What does ἀπάντησις (apántēsis) mean in the Bible?
ἀπάντησις (apántēsis): Meeting that involves going out to encounter someone, often with welcoming intent rather than chance encounter.
Greek · G529
ἀπάντησις
ἀπάντησις (apántēsis): Meeting that involves going out to encounter someone, often with welcoming intent rather than chance encounter.
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ἀπάντησιςG529
Pronunciationapántēsis
What does ἀπάντησις (apántēsis) mean in the Bible?
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G529?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include meet (3).
Where does ἀπάντησις (apántēsis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 25:6. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Thessalonians (1), Acts (1), Matthew (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 25:6, Acts 28:15, 1 Thessalonians 4:17
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 25:6
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
Matthew1Acts11 Thessalonians1
Source forms
ἀπάντησιν3xapantēsinMatthew 25:6, Acts 28:15, 1 Thessalonians 4:17
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular3xMatthew 25:6, Acts 28:15, 1 Thessalonians 4:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Meeting that involves going out to encounter someone, often with welcoming intent rather than chance encounter.
Strong'sG529
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms1 form3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a (friendly) encounter
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 25:1Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀπάντησινapanthsin
the act of meeting, to meet
Read verseMatthew 25:6Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀπάντησινapanthsin
the act of meeting, to meet
Read verseActs 28:15Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀπάντησινapanthsin
the act of meeting, to meet
Read verse1 Thessalonians 4:17Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀπάντησινapanthsin
the act of meeting, to meet
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 25:6 · Acts 28:15 · 1 Thess 4:173×
Word Origins
ἀπάντησις is built from this root: