Word study
Meet
13 Hebrew and 7 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: meeting, meet, met, meets. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
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How often each original word is translated “meet” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- מוֹעֵד môêdappointed time, place, meetingtranslated this way 148 times of its 223 uses · Strong’s H4150Noun · Translated: Meeting 146, appointed feasts 20, appointed time 14, time 9Full study and all 213 verses →
Exodus 27:21 In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.’’
Leviticus 1:1 Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,
- קָרָא qârâencounter, befalltranslated this way 70 times of its 127 uses · Strong’s H7122Verb · Translated: meet 58, against 11, confront 8, met 6Full study and all 124 verses →
Genesis 14:17 After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
Exodus 4:14 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
- יָעַד yâadappointtranslated this way 9 times of its 29 uses · Strong’s H3259Verb · Translated: meet 8, assembled 3, conspired 2, challenge 2Full study and all 29 verses →
Exodus 25:22 And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.
Numbers 17:4 Place the staffs in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, where I meet with you.
- פָּגַשׁ pâgashmeet, encountertranslated this way 8 times of its 14 uses · Strong’s H6298Verb · Translated: met 4, meet 3, common 2Full study and all 14 verses →
Genesis 32:17 He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’
Exodus 4:24 Now at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.
- מָצָא mâtsâattain to, findtranslated this way 7 times of its 436 uses · Strong’s H4672Verb · Translated: found 197, find 87, finds 13, present 7Full study and all 411 verses →
Genesis 32:19 He also instructed the second, the third, and all those following behind the herds: “When you meet Esau, you are to say the same thing to him.
1 Samuel 9:11 And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”
- קָרָה qârâhencounter, meet, befalltranslated this way 5 times of its 25 uses · Strong’s H7136Verb · Translated: happened 4, met 4, happen 3, laid its beams 2Full study and all 25 verses →
Exodus 3:18 The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’
Numbers 23:4 and God met with him. “I have set up seven altars,” Balaam said, “and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”
- תָּמַם tâmambe complete, finishedtranslated this way 4 times of its 56 uses · Strong’s H8552Verb · Translated: gone 6, finished 4, consumed 4, meet their end 3Full study and all 54 verses →
Numbers 14:35 I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this entire wicked congregation, which has conspired against Me. They will meet their end in the wilderness, and there they will die.”
Jeremiah 14:15 Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!
- קָדַם qâdamcome or be in front, meettranslated this way 4 times of its 26 uses · Strong’s H6923Verb · Translated: come 5, confronted 4, confront 3, meet 2Full study and all 25 verses →
Deuteronomy 23:4 For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.
Nehemiah 13:2 because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).
- פָּגַע pâgameet, encounter, reachtranslated this way 3 times of its 45 uses · Strong’s H6293Verb · Translated: strike 5, struck 4, reached 3, met 2Full study and all 43 verses →
Genesis 32:1 Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
Joshua 19:11 It went up westward to Maralah, reached Dabbesheth, and met the brook east of Jokneam.
- פָּנִים pânîmface, beforetranslated this way 3 times of its 1,836 uses · Strong’s H6440Noun · Translated: before 448, face 222, presence 147, before you 123Full study and all 1,671 verses →
- אֵל êlmotion totranslated this way 2 times of its 4,199 uses · Strong’s H413Preposition · Translated: to 1,941, to me 285, to you 149, to him 137Full study and all 3,455 verses →
Genesis 19:6 Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him.
- יָצָא yâtsâgo or come outtranslated this way 2 times of its 1,035 uses · Strong’s H3318Verb · Translated: brought 108, went 103, go 82, came 78Full study and all 975 verses →
Exodus 18:7 So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.
- רָאָה rââhseetranslated this way 2 times of its 1,266 uses · Strong’s H7200Verb · Translated: see 354, saw 285, seen 124, look 45Full study and all 1,181 verses →
Greek words (New Testament)
- ὑπαντάω hypantáōI meettranslated this way 9 times of its 10 uses · Strong’s G5221Verb · Translated: met 7, went out to meet 2, engage 1Full study and all 10 verses →
Matthew 8:28 When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.
Mark 5:2 As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, He was met by a man with an unclean spirit, who was coming from the tombs.
- συνάγω synágōI gather togethertranslated this way 6 times of its 59 uses · Strong’s G4863Verb · Translated: gathered 14, gather 11, assembled 9, met 3Full study and all 59 verses →
Matthew 28:12 And after the chief priests had met with the elders and formed a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money
Luke 22:66 At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, met together. They led Jesus into their Sanhedrin and said,
- συναντάω synantáōI meet, encountertranslated this way 5 times of its 6 uses · Strong’s G4876Verb · Translated: met 4, meet 1, happen 1Full study and all 6 verses →
Luke 9:37 The next day, when they came down from the mountain, Jesus was met by a large crowd.
Acts 10:25 As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.
- ὑπάντησις hypántēsisa meetingtranslated this way 3 times of its 3 uses · Strong’s G5222Noun · Translated: meet 3Full study and all 3 verses →
Matthew 8:34 Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.
John 12:13 They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “ Blessed is the King of Israel!”
- ἀπάντησις apántēsisthe act of meeting, to meettranslated this way 3 times of its 3 uses · Strong’s G529Noun · Translated: meet 3Full study and all 3 verses →
Matthew 25:6 At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
Acts 28:15 The brothers there had heard about us and traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he was encouraged and gave thanks to God.
- εἰς eisinto, in, among, till, fortranslated this way 3 times of its 1,383 uses · Strong’s G1519Preposition · Translated: to 481, into 306, in 179, for 133Full study and all 1,235 verses →
- ἀπαντάω apantáōI meet, encountertranslated this way 2 times of its 2 uses · Strong’s G528Verb · Translated: meet 1, met 1Full study and all 2 verses →
Mark 14:13 So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him,
Luke 17:12 As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance
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- Notice the form. A command is not a statement, and a passive verb is something done to the subject. The form in your verse is part of the meaning.
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- Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
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Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.