Quick Definition
ἐντυγχάνω v. I meet, encounter, call upon, make a petition
Strong's Definition
from 1722 and 5177; to chance upon, i.e. (by implication) confer with; by extension to entreat (in favor or against)
KJV Usage: deal with, make intercession
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. ἐνέτυχον | τυγχάνω
33.169 · Communication · Ask For, Request
to plead, to beg, to appeal to, to petition to ask for something with urgency and intensity In translating expressions such as ‘to plead’ or ‘to beg’ or ‘to appeal to,’ the implications of urgency or intensity are often expressed in figurative ways, for example, ‘to ask for with the heart exposed’ or ‘to ask for with crying words’ or ‘to beg with one’s hands outstretched.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐν-τυγχάνω ; 2 aor. ἐνέτυχον ; generally with a dat. either of pers. or of thing; 1. to light upon a person or a thing, fall in with, hit upon, a person or a thing; so often in Attic. 2. to go to or meet a person, esp. for the purpose of conversation, consultation, or supplication, (Polyb., Plut., Aelian, al.) : with the addition περί twos, gen. of person, for the purpose of consulting about a person, Acts xxv. 24 [R. V. made suit]; to make petition: ἐνέτυχον τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ ἐδεήθην αὐτοῦ, Sap. viii. 21; ἐνέτυχον τῷ βασιλεῖ τὴν ἀπόλυσιν . . . αἰτούμενοι, 3 Mace. vi. 37; hence, to pray, entreat: ὑπέρ with gen. of pers. to make intercession for any one (the dat. of the pers. approached in prayer being omitted, as evident from the context), Ro. viii. 27, 34; Heb. vii. 25, (foll. by περί with gen. of person, Clem. Rom. 1 Cor. 56, 1); τινὶ κατά τινος, [to plead with one against any one], to accuse one to any one, Ro. xi. 2, ef. 1 Mace. viii. 32; x. 61, 63 sq.; xi. 25. (Not found in Sept.) [Come.: ὑπερ-εντυγχάνω.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐντυγχάνω entynchanō 5x
to fill in with, meet; to have conversation with, address; to address or apply to any one, Acts 25:24; ὑπέρ τινος, to intercede for any one, plead the cause of, Rom. 8:27, 34; Heb. 7:25; κατά τινος, to address a representation or suit against any one, to accuse, complain of, Rom. 11:2*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐν-τυγχάνω
[in LXX: Da TH 6:12, [13] (קֶרֶב) Wi 8:20 16:28, II Mac 2:25 4:36 6:12 15:39, III Mac 6:37; seq. κατά, I Mac 8:32 10:61, 63, 64 11:25 * ;]
to fall in with.
to meet with in order to converse.
to petition, make petition: c. dat. pers., seq. ὑπέρ c. gen. pers., Ac 25:24 (cf. Field, Notes, 140), He 7:25, Ro 8:27, 34 (θεῷ, not expressed); seq. κατά, against: Ro 11:2 (cf. ἔντευξις, ὑπερ-εντυγχάνω).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐντυγχάνω. For the technical use of this verb = ‘‘ petition,” ‘‘ appeal,” (see σον. ἔντευξις) it is enough to cite P Tebt I. 584 (B.c. 111) > , € νυπνιάζομαι ἐντευχαν (1. ἐνέτευχαν) οἱ Cy κωμογρ(αμματεῖς) . . τῶι διοικη(τῆι), “‘the 13 komogrammateis appealed to the dioecetes,” 20. 183 (late ii/B.c.) ὑπὲρ ὧν Kal ἐνέτυχον [Απολ]λωνίωι, 16. 11. 297% (c. A.D. 123) τοῦτο ἐπιγνοὺς ὃ συνηγορούμενος ἐνέτυχε Τε[ι]Ἱμοκράτει, ““οπ learning this my client appealed to T.” (Edd.), 2b. 3352 (mid. iii/a.p.) Pinvois . . . ἐντυγχάνει, ‘petition of Phiénous,” P Oxy XII. 1502% (c. A.D. 260-1) Oais Dephvov ἐντυγχάνει. For the more directly religious use (as in Rom 854, Heb 735), see ἐντυγχάνω τῷ θεῷ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν. In the question to an oracle, P Fay 137% (i/A.D.) we have the simple, classical sense ἦ μέλω (/. μέλλω) ἐντυγχάνιν ; ‘‘shall I meet him?” Cf. Michel 30818 (1st half ii/B.C.) tots ἐντυγχάνουσιν αὐτῶι τῶν πολιτῶν ἴσον αὑτὸν παρεχόμενος διατετέλεκεν, ‘has continued dealing fairly with any of the citizens who came across him.’”’ For ἐντυγχάνω κατά, as in Rom 11°, cf. P Giss I. 3616 (B.c. 161) ἐνετύχομεν καθ᾽ ὑμῶν περὶ τῶν de [ἀρ]ου(ρῶν), P Amh II. 1349 (early ii/A.D.) ἐντυχεῖν κατὰ II., and for ἐ. περί see PSI IV. 340° (B.C. 257-6) ἀποκέκριται yap τοῖς ἐντ[υ]γχάνουσι περὶ Πτολεμαίου, 20. 410% (iii/B.c.) rept’ Opov ἐντυχεῖν ᾿Αμμωνίωι, and P Amh IT. 1421° (iv/a.D.) ἐνέτυχα τῷ σῷ ἀδε[λ]φῷ Φιλαγρίῳ περὶ tovt[w]y. In P Oxy IIL. 533% (ii/iii a.p.) we have ἐνέτυχον τῷ διοικητῇ ἕνεκα τῆς προσόδου. In the Petition of Dionysia, P Oxy IT. 237 (A.D. 186), the editors note that the verb is used both of presenting and of answering a petition: see their note on v.21, and cf. Laqueur Quaestiones, p. 15 ff. where ἐντυγχάνειν = “‘degere” is fully illustrated.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐντυγχάνω (entugchanō) — to call on. ἐντυγχάνω, future -τεύξομαι: aorist 2 ἐνέτῠχον: perfect ἐντετύχηκα [Refs 1st c.BC+]: aorist 1 passive ἐνετεύχθην [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—light upon, fall in with, meet with, with dative person, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀλίγοι τινὲς ὧν ἐντετύχηκα (i.e. τούτων οἷς..) [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. with dative of things, κακοῖς ἐ., ={τυγχάνω ὢν ἐν κακοῖς}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὑντυγχάνων (i.e. τοῖς πράγμασιν) conjecture Valck. in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τῷ νώτῳ, of the crocodile, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἐ. τοῖς.. τοξεύμασι he who fell in their way, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of obstacles, ἐ. τάφροις [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+]chance persons, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. b ἐν δὲ μηνὸς πρῶτον τύχεν ἆμαρ it chanced to be.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. obtain an audience or interview, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be appealed to, consulted, περί τινων [Refs 1st c.AD+]
5. of thunder, strike, κεραυνὸς οἷς ἂν ἐντύχῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but hardly so in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
6. rarely with genitive, λελυμένης τῆς γεφύρης ἐντυχόντες having found the bridge broken up, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν παρ᾽ ἡμῖν ἐντυχὼν Ἀσκληπιδῶν having falling in with them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. converse with, talk to, τινί [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. have sexual intercourse with, τινί [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.3. petition, appeal to, τινὶ περί τινος (masculine) [NT+2nd c.BC+]; ὁ ἐντυγχάνων the petitioner, [Refs]; ἐ. κατά τινος plead against, [NT+2nd c.BC+]: with infinitive, entreat one to do, [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, ὑπὲρ φυγάδων ἐντευχθείς [Refs]
III. of books, meet with, βιβλίῳ ἀνδρὸς σοφοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; hence, read, [Refs 1st c.AD+]readers, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]