G5177Greektycheῖn
τυχεῖν
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)
12
Total Occurrences
5
Books
0
Old Testament
12
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1to hit the mark
- 2of one discharging a javelin or arrow
- 3to specify, to take a case, as for example
- 4to reach, attain, obtain, get, become master of
- 5to happen, chance, fall out
- 6to meet one
- 7of he who meets one or presents himself unsought, any chance, ordinary, common person
- 8to chance to be
Etymology & Derivation
probably for an obsolete ???? (for which the middle voice of another alternate ????? (to make ready or bring to pass) is used in certain tenses
Scholarly Notes
compare g5180.