HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6294
פֶּ֫גַע
pe.ga — chance
occurrence, happening, chance
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Chance
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H176
אוֹ
o — or
1) or, rather 1a) implying that the latter choice is preferred 1b) or if, introducing an example to be seen under a particular principle 1c) (in series) either...or, whether...or 1d) if perchance 1e) except, or else 2) whether, not the least, if, otherwise, also, and, then
214 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7136
קָרָה
qa.rah — to meet
1) to encounter, meet, befall, happen, come to meet 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to encounter, meet 1a2) to befall 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to encounter, meet (without pre-arrangement) 1b2) to chance to be present 1b3) to come to meet 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to meet, appoint
27 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5177
τυγχάνω
tugchanō — to obtain/happen
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)
12 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4745
מִקְרֶה
miq.reh — accident
1) unforeseen meeting or event, accident, happening, chance, fortune 1a) accident, chance 1b) fortune, fate
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4795
συγκυρία
sugkuria — coincidence
συγκυρία, -ας, ἡ (συγκυρέω, to happen), [in Sm.: 1Ki.6:9 (מִקְרֶה) * ;] (more frequently in late writers, συγκύρησις, -ημα), chance, coincidence: κατὰ σ. (see MM, xxiii), Luk.10:31 (Hippocr., Eccl.).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7137
קָרֶה
qa.reh — accident
1) chance, accident 1a) of nocturnal pollution requiring temporary exodus from camp
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1418
δυσ-
dus- — hard
δυσ- inseparable prefix, opposite to εὖ, like un-, mis- (in unrest, mischance), giving the idea of difficulty, opposition, injuriousness, etc. (AS)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20732
μὴπολλάκις
mēpollakis — lest perchance
lest perchance , Lat. ne forte, (Plato Philosophus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3379
μήποτε
mēpote — lest
μήποτε (= μή ποτε, and so written in WH, exc. Mat.25:9), negative particle, related to οὔποτε as μή to οὐ. 1. As neg. particle, never: Heb.9:17 (R, mg., but see infr.; WH, txt., μή τότε). 2. As conjc., lest ever, lest haply (the idea of chance rather than of time seems to prevail in NT) : Mat.4:6 (LXX) Mat.5:25 7:6 13:15" (LXX), Mat.13:29 15:32 27:64, Mrk.4:12" (LXX) Mrk.14:2, Luk.4:11 12:58 14:12, 29, Act.28:27; after verbs of fearing or taking heed, Luk.21:34, Heb.2:1 3:12 4:1; with ellipse of the verb or ptcp., Luk.14:8, Act.5:39; in later writers (see M, Pr., 192 f.), perhaps, Mat.25:9. 3. As interrogative; (a) in direct questions, like μή, expecting a negative answer: Jhn.7:26, Heb.9:17, (R, txt., cf. Westc., in l; but see supr.); (b) in indirect questions, whether haply, if haply: Luk.3:15, 2Ti.2:25.† (AS)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6596
ἀτυχέω
atucheō — be unfortunate
1. to be unlucky or unfortunate, fail, miscarry , (Herdotus Historicus), etc. 2. with genitive, to fail of a thing, fail in getting or gaining it, τῆς ἀληθείας (Xenophon Historicus); so, with participle, (Thucydides) 3. ἀτ. πρός τινα to fail with another, i. e. to fail in one's request, (Xenophon Historicus):—;Pass., τὰ ἀτυχηθέντα mischances, failures , (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8115
κύβος
kubos — a cube
1. Lat. cubus, a cube: a cubical die, marked on all 6 sides (whereas the ἀστράγαλος was marked only on four sides), in plural, dice , (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; the Greeks threw with three dice, so that τρὶς ἕξ, three sixes, was the highest throw, (Aeschulus Tragicus); κρίνειν τι ἐν κύβοις to decide it by the dice , by chance , (Aeschulus Tragicus) 2. also of the single pips on the dice , βέβληκ᾽ Ἀχιλλεὺς δύο κύβω καὶ τέσσαρα he has thrown two aces and a four, (Aeschulus Tragicus) quoted in (Aristophanes Comicus) 3. a cubic number , i. e. a number multiplied twice into itself, as 27 is the cube of 3, (Plato Philosophus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8750
περίπτωμα
periptōma — by chance
by chance
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9243
συγκυρέω
sugkureō — to fall in with
1. to come together by chance , (Iliad by Homer): to meet with an accident, συγκύρσαι τύχῃ (Sophocles Tragicus); εἰς ἓν μοίρας ξυνέκυρσας art involved in one and the same fate, (Euripides) 2. with participle, like τυγχάνω, συνεκύρησε παραπεσοῦσα νηῦς fell in the way by chance , (Herdotus Historicus) 3. of events and accidents, like συμβαίνω, to happen, occur , (Herdotus Historicus): —;impersonal, with infinitive, συνεκύρησε γενέσθαι it came to pass that . ., (Herdotus Historicus):—;so, in Pass., τὸ ἐς Λακεδαιμονίους συγκεκυρημένον (Herdotus Historicus) 4. of places, to be contiguous to , τινί (Polybius Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9264
σύμμετρος
summetros — well-proportioned
1. commensurate with another thing, (Euripides): exactly fitting , (Aeschulus Tragicus); τῷδε τἀνδρὶ ξ. being of like age with , (Sophocles Tragicus); ποίᾳ σύμμετρος τύχ; coincident with what chance? i. e. in the very nick of time, (Sophocles Tragicus); see. infr. III. 2. 2. commensurable , (Aristotle Philosopher) 3. in measure with, proportionable, exactly suitable , (Isocrates Orator), etc. 4. absolute in right measure, in due proportion, symmetrical , opposite to ὑπερβάλλων and ἐλλείπων, (Plato Philosophus), etc. 5. generally, fitting, meet, due , (Aeschulus Tragicus);—; σύμμετρος ὡς κλύειν within fit distance for hearing, (Sophocles Tragicus) 6. adverb -τρως, (Isocrates Orator), etc. 7. in due time , (Euripides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9283
σύμπτωμα
sumptōma — a coincidence
a chance, casualty , (Aristotle Philosopher): in bad sense, a mishap, mischance , (Thucydides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9519
τύχη
tuchē — good luck
1. the good which man obtains τυγχάνει); by the favour of the gods, good fortune, luck, success , (Theognis Elegiacus), etc.; σὺν τύχῃ (Sophocles Tragicus); θείᾳ τύχῃ, Lat. divinitus, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.:—; hence Τύχη was deified, like Lat. Fortuna, Τύχη Σώτειρα (Pindar); T. Σωτήρ (Aeschulus Tragicus) 2. generally, fortune, chance , good or bad, in singular and plural, (Herdotus Historicus), attic 3. rarely of positive ill fortune , ἢν χρήσωνται τύχῃ, i. e. if they are killed, (Euripides); τύχῃ by ill-luck , (Antipho Orator) 4. especially, ἀγαθὴ τ. (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.; in dative ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ "in God's name, " (Demosthenes Orator), etc.; by crasis, τύχἀγαθῇ (Aristophanes Comicus);—;this formula was also introduced into treaties, like Lat. quod felix faustumque sit, Λάχης εἶπε, τύχῃ ἀγαθῇ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἐκεχειρίαν Decret. in (Thucydides):—;so ἐπ᾽ ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ (Aristophanes Comicus), etc. 5. Adverbial usages, τύχῃ by chance , Lat. forte, forte fortuna, (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.; ἀπὸ τύχης (Aristotle Philosopher); ἐκ τύχης (Plato Philosophus); διὰ τύχην (Isocrates Orator), etc.; κατὰ τύχην (Thucydides), etc. 6. a chance, hap, accident , (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.; τῆς τύχης, τὸ ἐμὲ τυχεῖν . . ! what a piece of ill-luck , that . . ! (Xenophon Historicus); mostly of mishaps, misfortunes , (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc. (ML)
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(Luke 10:31). “It was not by chance that the priest came down by that road at that time, but by a specific arrangement and in exact fulfilment of a plan; not the plan of the priest, nor the plan of the wounded traveller, but the plan of God. By coincidence (Gr. sungkuria) the priest came down, that is, by the conjunction of two things, in fact, which were previously constituted a pair in the providence of God. In the result they fell together according to the omniscient Designer’s plan. This is the true theory of the divine government.” Compare the meeting of Philip with the Ethiopian (Acts 8:26, 27). There is no “chance” in God’s empire. “Chance” is only another word for our want of knowledge as to the way in which one event falls in with another (1 Sam. 6:9; Eccl. 9:11).
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.