Lexicon :: Strong's G4876 - synantaō

Jacob went on his way, and God’s angels met him.

And he told the first one, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘Who do you belong to? Where are you going? And whose animals are these ahead of you? ’

Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to prepare for his arrival[fn] at Goshen. When they came to the land of Goshen,

On the trip, at an overnight campsite, it happened that the LORD confronted him and intended to put him to death.

Now the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him.

They answered, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go on a three-day trip into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, or else he may strike us with plague or sword.”

When they left Pharaoh, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who stood waiting to meet them.

“If you come across your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.

The LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth. Then he said, “Return to Balak and say what I tell you.”

“The avenger of blood himself is to kill the murderer; when he finds him, he is to kill him.

“or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must be put to death; he is a murderer. The avenger of blood is to kill the murderer when he finds him.

“If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, do not take the mother along with the young.

“This is because they did not meet you with food and water on the journey after you came out of Egypt, and because Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim was hired to curse you.

“For I know that after my death you will become completely corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. Disaster will come to you in the future, because you will do what is evil in the LORD’s sight, angering him with what your hands have made.”

“Go to the hill country so that the men pursuing you won’t find you,” she said to them. “Hide there for three days until they return; afterward, go on your way.”

For it was the LORD’s intention to harden their hearts, so that they would engage Israel in battle, be completely destroyed without mercy, and be annihilated, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

So Joab son of Zeruiah and David’s soldiers marched out and met them by the pool of Gibeon. The two groups took up positions on opposite sides of the pool.

Absalom was riding on his mule when he happened to meet David’s soldiers. When the mule went under the tangled branches of a large oak tree, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so he was suspended in midair.[fn]

The second thanksgiving procession went to the left, and I followed it with half the people along the top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,

because they did not meet the Israelites with food and water. Instead, they hired Balaam against them to curse them, but our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Why did the knees receive me,

and why were there breasts for me to nurse?

For the thing I feared has overtaken me,

and what I dreaded has happened to me.

fear and trembling came over me

and made all my bones shake.

They encounter darkness by day,

and they grope at noon

as if it were night.

Terrors overtake him like a flood;

a storm wind sweeps him away at night.

But when I hoped for good, evil came;

when I looked for light, darkness came.

The sword that reaches him will have no effect,

nor will a spear, dart, or arrow.

Faithful love and truth will join together;

righteousness and peace will embrace.

A woman came to meet him

dressed like a prostitute,

having a hidden agenda.[fn]

But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there,

that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

By rebellious speech an evil person is trapped,

but a righteous person escapes from trouble.

A shrewd person conceals knowledge,

but a foolish heart publicizes stupidity.

One with a twisted mind will not succeed,

and one with deceitful speech will fall into ruin.

Lashes and wounds purge away evil,

and beatings cleanse the innermost parts.[fn]

Rich and poor have this in common:[fn]

the LORD makes them all.

The one who plots evil

will be called a schemer.

The wise person has eyes in his head,

but the fool walks in darkness.

Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.

Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong, or bread to the wise, or riches to the discerning, or favor to the skillful; rather, time and chance happen to all of them.

He will be a sanctuary;

but for the two houses of Israel,

he will be a stone to stumble over

and a rock to trip over,

and a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Sheol below is eager to greet your coming,

stirring up the spirits of the departed for you —

all the rulers[fn] of the earth —

making all the kings of the nations

rise from their thrones.

Bring water for the thirsty.

The inhabitants of the land of Tema

meet[fn] the refugees with food.

The desert creatures will meet hyenas,

and one wild goat will call to another.

Indeed, the night birds will stay there

and will find a resting place.

You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right;

they remember you in your ways.

But we have sinned, and you were angry.

How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?[fn]