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Lexicon :: Strong's G5177 - tygchanō

Aa
τυγχάνω
Transliteration
tygchanō (Key)
Pronunciation
toong-khan'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably for an obsolete tucho (for which the middle voice of another alternate teucho [to make ready or bring to pass] is used in certain tenses, akin to the base of τίκτω (G5088) through the idea of effecting
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 8:238,1191

Strong’s Definitions

τυγχάνω tynchánō, toong-khan'-o; probably for an obsolete τύχω týchō (for which the middle voice of another alternate τεύχω teúchō (to make ready or bring to pass) is used in certain tenses; akin to the base of G5088 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), i.e. perchance; or (present participle) as adjective, usual (as if commonly met with, with G3756, extraordinary), neuter (as adverb) perhaps; or (with another verb) as adverb, by accident (as it were):—be, chance, enjoy, little, obtain, × refresh…self, + special. Compare G5180.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's G5177 in the following manner: obtain (5x), be (1x), chance (1x), little (1x), enjoy (1x), may be (1x), not translated (1x), miscellaneous (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's G5177 in the following manner: obtain (5x), be (1x), chance (1x), little (1x), enjoy (1x), may be (1x), not translated (1x), miscellaneous (2x).

  1. to hit the mark

    1. of one discharging a javelin or arrow

  2. to reach, attain, obtain, get, become master of

  3. to happen, chance, fall out

    1. to specify, to take a case, as for example

  4. to meet one

  5. of he who meets one or presents himself unsought, any chance, ordinary, common person

  6. to chance to be

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
τυγχάνω tynchánō, toong-khan'-o; probably for an obsolete τύχω týchō (for which the middle voice of another alternate τεύχω teúchō (to make ready or bring to pass) is used in certain tenses; akin to the base of G5088 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), i.e. perchance; or (present participle) as adjective, usual (as if commonly met with, with G3756, extraordinary), neuter (as adverb) perhaps; or (with another verb) as adverb, by accident (as it were):—be, chance, enjoy, little, obtain, × refresh…self, + special. Compare G5180.
STRONGS G5177:
τυγχάνω; 2 aorist ἐτυχον; perfect (Hebrews 8:6) τέτευχα (so codex B), and (so L T Tr marginal reading WH manuscript א) τετυχα a later and rarer form (which not a few incorrectly think is everywhere to be regarded as a clerical error; Buttmann, 67 (59); Kühner, § 343, under the word; (Veitch, under the word; Phryn. ed. Lob., p. 595; WH's Appendix, p. 171)), in some texts also τετύχηκα (a form common in the earlier writings. (Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 483f, and references as above)); a verb in frequent use from Homer down; "est Latin attingere et contingere; German treffen, c. accusative equivalent toetwas erlangen, neuteres trifft sich." Ast, Platonic Lexicon, under the word; hence,
1. transitive,
a. properly, to hit the mark (opposed to ἁμαρτάνειν to miss the mark), of one discharging a javelin or arrow (Homer, Xenophon, Lucian).
b. tropically, to reach, attain, obtain, get, become master of: with a genitive of the thing (Winer's Grammar, 200 (188)), Luke 20:35 (Winer's Grammar, 609 (566)); Acts 24:2(3); Acts 26:22; 27:3; 2 Timothy 2:10; Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 11:35.
2. intransitive, to happen, chance, fall out: εἰ τύχοι (if it so fall out), it may be, perhaps (frequent in secular authors), 1 Corinthians 14:10, where see Meyer; or, considered in reference to the topic in hand, it may be equivalent to to specify, to take a case, as, for example, 1 Corinthians 15:37 (Vulg. in each passageut puta; (cf. Meyer as above)); τυχόν, adverbially, perhaps, it may be, 1 Corinthians 16:6 (cf. Buttmann, § 145, 8; (Winers Grammar, § 45, 8 N. 1); see examples from Greek writings in Passow, under the word, II. 2 b.; (Liddell and Scott, under the word B. III. 2; Sophocles Lexicon, under the word)). to meet one; hence, ὁ τυχών, he who meets one or presents himself unsought, any chance, ordinary, common person (see Passow, under the word, II. 2; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, A. II. 1 b.; Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word)): οὐ τυχών, not common, i. e. eminent, exceptional (A. V. special), Acts 19:11; Acts 28:2 (3Macc. 3:7); to chance to be: ἡμιθανῆ τυγχάνοντα, half dead as he happened to be, just as he was, Luke 10:30 R G. (Compare: ἐντυγχάνω, ὑπερεντυγχάνω, ἐπιτυγχάνω, παρατυγχάνω, συντυγχάνω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
10:30; 20:35
Acts
19:11; 24:2; 26:22; 27:3; 28:2
1 Corinthians
14:10; 15:37; 16:6
2 Timothy
2:10
Hebrews
8:6; 8:6; 11:35

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5177 matches the Greek τυγχάνω (tygchanō),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:35 - But those to whom is given the reward of the world to come, and to come back from the dead, have no wives, and are not married;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:11 - And God did special works of power by the hands of Paul:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:2 - And when he had been sent for, Tertullus, starting his statement, said, Because by you we are living in peace, and through your wisdom wrongs are put right for this nation,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:22 - And so, by God's help, I am here today, witnessing to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come about;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:3 - And on the day after, we came to Sidon; and Julius was kind to Paul, and let him go to see his friends and take a rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:2 - And the simple people living there were uncommonly kind to us, for they made a fire for us, and took us in, because it was raining and cold.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:10 - There are, it may be, a number of different voices in the world, and no voice is without sense.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:37 - And when you put it into the earth, you do not put in the body which it will be, but only the seed, of grain or some other sort of plant;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:6 - But I may be with you for a time, or even for the winter, so that you may see me on my way, wherever I go.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:10 - But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:6 - But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:35 - Women had their dead given back to them living; others let themselves be cruelly attacked, having no desire to go free, so that they might have a better life to come;
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