Tugchanō τυγχάνω

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Tugchanō
τυγχάνω
Transliterationtugchanō
Strong's numberG5177
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto obtain/happen
Occurrences13 in 13 verses
Most frequent inActs (5)

Tugchanō (Greek τυγχάνω, Strong's G5177) is a Greek verb meaning “to obtain/happen”. It occurs 13 times in 13 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

τυγχάνω
[in LXX: Deu.19:5 (מָצָא), Job.3:21 7:2 17:1, Pro.30:23 (without definite Heb. equiv.), Wis.15:19, 1Ma.11:42, 3Ma.3:7, al. ;]
I. Trans.
1. to hit (opposite to ἁμαρτάνω, to miss the mark: Hom., Xen., al.).
2. to hit upon, light upon;
(a) of persons, to meet with, fall in with: absol., ptcp., ὁ τυχών, a chance person, anyone (Lat. quivis), οὐ τυχών, not common or ordinary, Act.19:11 28:2;
(b) of things, to reach, get, obtain: with genitive of thing(s) Luk.20:35, Act.24:3 26:22 27:3, 2Ti.2:10 Heb.8:6 11:35.
II. Intrans., to happen; of things, to happen, chance, befall: impers., εἰ τύχοι, it may be, perhaps, 1Co.14:10 15:37; so ptcp., τυχόν (old accusative absol.; see M, Pr., 74), 1Co.16:6
(cf. ἐν-, ὑπερ-εν-, ἐπι-, παρα-, συν-τυγχάνω).†
τυχόν, adv., see: τυγχάνω
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVobtain (3), special (1), enjoy (1), having (1), obtained (1), himself (1), little (1), be (1), chance (1), may (1)
BSBextraordinary (2), share (1), we have enjoyed (1), i have had (1), receive (1), assuredly (1), perhaps (1), may obtain (1), has received (1), they might gain (1)

Verses

Every verse with Tugchanō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Luke

Acts

1 Corinthians

2 Timothy

Hebrews

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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