What does ὑπάντησις (hypántēsis) mean in the Bible?
ὑπάντησις (hypántēsis) is a Greek word meaning "an encounter or concurrence (with for infinitive, in order to fall in with)".
Greek · G5222
ὑπάντησις
An encounter or concurrence (with for infinitive, in order to fall in with)
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ὑπάντησις G5222
Pronunciation hypántēsis
What does ὑπάντησις (hypántēsis) mean in the Bible?
ὑπάντησις (hypántēsis) is a Greek word meaning "an encounter or concurrence (with for infinitive, in order to fall in with)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5222?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include meet (3).
Where does ὑπάντησις (hypántēsis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 8:34. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (2), John (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It meet 3× Matthew 8:34, Matthew 25:1, John 12:13
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 8:34
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Matthew 2 John 1
Source forms
ὑπάντησιν 3x hypantēsin Matthew 8:34, Matthew 25:1, John 12:13
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 3x Matthew 8:34, Matthew 25:1, John 12:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. an encounter or concurrence (with for infinitive, in order to fall in with)
Strong's G5222
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
an encounter or concurrence (with for infinitive, in order to fall in with)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(ὑπαντάω), [in LXX: Jdg.11:34, εἰς ὑ. (קִרְאָה), etc. ;] a going to meet: εἰς ὑ. (see M, Pro.14:1-35 n), Mat.8:34 25:1, Jhn.12:13.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 12:13 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ὑπάντησιν upanthsin
a meeting
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 8:34 · Matt 25:1 · John 12:13 3×
Word Origins
ὑπάντησις is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain