Word study · Greek
apántēsis
meet
Say it: ap-AN-tay-sis (approximate)
ἀπάντησις
What it means
A meeting, especially going out to meet a visiting official and escorting him in. In 4:17, believers "meet the Lord in the air." Also in Matthew 25:6 and Acts 28:15, where Roman believers come out to meet Paul.
Range of meaning
- MeetingGoing out to greet.
- WelcomeA reception for a dignitary.
In 1 Thessalonians
- Chapter 4
"To meet the Lord" (4:17).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G0529 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources