ΤΥΧΗΝ, τυχην
TYCHĒN, tychēn
Sounds Like: too-KHEEN
Translations: fortune, luck, chance, a fortune, a luck, a chance
From the root: ΤΥΧΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to fortune, luck, or chance, often personified as a goddess in ancient thought. It describes the outcome of events, whether good or bad, that are not attributed to human agency or direct divine will. It can be used in sentences to refer to one's destiny or the random occurrences of life.
Inflection: Accusative, Singular, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5177 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 14 — 8:140, 15:451
- Book 15 — 10:374
- Book 16 — 10:344, 11:397
- Book 17 — 1:13, 5:122
- Book 18 — 2:46, 6:197
- Book 19 — 2:177, 3:233
- Book 20 — 3:60, 3:70
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 3:21, 18:19, 20:11, 33:3
- Book Two — 10:1, 11:4, 11:10, 13:1
- Book Three — 7:196, 9:30
- Book Four — 3:59, 6:13, 10:7, 10:42
- Book Five — 3:23, 9:20, 11:41
- Book Six — 1:44, 1:57, 1:63, 5:10, 6:37, 8:26, 9:8
- Book Seven — 1:7, 7:13
Polycarp of Smyrna
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 7:37
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΥΧΗ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΤΥΧΗΝ — by chance, accidentally, by accident, perchance
- ΤΗΝΤΥΧΗΝ — the fortune, the chance, the luck, fortune, chance, luck
- ΤΥΧΑΙ — fortunes, chances, circumstances, fates, luck
- ΤΥΧΑΙΟΝ — chance, a chance, accidental, a coincidence, random, a random event, what happens by chance
- ΤΥΧΑΙΣ — (to) fortunes, (to) chances, (to) fates, (to) destinies, (to) occurrences
- ΤΥΧΑΙΩΣ — by chance, by accident, accidentally, perhaps, possibly
- ΤΥΧΑΣ — fortunes, chances, destinies, successes, good fortunes, bad fortunes
- ΤΥΧΗ — fortune, luck, chance, a fortune, a chance
- ΤΥΧΗΣ — of fortune, of chance, of luck, fortune, a fortune, chance, a chance, luck, a luck
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