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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ὑπάντησιςG5222
Pronunciationhypántēsis
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 Itmeet3×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 rowMatthew 8:34
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
Matthew2John1
Source forms
ὑπάντησιν3xhypantēsinMatthew 8:34, Matthew 25:1, John 12:13
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular3xMatthew 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'sG5222
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
an encounter or concurrence (with for infinitive, in order to fall in with)
Extended definitionSource: 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 corpusGreek 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 12:13Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ὑπάντησινupanthsin
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 patterns1Aligned forms3Case patternAccusative (3)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · FeminineMatt 8:34 · Matt 25:1 · John 12:133×
Word Origins
ὑπάντησις is built from this root: