G5177 – tugchano – τυγχάνω – to obtain, reach
- Strong’s ID:
- G5177
- Greek Word:
- τυγχάνω
- Transliteration:
- tygchanō / tugchano
- Pronunciation:
- toong-khan’-o
- Part of Speech:
- verb
- Etymology:
- probably for an obsolete τυχω tucho (for which the middle voice of another alternate τευχω teucho [to make ready or bring to pass] is used in certain tenses; akin to the base of G5088 through the idea of effecting
- Usage Count:
- 13
- Search:
- Find “tugchano” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
1) to obtain
2) to reach
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
probably for an obsolete τυχω tucho (for which the middle voice of another alternate τευχω teucho [to make ready or bring to pass] is used in certain tenses; akin to the base of G5088 through the idea of effecting; properly, to affect; or (specifically) to hit or light upon (as a mark to be reached), i.e. (transitively) to attain or secure an object or end, or (intransitively) to happen (as if meeting with); but in the latter application only impersonal (with G1487), i.e. perchance; or (present participle) as adjective, usual (as if commonly met with, with G3756, extraordinary), neuter (as adverb) perhaps; or (with another verb) as adverb, by accident (as it were):—be, chance, enjoy, little, obtain, × refresh…self, + special. Compare G5180.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) to hit the mark
1a) of one discharging a javelin or arrow
2) to reach, attain, obtain, get, become master of
3) to happen, chance, fall out
3a) to specify, to take a case, as for example
4) to meet one
5) of he who meets one or presents himself unsought, any chance, ordinary, common person
6) to chance to be
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.