ἀπάντησις apántēsis

Meaning

a (friendly) encounter

In the King James Version: meet

Derivation: from G528 (ἀπαντάω);

Where it is used

• 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.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:17 After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.