G528 – apantao – ἀπαντάω – to go out to meet; fig. to escort back
- Strong’s ID:
- G528
- Greek Word:
- ἀπαντάω
- Transliteration:
- apantaō / apantao
- Pronunciation:
- ap-an-tah’-o
- Part of Speech:
- verb
- Etymology:
- from G575 and a derivative of G473
- Usage Count:
- 7
- Search:
- Find “apantao” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
1) to go out to meet
2) figuratively: to go out to meet and escort back
Word Picture:
The Greek word “ἀπαντάω” was used in Greco-Roman civic life for an official delegation sent out to greet a visiting dignitary to negotiate peace or escort them back into the city.
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G575 and a derivative of G473; to meet away, i.e. encounter:—meet.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) to go to meet, to meet
1a) in a military sense: a hostile meeting
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.