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• ἀπαντάω
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• συμβάλλω
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• מָצָא
• פָּגַע
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"to go to meet, to meet," (apo, "from," antao, "to meet with, come face to face with"), is used in Mark 14:13; Luke 17:12 . Some mss. have this verb for No. 3 in Matthew 28:9; Mark 5:2; Luke 14:31; John 4:51; Acts 16:16 .

"to meet with," lit., "to meet together with" (sun, "with," and antao, see No. 1), is used in Luke 9:37 (in ver. 18, in some mss.); 22:10; Acts 10:25; Hebrews 7:1,10; metaphorically in Acts 20:22 ("shall befall"). See BEFALL.

"to go to meet, to meet," has the same meaning as No 1, and is used in Matthew 8:28; Luke 8:27; John 11:20,30 , and, in the most authentic mss., in Matthew 28:29; Mark 5:2; Luke 14:31 (of meeting in battle); John 4:51; 12:18 and Acts 16:16 (see No. 1).

"to happen to be near or present, to chance to be by" (para, "beside, near," tunchano, "to happen"), occurs in Acts 17:17 , "met with (him)."

"to confer, to fall in with, meet with," is translated "met" in Acts 20:14 , RV (AV, "met with"), of the Apostle Paul's "meeting" his companions at Assos. See CONFER , No. 3.

"a going to meet" (akin to A, No. 3), preceded by the preposition eis, "unto a meeting," translated "to meet," is found in John 12:13 , and in the most authentic mss., in Matthew 8:34 (see No. 3); 25:1 (see No. 2).

"a meeting" (akin to A, No. 1), occurs in Matthew 25:6 (in some mss. in ver. 1, and in 27:32, in some mss.); Acts 28:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:17 . It is used in the papyri of a newly arriving magistrate. "It seems that the special idea of the word was the official welcome of a newly arrived dignitary" (Moulton, Greek Test. Gram. Vol. I, p. 14).

"a coming to meet with" (akin to A, No. 2), is found in some mss. in Matthew 8:34 , of the coming out of all the people of a city to meet the Lord (see No. 1).