ἀπαντάω, ἀπάντω: future ἀπαντήσω (Mar_14:13; but in better Greek ἀπαντήσομαι, cf. Winers Grammar, 83 (79); (Buttmann, 53 (46))); 1 aorist ἀπήντησα; to go to meet; in past tenses, to meet: τίνι, Mat_28:9 (T Tr WH ὑπαντάω); Mar_5:2 R G; ; Luk_17:12 (L WH omit; Tr brackets dative; T WH marginal reading read ὑπαντάω); Joh_4:51 R G; Act_16:16 (R G L). In a military sense of a hostile meeting: Luk_14:31 R G, as in 1Sa_22:17; 2Sa_1:15; 1Ma_11:15; 1Ma_11:68 and often in Greek writings.

ἀπαντάω apantaō 2x to meet, encounter, Mar_14:13 ; Luk_17:12

ἀπαντάω , -ῶ , [in LXX chiefly for H6293 ;] 1. to go to meet. 2. to meet; c . dat .: Mar_14:13 , Luk_17:12 ( WH , mg ., ὑπ -; in Rec. freq . as v. 1. for ὑπ -, q.v. ).†

ἀπαντάω [page 52] The verb is very common of attendance before a magistrate. It is sufficient to cite P Petr III. 30 .8 κ̣αὶ φαμένη καταστήσεσθαι πρός [με ] [τ ]ῆ̣ι . . . οὐκ ἀπήντη [σε ], though she said that she would appear against me on the . . . she did not present herself (Edd.), P Tor II. 13 .15 (B.C. 147) ἀ ἐπὶ τὸ κριτήριον , P. Grenf I. 13 .5 (B.C. 152 or 141) ἀπαντᾶν ἐπὶ σέ , P Oxy I. 59 .8 ff. (A.D. 292) αἱρεθέντος Θεοδώρου ἀντὶ Ἀρείονος σκρείβα ἀπαντῆσαι ἐπὶ τὴν ήγεμονίαν καὶ προσεδρεῦσαι τῷ ἀχράντῳ αὐτοῦ δικαστηρί [ῳ ], Theodorus, who was recently chosen in place of Arion the scribe to proceed to his highness the prefect and attend his immaculate court (Edd.), P Cairo Preis 4 .20 (A.D. 320) ἀπ̣αντησάτωσαν [ἐπ ]ὶ τὸ ἡγ [ε ]μονικὸν δικαστήριον , and from the inscriptions, Syll 737 .98 (ii/iii A.D.) εἰ δέ τις τῶν ἰοβάκχων , εἰδὼς ἐπὶ τοῦτο ἀγορὰν ὀφείλουσαν ἀχθῆναι , μὴ ἀπαντήσῃ , ἀποτεισάτω τῷ κοινῷ λεπτοῦ δρ (αχμὰς ) ν̄ . P Lond 42 .2 f. (B.C. 168) (= I. p. 30, Selections p. 9) εἰ ἐρρωμένωι τἄλλα κατὰ λόγον ἀπαντᾶι , if you are well, and things in general are going right, shows a common epistolary formula : cf. P Vat A .2 (B.C. 168) (= Witkowski .2 , p. 64), P Par 45 .2 f. (B.C. 153) al. In MGr the verb means answer.

ἀπαντάω "to move from" a place "to meet" a person; then, generally, "to meet, encounter", τινί Hdt. , Thuc. , etc.:—absol., ὁ ἀεὶ ἀπαντῶν "anyone that meets you, any chance person", Plat. :—often with a prep., ἀπ. τινι εἰς τόπον "to come or go" to a place "to meet" him, "meet" him at a place, Hdt. : —without a dat. pers., "to present oneself" at a place, Xen. often in hostile sense, "to meet" in battle, Eur. ; ἀπ. Ἀθηναίοις ἐς Τάραντα Thuc. : "to oppose" in any way, Plat. :—absol. "to present oneself" in arms, Eur. as a law term, "to meet in open court", Plat. , Dem. :— absol. "to appear in court", Dem. ἀπ. εἰς or πρός τι "to enter upon" a thing, "attempt or approach" it, Plat. , Aeschin. ; "to have recourse" to . . , Dem. of things, "to come upon" one, "happen to" one, Eur. , Plat. , etc.

ἀπαντάω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for פָּגַע ;] __1. to go to meet. __2. to meet; with dative: Mrk.14:13, Luk.17:12 (WH, mg., ὑπ-; in Rec. frequently as see1. for ὑπ-, which see).† (AS)