Quick Definition
to meet
Strong's Definition
to project (one self), i.e. precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: come (go, (flee)) before, [phrase] disappoint, meet, prevent.
TWOT Reference: 1988
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קָדַם (qa.dam) — to meet. 1) to meet, come or be in front, confront, go before 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to meet, confront, come to meet, receive 1a2) to go before, go in front, be in front 1a3) to lead, be beforehand, anticipate, forestall 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to come in front 1b2) to confront, anticipate
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · קְדוּמִים · קָדִים · קֶדֶם · קַדְמָה · קִדְמָה · קַדְמֹון · קַדְמֹנִי · קֵדְמָה · קְדֵמֹות · קַדְמִיאֵל
Space | verb pi
to approach, to come before, to stand before, to confront = action by which humans place themselves in front of individuals or groups, facing either forward or backward, ► and either with good or with evil intentions; ≈ sometimes used figuratively in situations where humans come before God in worship, or where God confronts enemies, or when certain conditions are personified
2SA 22:19 · PSA 17:13 · PSA 18:19 · PSA 68:26 · PSA 89:15 · PSA 95:2 · MIC 6:6 · MIC 6:6
Space | verb pi
to bring, to put in front of = causative action by which humans place an object in front of another object
Engage | verb pi
to be in action before (another event) literally: to come before (a moment in time); hence: = action by which humans come into action before a certain event starts taking place ◄ as if meeting that event on its way
Engage | verb pi
to do something beforehand literally: to come before (another event, that might eventually take place); hence: = action by which humans perform an event in haste before it can be prevented
Meet | verb pi, verb hif
to meet, to receive, to welcome literally: to come before; hence: = action by which humans meet other humans that are travelling from one location to another ► either with good or with evil intentions; ≈ often extended to describe certain events that happen in people's lives
DEU 23:5 · 2SA 22:6 · NEH 13:2 · JOB 3:12 · JOB 30:27 · JOB 41:3 · PSA 18:6 · PSA 21:4 · PSA 59:11 · PSA 79:8 · PSA 88:14 · ISA 21:14 · AMO 9:10
1 JOB 41:3 MT HOTTP-B RSV NIV NJPS CEV | NJB NRSV REB GNT read a 3ms suffix
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[קָדַם] vb. Pi. denom. come or be in front, meet base