ΠΡΟΑΠΗΝΤΑ, προαπηντα
PROAPĒNTA, proapēnta
Sounds Like: pro-ap-EEN-tah
Translations: met, went to meet, came to meet, went before to meet
From the root: ΠΡΟΑΠΑΝΤΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning 'to go before to meet' or 'to meet beforehand'. It describes the action of encountering someone or something, often with the implication of moving towards them in advance. It is typically used in the aorist tense to describe a completed action of meeting.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G4317 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 4:77
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
- ΠΡΟΑΠΑΝΤΩΝΤΕΣ — meeting beforehand, going to meet, those who meet beforehand
- ΠΡΟΑΠΗΝΤΗΚΟΤΑ — having met beforehand, having gone to meet, having encountered
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