verb
sunantamō
Strong’sG4876
I meet, encounter
stem sunant-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books4 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.
συν-αντάω, -ῶ
[in LXX for פּגע,פּגשׁ,קרא,קרה, etc.;]
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
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(compare συνάντομαι): Epic dialect imperfect -ήντεονRefs 3rd c.BC+, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. dual συναντήτην Refs 8th c.BC+: future -ήσωLXX+NT: aorist -ήντησαRefs 5th c.BC+: perfect -ήντηκαRefs 2nd c.BC+:—middle, once in Refs 8th c.BC+: future, LXX:—meet face to face, of two persons, Refs 8th c.BC+ [prev. cited]; of many persons, meet together, assemble, εἰς Φωκίδα Philipp. cited in Refs 4th c.BC+; meet in battle, Refs 3rd c.BC+
II meet with, encounter, with dative, Refs 5th c.BC+; of heavenly bodies, Refs; present oneself, Refs 3rd c.BC+; φυγοδικοῦντας μὴ συναντῆσαί μοι Refs 3rd c.BC+; εἰς.. go to meet at a place, Refs 3rd c.BC+:—middle, ᾧ.. -αντήσωνται ἐν ὕῃ ἄνδρες Refs 8th c.BC+
II.b fall in with, meet a person's needs or wishes, Refs 3rd c.BC+
II.2 with dative of things, come in contact with, φόνῳ Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 with accusative, meet, only among Asiatic Greeks, Refs 2nd c.AD+
III befall, happen to a person, τινι NT+1st c.BC+; of conception, Refs 2nd c.AD+; εἰ ἔρρωσαι καὶ τἆλλά σοι κατὰ τρόπον σ. Refs 3rd c.BC+:—middle, σ. τι παρά τινος Refs 2nd c.BC+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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× |
| sunantarinteimσυναντήσοντά | will happen · objectfuture active participle direct plural neuter | happen | 1× |
| sunantarantosσυναντήσας | 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 | sunantarōntos | sunantarintos1× | sunantarantos2×συναντήσας | sunantarēntos |
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
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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
sunantati“meet”will happen · he/she/itfuture active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Luke 22:10… Idou eisercharantoiu vu eis tan polan sunantati vi anthrōpos keramiem hudeu bastazarōntos; akolouthavar …… carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him to the house …
sunantata“met”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular2×
Luke 9:37… hēmera katercharantoiu autoiu apo teu oreu sunantata auto ochlos pollos.… down from the mountain, Jesus was met by a large crowd.
Hebrews 7:10… ta osfua tou patrou ate hote sunantata auto Melchisedek.For when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the …
sunantarinteim“happen”will happen · objectfuture active participle direct plural neuter1×
Acts 20:22… poreuomō eis Ierousalēm, teim en auta sunantarinteim mi mē horarēntos,… to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.
sunantarantos“met”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine2×
Acts 10:25… de geneta teu eiserchara ton Petron, sunantarantos auto tos Kornēlios piptarantos epi toin …… Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet …
Hebrews 7:1… hierevos tou theou tou hupsistou, tos sunantarantos Abraam hupostrefarōnto apo tau kopau toiu …… priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of …