τυγχάνω
to obtain/happen
From: probably for an obsolete (for which the middle voice of another alternate (to make ready or bring to pass) is used in certain tenses;
Short Definition
akin to the base of G5088 (τίκτω) through the idea of effecting; properly, to affect; or (specially), to hit or light upon (as a mark to be reached), i.e. (transitively) to attain or secure an object or end, or (intransitively) to happen (as if meeting with); but in the latter application only impersonal (with G1487 (εἰ)), i.e. perchance; or (present participle) as adjective, usual (as if commonly met with, with G3756 (οὐ), extraordinary), neuter (as adverb) perhaps; or (with another verb) as adverb, by accident (as it were)
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Occurrences
13 timesAppears 13 times in the New Testament. Top books include:
Key Passages
- 1 Corinthians 14:10
- 1 Corinthians 16:6
- Acts 19:11
- Acts 26:22
- Acts 28:2
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account