What does the word "meet" mean in reference to it's use in : "It is truly meet to bless Thee" ?

[Jude1:3Contendforthefaith]

I was reading "The Commemoration of the appearance of the Archangel Gabriel to a monk on Mt. Athos, and the revelation of the hymn, “It is truly meet…” (980 A.D.)".

The Revelation of the Hymn, “It Is Truly Meet...” | Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese


where it says :

“It is truly meet to bless Thee, Oh Theotokos, ever-blessed and most pure, and the Mother of our God…”.

and I was just wondering what it meant. Thanks.


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[Knee V]

Fitting, appropriate.

 

[Lukaris]

I think it means “worthy”. I know in choir we hymn this word in reference to the Trinity although our complete phrase is, “It is meet and right to worship, Father, Son, & Holy Spirit; the Trinity One in essence & undivided.”

I guess the difference between the two is it is worthy to bless the Mother of God but to worship the Trinity is worthy but must also be right since worship is to God alone.

My 2 cents.

 

[Knee V]

Similarly, "a help meet for him".

 

[Jude1:3Contendforthefaith]

Fitting, appropriate.

Thank you.

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[Jude1:3Contendforthefaith]

I think it means “worthy”. I know in choir we hymn this word in reference to the Trinity although our complete phrase is, “It is meet and right to worship, Father, Son, & Holy Spirit; the Trinity One in essence & undivided.”

I guess the difference between the two is it is worthy to bless the Mother of God but to worship the Trinity is worthy but must also be right since worship is to God alone.

My 2 cents.

Thanks for the answer.

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[OldWiseGuy]

Similarly, "a help meet for him".

Actually it means "helper" or "supporter" in regard to Eve.

 

[ArmyMatt]

"proper" is a synonym I have seen.

 

[dzheremi]

It means fitting or proper. This usage of the word has been considered archaic and difficult to understand for quite some time, to the point that the misunderstanding of it even spawned a neologism that you've probably heard or seen somewhere that was trying to sound 'Biblical'.

 

[icxn]

Άξιον is the actual word used in the original hymn.

 

[Knee V]

Actually it means "helper" or "supporter" in regard to Eve.

"Help" and "meet" are two separate words.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

"Help" and "meet" are two separate words.

Not in the Hebrew.

 

[Knee V]

I do agree that the 1000-year-old Hebrew has one word. The Greek, which is based on a far older Hebrew text, has a second word. Either the older Hebrew texts had a second word, or those more ancient Jewish translators understood a nuance to the word that later Jews no longer understood.

Either way, my point wasn't to show something about a Hebrew word, but to illustrate another usage of "meet".

 

[All4Christ]

Not in the Hebrew.

The phrase listed though was initially from Greek (in relation to the OP’s question)

 

[OldWiseGuy]

The phrase listed though was initially from Greek (in relation to the OP’s question)

I was responding to post #4.

 

[All4Christ]

I was responding to post #4.

Ah ok - thank you for the clarification. I should have read more closely with the quotes