Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
to meet
Usage: ἀπαντάω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for פָּגַע ;] __1. to go to meet. __2. to meet; with dative: Mrk.14:13, Luk.17:12 (WH, mg., ὑπ-; in Rec. frequently as see1. for ὑπ-, which see).† (AS)
Apantao means “meet” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H528 — amon (“multitude”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G528 ἀπαντάω (apantao) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. apantao (ap-an-tah'-o) v. 1. to meet away, i.e. encounter [from G575 and a derivative of G473] It has 45 linked Bible usages across 23 books. Visible English usage signals include meet. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.
apantao (ap-an-tah'-o) v. 1. to meet away, i.e. encounter [from G575 and a derivative of G473] KJV: meet Root(s): G575, G473
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to meet
Usage: ἀπαντάω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for פָּגַע ;] __1. to go to meet. __2. to meet; with dative: Mrk.14:13, Luk.17:12 (WH, mg., ὑπ-; in Rec. frequently as see1. for ὑπ-, which see).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render apantao, 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.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. 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.
Strong's G528 (ἀπαντάω) appears 39 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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.
7 indexed usages in New Testament.
And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.
22 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And came to a certain place and slept there, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it at his head, and lay down to sleep in that place,
And he said, What are these things to thee, all these companies that I have met? And he said, That thy servant might find grace in thy sight, my lord.
And Jacob called his sons, and said to them,
15 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
and that whosoever met not there within two or three days, according as the elders that bare rule appointed, their cattle should be seized to the use of the temple, and himself cast out from them that were of the captivity.
Behold, even our cities and the inhabitants thereof are thy servants; come and deal with them as seemeth good unto thee.
Go into Media, my son, for I surely believe those things which Jonah the prophet spoke of Nineveh, that it shall be overthrown; and that for a time peace shall rather be in Media; and that our brethren shall lie scattered in the earth from that good land: and Jerusalem shall be desolate, and the house of God in it shall be burned, and shall be desolate for a time;
1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.
Woe to you, ye fools, for through your folly shall ye perish: and ye transgress against the wise,
First 45 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G528.
And came to a certain place and slept there, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it at his head, and lay down to sleep in that place,
And he said, What are these things to thee, all these companies that I have met? And he said, That thy servant might find grace in thy sight, my lord.
And Jacob called his sons, and said to them,
And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following thee; for whithersoever thou goest, I will go, and wheresoever thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.
And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is well, daughter, that thou wentest out with his damsels; thus they shall not meet thee in another field.
And afterward thou shalt go to the hill of God, where is the encampment of the Philistines; there is Nasib the Philistine: and it shall come to pass when ye shall have entered into the city, that thou shalt meet a band of prophets coming down from the Bama; and before them will be lutes, and a drum, and a pipe, and a harp, and they shall prophesy.
Thus said the Lord of hosts, Now will I take vengeance for what Amalek did to Israel, when he met him in the way as he came up out of Egypt.
And the king said to the footmen that attended on him, Draw nigh and slay the priests of the Lord, because their hand is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and they did not inform me. But the servants of the king would not lift their hands to fall upon the priests of the Lord.
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests: and Doeg the Syrian turned, and slew the priests of the Lord in that day, three hundred and five men, all wearing an ephod.
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.
And Saul swore to her, and said, As the Lord lives, no injury shall come upon thee on this account.
And David called one of his young men, and said, Go and fall upon him: and he smote him, and he died.
And the Lord has returned upon his own head the blood of his unrighteousness, inasmuch as he attacked two men more righteous and better than himself, and slew them with the sword, and my father David knew not of their blood, even Abner the son of Ner the commander-in-chief of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether the commander-in-chief of Judah.
So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, and attacked him, and slew him, and buried him in his house in the wilderness.
But if there had been any truth in thy words, None of these evils would have befallen thee. Shall not mine ear receive excellent revelations from him?
What is the Mighty One, that we should serve him? And what profit is there that we should approach him?
his hands, And given charge concerning it to the interposing cloud.
And if thou shouldest say in thy heart, Wherefore have these things happened to me? Because of the abundance of thine iniquity have thy skirts been discovered, that thy heels might be exposed.
If they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is in them, let them meet me, for thus has the Lord said.
and I have come to inform thee of all that shall befall thy people in the last days: for the vision is yet for many days.
I will meet them by the way of the Assyrians, as a she-bear excited, and I will rend the caul of their heart, and the lions’ whelps of the thicket shall devour them there; the wild beasts of the field shall rend them in pieces.
And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.
Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
and that whosoever met not there within two or three days, according as the elders that bare rule appointed, their cattle should be seized to the use of the temple, and himself cast out from them that were of the captivity.
Behold, even our cities and the inhabitants thereof are thy servants; come and deal with them as seemeth good unto thee.
Go into Media, my son, for I surely believe those things which Jonah the prophet spoke of Nineveh, that it shall be overthrown; and that for a time peace shall rather be in Media; and that our brethren shall lie scattered in the earth from that good land: and Jerusalem shall be desolate, and the house of God in it shall be burned, and shall be desolate for a time;
And now will I do to thee, as thou hast written: meet me therefore at Ptolemais, that we may see one another; for I will marry my daughter to thee according to thy desire.
where King Alexander meeting him, he gave unto him his daughter Cleopatra, and celebrated her marriage at Ptolemais with great glory, as the manner of kings is.
Who thereupon went honorably to Ptolemais, where he met the two kings, and gave them and their friends silver and gold, and many presents, and found favor in their sight.
But when Alexander heard of this, he came to war against him: whereupon king Ptolemy brought forth his host, and met him with a mighty power, and put him to flight.
Whereof when he heard, he was angry, and immediately removing, he came to Ptolemais, and wrote unto Jonathan, that he should not lay siege to the tower, but come and speak with him at Ptolemais in great haste.
he removed from Jerusalem, and met them in the land of Hamath: for he gave them no respite to enter his country.
Then the king, being in a rage, handled him worse than all the rest, and took it grievously that he was mocked.
We then, having endeavored to make allowance for the madness of these persons, and on our victorious return treating all people in Egypt courteously, acted in a manner which was befitting.
He that taketh away his neighbor’s living slayeth him; And he that defraudeth the laborer his hire is a bloodshedder.
Have mercy upon us, O Lord God of all, and behold us:
A friend and companion never meet amiss: But above both is a wife with her husband.
A present remedy of all is a mist coming speedily: A dew coming after heat refresheth.
Woe to you, ye fools, for through your folly shall ye perish: and ye transgress against the wise,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G528, grouped by book.
Apantao (Strong's G528) is a Greek word most simply glossed "meet". apantao (ap-an-tah'-o) v. 1. to meet away, i.e. encounter [from G575 and a derivative of G473]
This page currently indexes 45 linked usages for Strong's G528 across 23 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G528 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as meet. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 22 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 15 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G528, with linked reader references where each row is available.