Meet (Adjective and Verb) - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Meet (Adjective and Verb)
[ A-1,Adjective,G514, axios ]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"); Luke 23:41 ("due reward"). See REWARD, WORTHY.
[ A-2,Adjective,G2425, hikanos ]
"sufficient, competent, fit," is translated "meet" in 1 Corinthians 15:9. See ENOUGH, SUFFICIENT.
[ A-3,Adjective,G2570, kalos ]
"good," is translated "meet" in Matthew 15:26; Mark 7:27. See GOOD.
[ A-4,Adjective,G2111, euthetos ]
"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,Verb,G1163, dei ]
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,Verb,G2427, hikanoo ]
"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.