Quick Definition
ἀπάντησις, εως, ἡ n.f. the act of meeting, to meet
Strong's Definition
from 528; a (friendly) encounter
KJV Usage: meet
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | ἀντάω (meet)
15.78 · Linear Movement · Come Near, Approach
to draw near, to meet, to meet up with to come near to and to meet, either in a friendly or hostile sense In a number of languages it is necessary to specify clearly by the choice of terms whether the meeting is friendly or hostile.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπάντησις, -ews, 7, (ἀπαντάω), α meeting; eis ἀπάντησίν τινος or τινι to meet one: Mt. xxv.1 RG; vs. 6; Acts xxviii. 15; 1 Th. iv. 17. (Polyb. 5, 26,8; Diod. 18, 59; very often in Sept. equiv. to ΠΕΡ) [cf. W. 807.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπάντησις apantēsis 3x
a meeting, encounter; εἰς ἀπάντησιν, to meet, Mt. 25:6; Acts 28:15; 1 Thess. 4:17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀπάντησις, -εως, ἡ
(< ἀπαντάω), [in LXX chiefly for לִקְרַאת;]
usually with v.l., ὑπ-; a meeting; εἰς ἀ., c. gen. or dat., to meet: Mt 25:6 27:32 (WH, txt., omits), Ac 28:15, I Th 4:17 (v. M, Th., in l.; M, Pr., 14, 242; MM, VGT, s.v.; Lft., Notes, 69).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀπάντησις. The word is used absolutely (as Mt 255 and LXX 1 Regn 1315) in P Tebt I. 43:7 (B.c. 118) παρεγενήθημεν εἰς ἀπάντησιν (a newly arriving magistrate)—a passage which may demolish the Semitism sometimes found lurking in the word. For ets 4. construed with the gen. (as Mt 27%? 8text and 1 Th 477) cf. BGU II. 36avii 17 (A.D. 215) πρὸς [ἀἹπάντηϊσιν τοῦ] ἡγεμόνος, and the Pelagia-Legenden (ed. Usener) p. 19 εἰς ἀπάντησιν τοῦ ὁσίου ἀνδρός. A Ptolemaic inscription edited by Strack (Archiv iii. p. 129) has ἵν᾽ εἰδῆι ἣν ἔσχηκεν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἡ πόλις εὐχάριστον ἀπάντησιν. The word seems to have been a kind of Δ 7. for the official welcome of a newly arrived dignitary—a usage which accords excellently with its NT usage. See Proleg.* pp. 14, 242. For a subst. ἀπαντητήριον, deversorium, see P Iand 17° (vi/vii. A.D.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀπάντησις (apantēsis) — meeting. ἀπάντ-ησις, εως, ἡ, = {ἀπάντημα}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς -σίν τινι ἐξελθεῖν[LXX+NT]; escort, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II. meeting in argument, reply, πρός τι[Refs 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+]