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">WORTHY.

A — 2: ἱκανός

(Strong's #2425 — Adjective — hikanos — hik-an-os' )

"sufficient, competent, fit," is translated "meet" in 1 Corinthians 15:9 . See ENOUGH , SUFFICIENT.

A — 3: καλός

(Strong's #2570 — Adjective — kalos — kal-os' )

"good," is translated "meet" in Matthew 15:26; Mark 7:27 . See GOOD.

A — 4: εὔθετος

(Strong's #2111 — Adjective — euthetos — yoo'-thet-os )

"well-placed," is translated "meet" in Hebrews 6:7 : see FIT.

Note: In Philippians 1:7; 2 Peter 1:13 , AV, dikakos, "just," is translated "meet" (RV, "right"). For "meet ... for use," 2 Timothy 2:21 , see USE , Note.

B — 1: δεῖ

(Strong's #1163 — Verb — dei — die, deh-on' )

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.

B — 2: ἱκανόω

(Strong's #2427 — Verb — hikanoo — hik-an-o'-o )

"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.

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Meet'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/m/meet.html. 1940.

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