Strongs Number: G5177
| Greek Word: | τυγχάνω |
| Transliteration: | tugchanō |
| Phonetic: | toong-khan'-o |
| Part of Speech: | Verb |
| Strongs Definition: | akin to the base of G5088 through the idea of effecting; properly to affect; or (specifically) to hit or light upon (as a mark to be reached) that is (transitively) to attain or secure an object or end or (intransitively) to happen (as if meeting with); but in the latter application only impersonally (with G1487) that is 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) |
| Thayers Definition: |
1. to hit the mark a. of one discharging a javelin or arrow 2. to reach, attain, obtain, get, become master of 3. to happen, chance, fall out a. 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 |
| Origin: | Probably for an obsolete τύχω tuchō (for which the middle voice of another alternate τεύχω teuchō [to make ready or bring to pass] is used in certain tenses |
| Bible Usage: | be chance enjoy little obtain X-(idiom) refresh . . . self + special. Compare G5180 . |