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To go meet

ὑπαντάωStrong’s G5221

hupantaō

Appears in 10 verses of the New Testament

In short

Hupantaō is the Greek word usually translated “met”, “met with” and “meet”. It appears in 10 verses of the New Testament.

“And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.”
Matthew 8:28 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “met”, “met with” and “meet”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • met 6
  • met with 2
  • to meet 1
  • meeting by 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • John 4
  • Matthew 2
  • Luke 2
  • Mark 1
  • Acts 1

5 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ὑπαντάω hupantaō · to go meet

ὑπ-αντάω, -ῶ [in LXX: Dan LXX 10:14 (קָרָה), Sir.9:3, al. ;] to go to meet, meet: with dative of person(s) (see M, Pr., 64), Mat.8:28 28:9, Mrk.5:2, Luk.8:27 17:12 (ἀπ-, WH, txt.), Jhn.4:51 11:20, 30 12:18, Act.16:16; of meeting in battle, Luk.14:31.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.