“oppose”… ei dunatos atō en deka chiliadai hupantara to meta eikosi chiliadaiu erchorōnto epi …… and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
Acts 16:16… proseuchan paidiskan tinan echarōntan pneumem puthōnon hupantara ni, hotinas ergasian pollan parechate toi …… the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a …