Strong's Lexicon
sunantaó: To meet, to encounter, to come together
Original Word:συνάντησις
Part of Speech:Verb
Transliteration:sunantaó
Pronunciation:soon-an-TAH-oh
Phonetic Spelling:(soon-an-tah'-o)
Definition:To meet, to encounter, to come together
Meaning:I meet, encounter, fall in with.
Word Origin:From the combination of "σύν" (sun, meaning "with") and "ἀντάω" (antaó, meaning "to meet" or "to encounter").
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries:The Hebrew equivalent often used in similar contexts is "פָּגַע" (paga, Strong's H6293), which means to meet, encounter, or entreat.
Usage:The Greek verb "sunantaó" primarily means to meet or encounter someone, often implying a purposeful or significant meeting. It can refer to both physical meetings and metaphorical encounters, such as coming across a situation or event. In the New Testament, it is used to describe encounters that have a particular significance or divine appointment.
Cultural and Historical Background:In the ancient Greco-Roman world, meetings and encounters were often significant events, especially in a culture that valued hospitality and community. Meetings could be planned or spontaneous, but they often carried social, religious, or political importance. The concept of meeting was also significant in Jewish culture, where divine encounters and meetings with God or His messengers were pivotal moments in the narrative of the Hebrew Scriptures.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
sun and antaó (to come opposite, meet face to face)
Definitionto meet with, hence to befall
NASB Translationhappen (1), meet (1), met (4).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4876: συναντάωσυναντάω,
συνάντω: future
συναντήσω; 1 aorist
συνήντησα; from
Homer down; the
Sept. for
פָּגַע,
פָּגַשׁ,
קָרָה,
קִדֵּם, etc.;
to meet with:
τίνι,
Luke 9:37. (
Luke 9:18WH marginal reading);
;Acts 10:25;Hebrews 7:1 (cf.Buttmann, 293 (252)), 10; tropical of events,to happen, to befall:Acts 20:22 (Plutarch, Sulla 2; middleτάσυναντωμενα,Polybius 22, 7, 14; the Hebrewקָרָה also is used of events,Ecclesiastes 2:14;Ecclesiastes 9:11; etc.).
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
happen, meet.Fromsun and a derivative ofanti; to meet with; figuratively, to occur -- befall, meet.
see GREEKsun
see GREEKanti
Forms and Transliterations
συναντά συναντάν συναντάτε συνάντημα συναντήματά συνάντην συναντήσαι συναντησας συναντήσας συναντησει συναντήσει συναντήσεσθε συναντήσεται συναντήσεταί συναντήση συναντήσης συναντήσητέ συνάντησον συναντησοντα συναντήσοντα συναντήσοντά συναντήσουσι συναντήσωσιν συναντών συναντώσα συναντώσιν συνήντησαν συνήντησάν συνήντησέ συνηντησεν συνήντησεν sunantesas sunantēsas sunantesei sunantēsei sunantesonta sunantēsonta sunentesen sunēntēsen synantesas synantēsas synantḗsas synantesei synantēsei synantḗsei synantesonta synantēsonta synantḗsonta synentesen synēntēsen synḗntesen synḗntēsenLinks
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