ΠΡΟΣΤΥΓΧΑΝΟΝΤΑΣ, προστυγχανοντας
PROSTYGCHANONTAS, prostygchanontas
Sounds Like: pros-toong-KHA-non-tas
Translations: meeting, encountering, happening upon, falling in with, obtaining, reaching, attaining
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΤΥΓΧΑΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word describes the act of meeting someone or something, encountering a situation, or happening upon an event. It can also imply obtaining or attaining something. It is a compound word formed from the prefix 'προς' (pros), meaning 'to' or 'towards', and the verb 'τυγχάνω' (tynchanō), meaning 'to happen' or 'to obtain'. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, describing an action in relation to another part of the sentence.
Inflection: Masculine, Accusative, Plural, Present, Active, Participle
Strong’s number: G4337 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 10:272
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΤΥΓΧΑΝΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΣΤΥΓΧΑΝΟΝΤΩΝ — approaching, meeting, encountering, falling in with, happening upon
- ΠΡΟΣΤΥΓΧΑΝΩ — to meet with, to happen upon, to encounter, to obtain, to attain, to approach, to supplicate, to intercede
- ΠΡΟΣΤΥΓΧΑΝΩΝ — meeting, encountering, happening upon, obtaining, supplicating, interceding
- ΠΡΟΣΤΥΧΟΝΤΑ — meeting, encountering, happening upon, obtaining, receiving, a meeting, an encountering
- ΠΡΟΣΤΥΧΟΝΤΟΣ — of one who happens to, of one who meets with, of one who encounters, of one who obtains, of one who attains
- ΠΡΟΣΤΥΧΟΝΤΩΝ — meeting, encountering, happening upon, obtaining, receiving, falling in with
- ΠΡΟΣΤΥΧΟΥΣΙ — they meet with, they encounter, they obtain, they happen upon
- ΠΡΟΣΤΥΧΩΝ — meeting, encountering, happening upon, obtaining, receiving
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