Hupantao describes going out or coming into an encounter with someone who is approaching.

The attested use describes an encounter as people go out, come toward, or otherwise meet someone approaching: Martha goes to Jesus, a crowd goes out to him, servants meet a man traveling down, and others confront or encounter arrivals.

1. Encountering someone who approaches · dominant

   The aorist active forms occur where people or groups meet an arriving person: in John 11:20 the APB renders Martha as having “went to meet him,” and in John 12:18 the crowd goes out “to meet him.” The same encounter relation appears when servants meet a man traveling down in John 4:51, when men from tombs meet an arrival in Mark 5:2 and Matthew 8:28, and when a maidservant comes to meet the speakers in Acts 16:16.

   John 11:20John 12:18John 4:51Mark 5:2Matthew 8:28Acts 16:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the encounters with “met,” “went to meet,” and “came to meet” across the supplied verses. These renderings confirm the overall encounter scenes rather than assigning a separate English equivalent in each case.