ἀπάντ-ησις G0529
meeting, encounter; a going out to meet someone or something
This noun denotes a meeting or encounter, especially one where people go out to meet someone approaching. In the parable of the ten virgins, they go out to 'the meeting' of the bridegroom (Matt 25:6). Acts 28:15 records Roman believers coming to 'meet' Paul at the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns. Most dramatically, 1 Thessalonians 4:17 speaks of believers being caught up in clouds to 'meet' the Lord in the air. The word emphasizes the purposeful going out to encounter someone of significance.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Denotes a formal meeting or encounter where people go out to greet someone approaching. Matthew 25:6 uses it in the bridegroom parable—the cry goes out to 'the meeting' (ἀπάντησιν). Acts 28:15 describes believers traveling to 'meet' (ἀπάντησιν) Paul. Most significantly, 1 Thess 4:17 employs it for the eschatological 'meeting' (ἀπάντησιν) of the Lord in the air at his return. The consistent translations ('encuentro,' 'rencontre') emphasize this as a formal, anticipated encounter. 3×
AR["اسْتِقْبَالِ", "لِقاءِ", "مُلاقاةِ"]·ben["সাক্ষাতে", "সাক্ষাতের"]·DE["ἀπάντησιν"]·EN["a-meeting", "meeting"]·FR["rencontre"]·heb["לִקְרַאת", "פְּגִישַׁת", "קְרַאת"]·HI["भेंट", "भेत"]·ID["bertemu", "menyambut"]·IT["apantesin", "apantēsin", "incontro"]·jav["methúk", "papanggih", "papanggihan"]·KO["마중-나가기를", "만남에", "맞이하러"]·PT["encontro"]·RU["встречу", "сретение"]·ES["encuentro"]·SW["-", "kukutana", "kumlaki"]·TR["Appius-Pazarı", "karşılamak", "karşılamaya"]·urd["استقبال", "استقبال-کے", "ملاقات"]
Related Senses
H5971a 1. people, nation (1836×)H5973a 1. accompaniment, together with (956×)H0854 1. with (accompaniment) (665×)H1471a 1. nations, peoples (plural/collective) (466×)G3326 1. with (368×)H1285 1. covenant, pact, treaty (284×)G2453 1. Jewish person, Jew (194×)H4150 1. meeting (tent of meeting) (151×)G2992 1. people/nation (an ethnic or political community) (142×)G4862 1. (129×)G1484 1. Gentiles, non-Jewish nations (128×)H1471a 2. nation, people-group (singular) (98×)H3162b 1. together (97×)H1616 1. sojourner, resident alien (92×)H0567 1. Amorite (people group) (87×)H3064 1. Jew, Jewish person (81×)H3669a 1. Canaanite (ethnic designation) (70×)G1122 1. scribe / expert in the Law (63×)H2114a 1. stranger, foreigner (person) (54×)H5608b 1. scribe, royal secretary (48×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀπάντ-ησις, εως, ἡ, = {ἀπάντημα}, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰς -σίν τινι ἐξελθεῖνLXX+NT; escort, Refs 2nd c.BC+ __II meeting in argument, reply, πρός τιRefs 4th c.BC+; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι to reply, Refs 2nd c.BC+; προσφιλὴς κατ᾽ ἀ. in conversation, Refs 1st c.BC+ __III steadfastness in face of opposition, Refs 5th c.BC+