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Strong's G528 ἀπαντάω (apantao)

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 Number G528
Language Greek
Linked Usages 45
Books 23

Strong's G528 Quick Answer

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.

Meaning
apantao (ap-an-tah'-o) v. 1. to meet away, i.e. encounter [from G575 and a derivative of G473]
Usage
45 linked usages
Books
23 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
meet

Meaning and Definition

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

Original Word
ἀπαντάω
Transliteration
apantao
Derivation
Root: ἀντί R1: 575 R2: 473
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G528. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

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)

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How Strong's G528 Is Translated

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.

meet Mark 14:13

How Strong's G528 Usage Compares

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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 22 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.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G528 (ἀπαντάω) appears 39 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G528 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 G528 in the New Testament

7 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 28:9 KJV

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.

Mark 5:2 KJV

And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

Mark 14:13 KJV

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.

Strong's G528 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

22 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 28:11 Septuagint / Brenton

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,

Genesis 33:8 Septuagint / Brenton

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.

Genesis 49:1 Septuagint / Brenton

And Jacob called his sons, and said to them,

Strong's G528 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

15 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 9:4 Septuagint / Brenton

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.

Judith 3:4 Septuagint / Brenton

Behold, even our cities and the inhabitants thereof are thy servants; come and deal with them as seemeth good unto thee.

Tobit 14:4 Septuagint / Brenton

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;

Strong's G528 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 98:9 Septuagint / Brenton

Woe to you, ye fools, for through your folly shall ye perish: and ye transgress against the wise,

Usage Excerpts

First 45 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G528.

Genesis 28:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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,
Genesis 33:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
Genesis 49:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob called his sons, and said to them,
Ruth 1:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
Ruth 2:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
1 Kingdoms 10:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
1 Kingdoms 15:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
1 Kingdoms 22:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
1 Kingdoms 22:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
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.
1 Kingdoms 28:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul swore to her, and said, As the Lord lives, no injury shall come upon thee on this account.
2 Kingdoms 1:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David called one of his young men, and said, Go and fall upon him: and he smote him, and he died.
3 Kingdoms 2:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
3 Kingdoms 2:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, and attacked him, and slew him, and buried him in his house in the wilderness.
Job 4:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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?
Job 21:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
What is the Mighty One, that we should serve him? And what profit is there that we should approach him?
Job 36:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
his hands, And given charge concerning it to the interposing cloud.
Proverbs 33:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Jeremiah 13:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
Jeremiah 34:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is in them, let them meet me, for thus has the Lord said.
Daniel 10:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
Hosea 13:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
Matthew 28:9 New Testament, KJV
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.
Mark 5:2 New Testament, KJV
And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
Mark 14:13 New Testament, KJV
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.
Luke 14:31 New Testament, KJV
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?
Luke 17:12 New Testament, KJV
And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
John 4:51 New Testament, KJV
And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
Acts 16:16 New Testament, KJV
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:
1 Esdras 9:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
Judith 3:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, even our cities and the inhabitants thereof are thy servants; come and deal with them as seemeth good unto thee.
Tobit 14:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
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 Maccabees 10:56 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
1 Maccabees 10:58 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
1 Maccabees 10:60 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
1 Maccabees 11:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
1 Maccabees 11:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
1 Maccabees 12:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
he removed from Jerusalem, and met them in the land of Hamath: for he gave them no respite to enter his country.
2 Maccabees 7:39 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the king, being in a rage, handled him worse than all the rest, and took it grievously that he was mocked.
3 Maccabees 3:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
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.
Wisdom of Sirach 31:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He that taketh away his neighbor’s living slayeth him; And he that defraudeth the laborer his hire is a bloodshedder.
Wisdom of Sirach 33:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Have mercy upon us, O Lord God of all, and behold us:
Wisdom of Sirach 40:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A friend and companion never meet amiss: But above both is a wife with her husband.
Wisdom of Sirach 43:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A present remedy of all is a mist coming speedily: A dew coming after heat refresheth.
1 Enoch 98:9 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
Woe to you, ye fools, for through your folly shall ye perish: and ye transgress against the wise,

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G528, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ruth 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 2 usages, New Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G528 FAQ

What does apantao (ἀπαντάω) mean?

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]

How many times is apantao (ἀπαντάω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 45 linked usages for Strong's G528 across 23 books.

Where can I study apantao (ἀπαντάω) in context?

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.

What English words translate apantao (ἀπαντάω)?

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.

Does Strong's G528 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

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.