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Strong's G4877 συνάντησις (synantesis)

Synantesis means “meet” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4877 — meshobab in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4877
Language Greek
Linked Usages 76
Books 19

Strong's G4877 Quick Answer

Strong's G4877 συνάντησις (sunantesis) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. sunantesis (soon-an'-tay-sis) n. 1. a meeting with [from G4876] It has 76 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include meet. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
sunantesis (soon-an'-tay-sis) n. 1. a meeting with [from G4876]
Usage
76 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
meet

Meaning and Definition

sunantesis (soon-an'-tay-sis) n. 1. a meeting with [from G4876] KJV: meet Root(s): G4876

Original Word
συνάντησις
Transliteration
sunantesis
Derivation
Root: συναντάω R1: 4876
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4877. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's G4877 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render sunantesis, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's G4877 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 60 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4877 (συνάντησις) appears 75 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4877 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4877 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Matthew 8:34 KJV

And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.

Strong's G4877 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

60 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 14:17 Septuagint / Brenton

And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after he returned from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and the kings with him, to the Valley of Shaveh; this was the plain of the kings.

Genesis 18:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And he lifted up his eyes and beheld, and lo! three men stood before him; and having seen them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and did obeisance to the ground.

Genesis 19:1 Septuagint / Brenton

And the two angels came to Sodom at evening. And Lot sat by the gate of Sodom, and Lot having seen them, rose up to meet them, and he worshiped with his face to the ground, and said,

Strong's G4877 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

15 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 2:6 Septuagint / Brenton

And thou shalt go against all the west country, because they disobeyed my commandment:

1 Maccabees 3:11 Septuagint / Brenton

Which thing when Judas perceived, he went forth to meet him, and so he smote him, and slew him: many also fell down slain, but the rest fled.

1 Maccabees 3:16 Septuagint / Brenton

And when he came near to the going up of Beth-horon, Judas went forth to meet him with a small company:

Usage Excerpts

First 76 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4877.

Genesis 14:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after he returned from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and the kings with him, to the Valley of Shaveh; this was the plain of the kings.
Genesis 18:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he lifted up his eyes and beheld, and lo! three men stood before him; and having seen them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and did obeisance to the ground.
Genesis 19:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the two angels came to Sodom at evening. And Lot sat by the gate of Sodom, and Lot having seen them, rose up to meet them, and he worshiped with his face to the ground, and said,
Genesis 24:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the servant ran up to meet her, and said, Give me a little water to drink out of thy pitcher;
Genesis 24:65 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and said to the servant, Who is that man that walks in the plain to meet us? And the servant said, This is my master; and she took her veil and covered herself.
Genesis 29:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when Laban heard the name of Jacob, his sister’s son, he ran to meet him, and embraced and kissed him, and brought him into his house; and he told Laban all these sayings.
Genesis 30:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob came in out of the field at even; and Leah went forth to meet him, and said, Thou shalt come in to me this day, for I have hired thee for my son’s mandrakes; and he lay with her that night.
Genesis 32:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and lo! he comes to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
Genesis 33:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Esau ran on to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they both wept.
Genesis 46:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph having made ready his chariots, went up to meet Israel his father, at the city of Heroes; and having appeared to him, fell on his neck, and wept with abundant weeping.
Exodus 4:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord was greatly angered against Moses, and said, Lo! is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he will surely speak to thee; and, behold, he will come forth to meet thee, and beholding thee he will rejoice within himself.
Exodus 4:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses; and he went and met him in the mount of God, and they kissed each other.
Exodus 5:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they met Moses and Aaron coming forth to meet them, as they came forth from Pharaoh.
Exodus 18:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses went forth to meet his father-in-law, and did him reverence, and kissed him, and they embraced each other, and he brought them into the tent.
Exodus 19:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses led the people forth out of the camp to meet God, and they stood by under the camp.
Numbers 20:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Edom said to him, Thou shalt not pass through me, and if otherwise, I will go forth to meet thee in war.
Numbers 20:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Thou shalt not pass through me; and Edom went forth to meet him with a great host, and a mighty hand.
Numbers 21:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And having returned, they went up the road that leads to Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan went forth to meet them, and all his people to war to Edrei.
Numbers 22:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, I have sinned, for I did not know that thou wert standing opposite in the way to meet me; and now if it shall not be pleasing to thee for me to go on, I will return.
Numbers 22:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him, to a city of Moab, which is on the borders of Arnon, which is on the extreme part of the borders.
Numbers 23:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go and see if God will appear to me and meet me, and the word which he shall show me, I will report to thee. And Balak stood by his sacrifice.
Numbers 24:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when Balaam saw that it pleased God to bless Israel, he did not go according to his custom to meet the omens, but turned his face toward the wilderness.
Numbers 31:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the rulers of the synagogue went forth out of the camp to meet them.
Deuteronomy 1:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Amorite who dwelt in that mountain came out to meet you, and pursued you as bees do, and wounded you from Seir to Hormah.
Deuteronomy 2:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Sihon the king of Heshbon came forth to meet us, he and all his people to war at Jahaz.
Deuteronomy 3:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And we turned and went by the way leading to Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan came out to meet us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
Deuteronomy 29:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye did not eat bread, ye did not drink wine or strong drink, that ye might know that I am the Lord your God.
Joshua 8:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I and all with me will draw near to the city: and it shall come to pass when the inhabitants of Ai shall come forth to meet us, as before, that we will flee from before them.
Joshua 8:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when the king of Ai saw it, he hastened and went out to meet them direct to the battle, he and all the people that were with him: and he knew not that there was an ambuscade formed against him behind the city.
Joshua 8:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these came forth out of the city to meet them; and they were in the midst of the army, some being on this side, and some on that; and they smote them until there was not left of them one who survived and escaped.
Joshua 9:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.
Judges 4:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me, fear not: and he turned aside to her into the tent; and she covered him with a mantle.
Judges 4:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, Barak was pursuing Sisera: and Jael went out to meet him, and she said to him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest: and he went in to her; and, behold, Sisera was fallen dead, and the pin was in his temple.
Judges 6:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gideon sent messengers into all Manasseh, and into Asher, and into Zebulun, and into Naphtali; and he went up to meet them.
Judges 7:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gideon sent messengers into all Mount Ephraim, saying, Come down to meet Midian, and take to yourselves the water as far as Beth-barah and Jordan: and every man of Ephraim cried out, and they took the water beforehand unto Beth-barah and Jordan.
Judges 11:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then it shall come to pass that whosoever shall first come out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, he shall be the Lord’s: I will offer him up for a whole burnt offering.
Judges 14:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samson and his father and his mother went down to Timnah, and he came to the vineyard of Timnah; and behold, a young lion roared in meeting him.
Judges 15:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they came to Lehi: and the Philistines shouted, and ran to meet him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as tow which is burned with fire; and his bonds were consumed from off his hands.
Judges 19:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And her husband rose up, and went after her to speak kindly to her, to recover her to himself; and he had his young man with him, and a pair of asses; and she brought him into the house of her father; and the father of the damsel saw him, and was well pleased to meet him.
Judges 20:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Benjamin went forth to meet them from Gibeah on the second day, and destroyed of the children of Israel yet further eighteen thousand men down to the ground: all these drew sword.
Judges 20:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Benjamin went out to meet the people, and were all drawn out of the city, and began to smite and slay the people as before in the roads, whereof one goes up to Bethel, and one to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
1 Kingdoms 17:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Philistine arose and went to meet David.
1 Kingdoms 18:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there came out women in dances to meet David out of all the cities of Israel, with timbrels, and with rejoicing, and with cymbals.
1 Kingdoms 23:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Saul returned from following after David, and went to meet the Philistines: therefore that place was called The divided Rock.
1 Kingdoms 25:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when she had mounted her ass and was going down by the covert of the mountain, behold, David and his men came down to meet her, and she met them.
2 Kingdoms 2:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Benjamin who followed Abner gather themselves together, and they formed themselves into one body, and stood on the top of a hill.
2 Kingdoms 5:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
3 Kingdoms 18:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Obadiah was alone in the way; and Elijah came alone to meet him: and Obadiah hastened, and fell upon his face, and said, My lord Elijah, art thou indeed he?
3 Kingdoms 18:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab hastened forth, and went to meet Elijah.
4 Kingdoms 1:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And an angel of the Lord called Elijah the Tishbite, saying, Arise, and go to meet the messengers of Ahaziah king of Samaria, and thou shalt say to them, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal fly, the god of Ekron? but it shall not be so.
4 Kingdoms 1:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said to him, A man came up to meet us, and said to us, Go, return to the king that sent you, and say to him, Thus saith the Lord, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that thou goest to inquire of Baal fly, the god of Ekron? it shall not be so: the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it, for thou shalt surely die.
4 Kingdoms 1:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So they returned and reported to the king as Elijah said: and he said to them, What was the manner of the man who went up to meet you, and spoke to you these words?
2 Chronicles 14:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Asa went out to meet him, and set the battle in array in the valley north of Mareshah.
2 Chronicles 35:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
Psalms 58:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Without iniquity I ran and directed my course aright: Awake to help me, and behold.
Psalms 151:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I went forth to meet the Philistine; And he cursed me by his idols.
Proverbs 7:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I have found thee.
Isaiah 7:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Isaiah, Go forth to meet Ahaz, thou, and thy son Jashub who is left, to the pool of the upper way of the fuller’s field.
Isaiah 21:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye that dwell in the country of Tema, bring water to meet him that is thirsty;
Zechariah 2:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, the angel that spoke with me stood by, and another angel went forth to meet him,
Matthew 8:34 New Testament, KJV
And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.
Judith 2:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt go against all the west country, because they disobeyed my commandment:
1 Maccabees 3:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Which thing when Judas perceived, he went forth to meet him, and so he smote him, and slew him: many also fell down slain, but the rest fled.
1 Maccabees 3:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when he came near to the going up of Beth-horon, Judas went forth to meet him with a small company:
1 Maccabees 3:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
who, when they saw the host coming to meet them, said unto Judas, How shall we be able, being so few, to fight against so great a multitude and so strong, seeing we are ready to faint with fasting all this day?
1 Maccabees 5:39 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He hath also hired the Arabians to help them, and they have pitched their tents beyond the brook, ready to come and fight against thee. Upon this Judas went to meet them.
1 Maccabees 5:59 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then came Gorgias and his men out of the city to fight against them.
1 Maccabees 6:48 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the king’s army went up to Jerusalem to meet them, and the king pitched his tents against Judea, and against Mount Zion.
1 Maccabees 7:31 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Nicanor also, when he saw that his counsel was discovered, went out to fight against Judas beside Caphar-salama:
1 Maccabees 9:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
With that the host of Bacchides removed out of their tents, and stood over against them, their horsemen being divided into two troops, and their slingers and archers going before the host, and they that marched in the foreward were all mighty men.
1 Maccabees 9:39 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
where they lifted up their eyes, and looked, and, behold, there was much ado and great carriage: and the bridegroom came forth, and his friends and brethren, to meet them with drums, and instruments of music, and many weapons.
1 Maccabees 10:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now when King Demetrius heard thereof, he gathered together an exceeding great host, and went forth against him to fight.
1 Maccabees 10:59 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now King Alexander had written unto Jonathan, that he should come and meet him.
1 Maccabees 10:86 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And from thence Jonathan removed his host, and camped against Ascalon, where the men of the city came forth, and met him with great pomp.
1 Maccabees 16:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when as they rose in the morning, and went into the plain, behold, a mighty great host both of footmen and horsemen came against them: howbeit there was a water brook between them.
3 Maccabees 5:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
he commanded him, with a quantity of unmixed wine and handfuls of incense infused to drug the elephants early on the following day. These five hundred elephants were, when infuriated by the copious draughts of frankincense, to be led up to the execution of death upon the Jews.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4877, grouped by book.

Genesis 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 13 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4877 FAQ

What does synantesis (συνάντησις) mean?

Synantesis (Strong's G4877) is a Greek word most simply glossed "meet". sunantesis (soon-an'-tay-sis) n. 1. a meeting with [from G4876]

How many times is synantesis (συνάντησις) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 76 linked usages for Strong's G4877 across 19 books.

Where can I study synantesis (συνάντησις) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4877 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate synantesis (συνάντησις)?

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Does Strong's G4877 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 60 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 15 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4877, with linked reader references where each row is available.