ΠΕΡΙΤΥΓΧΑΝΟΝΤΕΣ, περιτυγχανοντες
PERITYGCHANONTES, peritygchanontes
Sounds Like: peh-ree-TYNG-kha-non-tes
Translations: meeting with, happening upon, encountering, obtaining, getting, falling in with
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΤΥΓΧΑΝΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning "meeting with" or "happening upon." It describes an action that is ongoing or habitual. It is a compound word formed from the preposition περί (peri), meaning "around" or "about," and the verb τυγχάνω (tynchanō), meaning "to happen," "to obtain," or "to meet." Thus, it conveys the sense of encountering or obtaining something by chance or by being in the vicinity.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Masculine or Neuter, Nominative or Accusative, Plural
Strong’s number: G4045 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 1:11
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
- ΠΕΡΙΤΥΓΧΑΝΟΥΣΙΝ — they happen upon, they meet with, they obtain, they encounter
- 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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