verb

sunantamō

Greekσυναντάω (sunantaō)

Strong’sG4876

I meet, encounter

stem sunant-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books4 forms occur

Translated as

met4×happen1×meet1×

What it means

συν-αντάω, -ῶ

[in LXX for פּגע,פּגשׁ,קרא,קרה, etc.;]

to meet with: c. dat. pers., Lk 9:18, 37 22:10, Ac 10:25, He 7:1, 10. Metaph., of events, to happen, befall (Diog. L., Plut., al.): Ac 20:22.†

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

Strong’s G4876 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsoon-an-tah'-o

to meet with; figuratively, to occur

Fromfrom G4862 and a derivative of G473;

King Jamesbefall, meet.

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

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
sunantatiσυναντήσει	will happen · he/she/itfuture active indicative 3rd person singular	meet	1×
sunantataσυνήντησεν	happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular	met	2×
sunantariteimσυναντήσοντά	will happen · objectfuture active participle direct plural neuter	happen	1×
sunantaratosσυναντήσας	happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine	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, 3 occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	sunantamō	sunantame	sunantami	sunantama	sunantamē	sunantamelē
you 2nd person singular	sunantasō	sunantase	sunantasi	sunantasa	sunantasē	sunantaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sunantatō	sunantate	sunantati1×συναντήσει	sunantata2×συνήντησεν	sunantatē	sunantatelē
we 1st person plural	sunantanō	sunantane	sunantani	sunantana	sunantanē	sunantanelē
ye 2nd person plural	sunantavō	sunantave	sunantavi	sunantava	sunantavē	sunantavelē
they 3rd person plural	sunantalō	sunantale	sunantali	sunantala	sunantalē	sunantalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	sunantameiō	sunantameia	sunantameiē
you 2nd person singular	sunantaseiō	sunantaseia	sunantaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sunantateiō	sunantateia	sunantateiē
we 1st person plural	sunantaneiō	sunantaneia	sunantaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	sunantaveiō	sunantaveia	sunantaveiē
they 3rd person plural	sunantaleiō	sunantaleia	sunantaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	sunantasōr	sunantasar	sunantasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sunantatōr	sunantatar	sunantatēr
ye 2nd person plural	sunantavōr	sunantavar	sunantavēr
they 3rd person plural	sunantalōr	sunantalar	sunantalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	sunantamoiō	sunantamoia
you 2nd person singular	sunantasoiō	sunantasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sunantatoiō	sunantatoia
we 1st person plural	sunantanoiō	sunantanoia
ye 2nd person plural	sunantavoiō	sunantavoia
they 3rd person plural	sunantaloiō	sunantaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	sunantarō	sunantari	sunantara	sunantarē

Used as an adjective — participle, 3 occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	sunantarōtos	sunantaritos1×	sunantaratos2×συναντήσας	sunantarētos

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

sunantstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

sunant 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

6 occurrences, every one of them listed

sunantati“meet”will happen · he/she/itfuture active indicative 3rd person singular1×

Luke 22:10“meet”tos de legata autoi; Idou eisercharatoiu vu eis tan politan sunantati vi anthrōpos keramiem hudōreu bastazarōtos; akolouthavar auto eis tan oikian eis han eisporeuetō.He answered, “When you enter the city, a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him to the house he enters,

sunantata“met”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular2×

Luke 9:37“met”Gineta de ta hexēs hēmera katercharatoiu autoiu apo teu oreu sunantata auto ochlos pollos.The next day, when they came down from the mountain, Jesus was met by a large crowd.

Hebrews 7:10“met”ēti gar en ta osfua tou patērou ate hote sunantata auto Melchisedek.For when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the loin of his ancestor.

sunantariteim“happen”will happen · objectfuture active participle direct plural neuter1×

Acts 20:22“happen”kai nun idou dirētos mis te pneume poreuemō eis Ierousalēm, teim en auta sunantariteim mi mē horarētos,And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.

sunantaratos“met”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine2×

Acts 10:25“met”hōs de gineta teu eiserchara ton Petron, sunantaratos auto tos Kornēlios piptaratos epi toin podoin proskunata.As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.

Hebrews 7:1“met”Houtos gar tos Melchisedek, basilevos Salēm, hierevos tou theou tou hupsistou, tos sunantaratos Abraam hupostrefarōto apo tau kopau toiu basilevoiu kai eulogaratos auton,This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,