Quick Definition
συναντάω v. I meet, encounter
Strong's Definition
from 4862 and a derivative of 473; to meet with; figuratively, to occur
KJV Usage: befall, meet
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συν-αντάω, -d: fut. συναντήσω; 1 aor. συνήντησα; fr. Hom. down; Sept. for 739, 925, ΠΡ, DFP, ete.; fo meet with: τινί, Lk. ix. [18 WII mrg.], 37; xxii. 10; Acts x. 25; Heb. vii. 1 [ef. B. 293 (252)], 10; trop. of events, to happen, to befall: Acts xx. 22 (Plut. Sulla 2; mid. τὰ συναντώμενα, Polyb. 22, 7,14; the Hebr. 77) also is used of events, Eccles. ii. 14; ix. 11; ete.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
συναντάω synantaō 6x
to meet with, fall in with, encounter, Lk. 9:37; 22:10; Acts 10:25; Heb. 7:1, 10; to occur, happen to, befall, Acts 20:22*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
συν-αντάω, -ῶ
[in LXX for פּגע,פּגשׁ,קרא,קרה, etc. ;]
to meet with: c. dat. pers., Lk 9:18, 37 22:10, Ac 10:25, He 7:1, 10. Metaph., of events, to happen, befall (Diog. L., Plut., al.): Ac 20:22.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
συναντάω, (1) ‘meet with,” ‘‘encounter,’’ as in Lk 957 a/., P Lille I. 6® (iii/B.c.) συναντήσαντες (corrected from συναντες) τινές μοι ἔξω τῆς κώμης, P Cairo Zen I. 59056* (B.C. 257) εἰς Καῦνον συνήντησεν 8 τε πατήρ σου Kal οἱ ad{eddol, 74, II. 591799 (B.C. 255) οἱ [συ]νταξάμενοι (‘those who agreed to appear”) ob συνήντησαν ἐπὶ τὴν [κρίσιν, P Lille I. 13° (B.C. 244-3) ὃ παρὰ Nikwvos σιτολόγος οὐ συναντῶν (“ne se trouvant pas la’’), PSI 1V. 438?° (iii/B.c.) διὸ οὐ συναντῶσιν, and P Hamb I. 25! (p.c. 238) ἀνακληθεὶς οὖν Κάλας τέτακται συναντήσεσθαι πρὸς σέ, and similarly’. (2) ‘‘happen,” ‘‘befall,” as in Ac 207, PSI IV. 3925 (B.C. 242-1) εἰ ἔρρωσαι kal τᾶλλά σοι κατὰ τρόπον συναντᾶι, and 19 συναντήσηι ἡμῖν τὰ παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως κατὰ A<dy>ov: cf. Sy// 279 (= Ξ36ο1)1" (B.C. 193) ἐκ τῆς συναντωμένης ἡμεῖν εὐμενείας διὰ ταῦτα παρὰ τοῦ δαιμονίου. Συναντάω does not seem to appear in Roman times, but καταντάω is common (e.g. P Tebt I. 59*—B.c. 99). Anz Subsidia, p. 277 f. For the double comp" συναπαντάω, cf. PSI VI. 6899 (v/a.p.) πίρ]ός σε συναπαντῆσαι ἅμα ταῖ[9] ἄλλαις ἐργάταις, The subst. συνάντημα (lit. = ““ occurrence ᾽᾽), which in Exod 914 is used to translate the Heb. word for ‘‘ plague,” is found in the same sinister sense in the magic P Leid See τημα), οὐδὲ ἀλλό τι τῶν καθ᾽ “Αἰιδου πονηρόν, and in the Christian amulet P Iand 615 (v/vi A.D.) πονηρὸν συ[[υ]]νάντημα, see the editor’s note,
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
συναντάω (sunantaō) — to meet. συναντ-άω (compare συνάντομαι): Epic dialect imperfect -ήντεον[Refs 3rd c.BC+], Epic dialect 3rd.pers. dual συναντήτην [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future -ήσω[LXX+NT]: aorist -ήντησα[Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect -ήντηκα[Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—middle, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future, [LXX]:—meet face to face, of two persons, [Refs 8th c.BC+] [prev. cited]; of many persons, meet together, assemble, εἰς Φωκίδα Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; meet in battle, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II. meet with, encounter, with dative, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of heavenly bodies, [Refs]; present oneself, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; φυγοδικοῦντας μὴ συναντῆσαί μοι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; εἰς.. go to meet at a place, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—middle, ᾧ.. -αντήσωνται ἐν ὕῃ ἄνδρες [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II. b fall in with, meet a person's needs or wishes, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II.2. with dative of things, come in contact with, φόνῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. with accusative, meet, only among Asiatic Greeks, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III. befall, happen to a person, τινι [NT+1st c.BC+]; of conception, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; εἰ ἔρρωσαι καὶ τἆλλά σοι κατὰ τρόπον σ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—middle, σ. τι παρά τινος [Refs 2nd c.BC+]