Word Summary
apantēsis: a meeting
Original Word: ἀπάντησιςTransliteration: apantēsis
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-an'-tay-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a meeting
Meaning: a meeting
Strong's Concordance
meeting, friendly encounter
From apantao; a (friendly) encounter -- meet.
see GREEK apantao
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 529: ἀπάντησιςἀπάντησις,
ἀπαντεως,
ἡ (
ἀπαντάω),
a meeting;
εἰς ἀπάντησιν τίνος or
τίνι to meet one:
Matthew 25:1 R G;
Matthew 25:6;
Acts 28:15;
1 Thessalonians 4:17. (
Polybius 5, 26, 8;
Diodorus 18, 59; very often in the
Sept. equivalent to
לִקְרַאת (cf.
Winer's Grammar, 30).)