ΠΕΡΙΤΥΓΧΑΝΟΥΣΙΝ, περιτυγχανουσιν
PERITYGCHANOUSIN, peritygchanousin
Sounds Like: peh-ree-TYNG-kha-noo-sin
Translations: they happen upon, they meet with, they obtain, they encounter
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΤΥΓΧΑΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb meaning 'to happen upon,' 'to meet with,' 'to obtain,' or 'to encounter.' It describes the act of coming across something or someone, often by chance or unexpectedly. It is formed from the preposition περί (peri), meaning 'around' or 'about,' and the verb τυγχάνω (tynchanō), meaning 'to happen' or 'to obtain.'
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Present, Indicative, Active
Strong’s number: G4045 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 8:335
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΤΥΓΧΑΝΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΕΡΙΕΤΥΓΧΑΝΕΝ — he was meeting, he was encountering, he was happening upon, he was falling in with
- ΠΕΡΙΕΤΥΓΧΑΝΟΝ — they happened upon, they met with, they encountered, they fell in with
- ΠΕΡΙΤΥΓΧΑΝΟΝΤΕΣ — meeting with, happening upon, encountering, obtaining, getting, falling in with
- ΠΕΡΙΤΥΓΧΑΝΩ — to meet with, to happen upon, to obtain, to attain
- ΠΕΡΙΤΥΧΕΙΝ — to happen upon, to meet with, to encounter, to obtain, to attain
- ΠΕΡΙΤΥΧΟΙΕΝ — they might happen upon, they might meet with, they might encounter, they might obtain
- ΠΕΡΙΤΥΧΟΝΤΑ — having met with, having happened upon, having encountered, one who met, those who met
- ΠΕΡΙΤΥΧΟΝΤΕΣ — meeting, encountering, happening upon, obtaining, finding
- ΠΕΡΙΤΥΧΩΜΕΝ — we may meet, we may happen upon, we may obtain, we may attain
- ΠΕΡΙΤΥΧΩΝ — having met, having encountered, having happened upon, having fallen in with
- ΠΕΡΙΤΥΧΩΣΙΝ — to meet with, to happen upon, to obtain, to attain
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