ΠΡΟΑΠΑΝΤΩΝΤΕΣ, προαπαντωντες
PROAPANTŌNTES, proapantōntes
Sounds Like: proh-ah-pan-TON-tes
Translations: meeting beforehand, going to meet, those who meet beforehand
From the root: ΠΡΟΑΠΑΝΤΑΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound participle, formed from the prefix 'προ-' (pro-), meaning 'before' or 'in front of', and the verb 'απαντάω' (apantaō), meaning 'to meet' or 'to encounter'. Therefore, it means 'meeting beforehand' or 'going to meet' someone or something. It describes an action of anticipating an encounter. For example, it could be used in a sentence like 'They were meeting beforehand to discuss the plan.'
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Masculine, Nominative, Plural
Strong’s number: G4317 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 13:34
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΑΠΑΝΤΑΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΡΟΑΠΑΝΤΑΩ — to meet, to go to meet, to go before to meet
- ΠΡΟΑΠΗΝΤΑ — met, went to meet, came to meet, went before to meet
- ΠΡΟΑΠΗΝΤΗΚΟΤΑ — having met beforehand, having gone to meet, having encountered
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