Meet
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
has the meaning of being of "weight, value, worth;" also "befitting, becoming, right on the ground of fitness," e.g., Matthew 3:8 , AV, "meet" (RV, "worthy"); so Acts 26:20; Luke 3:8 ("worthy"); 23:41 ("due reward"). See Reward , Worthy.
"sufficient, competent, fit," is translated "meet" in 1—Corinthians 15:9 . See Enough , Sufficient.
"good," is translated "meet" in Matthew 15:26; Mark 7:27 . See Good.
"well-placed," is translated "meet" in Hebrews 6:7 : see Fit.
Philippians 1:7 2—Peter 1:13 2—Timothy 2:21Use
an impersonal verb, "it is necessary, one must," is translated "it was meet," in Luke 15:32; in Romans 1:27 , AV, "was meet" (RV, "was due"). See Due , B, No. 2.
"to render fit, meet, to make sufficient," is translated "hath made ... meet" in Colossians 1:12; in 2—Corinthians 3:6 , RV, "made ... sufficient" (AV, "hath made ... able"). See Able.
King James Dictionary [2]
MEET, a. L. convenio. Fit suitable proper qualified convenient adapted, as to a use or purpose.
Ye shall pass over armed before your brethren, the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war. Deuteronomy 3
It was meet that we should make merry-- Luke 15 .
Bring forth fruits meet for repentance. Matthew 3
MEET, pret. and pp. met. Gr. with.
1. To come together, approaching in opposite or different directions to come face to face as, to meet a man in the road.
His daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances. Judges 11 .
2. To come together in any place as, we met many strangers at the levee. 3. To come together in hostility to encounter. The armies met on the plains of Pharsalia. 4. To encounter unexpectedly. 5. To come together in extension to come in contact to join. The line A meets the line B and forms an angle. 6. To come to to find to light on to receive. The good man meets his reward the criminal in due time meets the punishment he deserves.
Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst,
Which meets contempt, or which compassion first.
MEET, To come together or to approach near, or into company with. How pleasant it is for friends to meet on the road still more pleasant to meet in a foreign country.
1. To come together in hostility to encounter. The armies met at Waterloo, and decided the fate of Buonaparte. 2. To assemble to congregate. The council met at 10 o'clock. The legislature will meet on the first Wednesday in the month. 3. To come together by being extended to come in contact to join. Two converging lines will meet in a point.
To meet with to light on to find to come to often with the sense of an unexpected event.
We met with many things worthy of observation.
1. To join to unite in company.
Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us.
2. To suffer unexpectedly as, to meet with a fall to meet with a loss. 3. To encounter to engage in opposition.
Royal mistress,
Prepare to meet with more than brutal fury
From the fierce prince.
4. To obviate a Latinism.
To meet half way, to approach from an equal distance and meet metaphorically, to make mutual and equal concessions, each party renouncing some pretensions.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( v. t.) To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking.
(2): ( v. t.) To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents.
(3): ( adv.) Meetly.
(4): ( v. t.) To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate.
(5): ( v. t.) To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets the demand.
(6): ( v. t.) To come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite directions; to join; to come face to face; to come in close relationship; as, we met in the street; two lines meet so as to form an angle.
(7): ( v. t.) To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict.
(8): ( v. t.) To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December.
(9): ( v. t.) To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite.
(10): ( n.) An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.
(11): ( a.) Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.
(12): ( v. t.) To come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
mēt , adjective ( ושר , yāshār ; ἄξιος , áxios ): Various words are employed to express meetness, the sense of what is proper, worthy, or fit. We have yāshār , "straight," "upright," "right" ( 2 Kings 10:3 , "meetest"; Jeremiah 26:14 , the Revised Version (British and American) "right"); yāshār ( Jeremiah 27:5 , the Revised Version (British and American) "right"); yōsher ( Proverbs 11:24 , the Revised Version margin "what is justly due"); 'ărı̄kh , Aramaic "meet" ( Ezra 4:14 ); benē , "sons of" ( Deuteronomy 3:18 , the King James Version "meet for the war," margin "Hebrew sons of power," the Revised Version (British and American) "men of valor"); kūn , "to be right" etc. ( Exodus 8:26 ); ‛āsāh "to be made," "used" ( Ezekiel 15:5 twice, the Revised Version margin "made into"), cālēaḥ , "to be good or fit for" ( Ezekiel 15:4 , the Revised Version (British and American) "profitable"); rā'āh , "seen," "looked out," "chosen" ( Esther 2:9 ); axios , "worthy" ( Matthew 3:8; Acts 26:20 , the Revised Version (British and American) "worthy"; 1 Corinthians 16:4; 2 Thessalonians 1:3 ); dı́kaios , "just," "right" ( Philippians 1:7 the Revised Version (British and American) "right"; 2 Peter 1:13 the Revised Version (British and American) "right"); eúthetos , "we set" ( Hebrews 6:7 ); eúchrēstos , "very useful," "profitable" ( 2 Timothy 2:21 , "meet for the master's use"); hikanós , "sufficient" ( 1 Corinthians 15:9 ); hikanóō , "to make sufficient" ( Colossians 1:12 ); kalós , "beautiful," "honest" ( Matthew 15:26; Mark 7:27 ); deı́ "it behooveth" ( Luke 15:32; Romans 1:27 , the Revised Version (British and American) "due"). For "meet" (supplied) ( Judges 5:30 ), the Revised Version (British and American) has "on"; for "Surely it is meet to be said unto God" ( Job 34:31 ), "For hath any said unto God?" In 2 Macc 9:12, we have dikaios , the Revised Version (British and American) "right."
