τυγχάνω ; 2 aor. ἔτυχον ; pf. (Heb. viii. 6) τέτευχα [so cod. 8], and (so L T Tr mrg. WH cod. δὲ) τέτυχα a later and rarer form (which not a few incorrectly think is everywhere to be regarded as a clerical error; B. 67 (59); Kiihner § 343 s. νος [Veitch s. v.; Phryn. ed. Lob. p- 595; WH. App. p.171]), in some texts also τετύχηκα (a form com. in the earlier writ. [2 utherford, New Phryn. Ρ- 483 sq., and reff. as above]); a verb in freq. use fr. Hom. down; “est Lat. atlingere et contingere; Germ. treffen, ὁ. accus. i. q. etwas erlangen, neut. es trifft sich.” Ast, Lex. Platon. 5. v.; hence 1. trans. ae prop. to hit the mark (opp. to ἁμαρτάνειν to miss the mark), of one discharging a javelin or arrow, (Hom., Xen., Leian.). b. trop. to reach, attain, obtain, get, become master of: with a gen. of the thing (W. 200 (188)), Lk. xx. 35 [W. 609 (566)]; Acts xxiv. 2 (3); xxvi. 22; xxvii. 3; 2 Tim. ii. 10; Heb. viii. 6; xi. 35. 2. intrans. to happen, chance, fall out: εἰ τύχοι (if it so fall out), it may be, perhaps, (freq. in prof. auth.), 1 Co. xiv. 10, where see Meyer; or, considered in ref. to the topic in hand, it may be i. q. to specify, to take a case, as, for example, 1 Co. xv. 37, (Vulg. in each pass. ut puta; [cf. Meyer u. s.]); τυχόν, adverbially, perhaps, it may be, 1 Co. xvi. 6 (cf. B. §145, 8; [W. § 45,8 N. 1]; see exx. fr. Grk. writ. in Passow 5. v. II. 2 b.; [L. and 8. s. v. B. III. 2; Soph. Lex. s.v.]). to meet one; hence ὁ τυχών, he who meets one or presents himself unsought, any chance, ordinary, common person, (see Passow s. v. IT. 2; [L.andS.s.v. A. II.1b.; Soph. Lex. s.v.]): οὐ τυχών, not common, i.e. eminent, exceptional, [A. V. special], Acts xix. 11; xxviii. 2, (3 Mace. iii. 7); to chance to be: ἡμιθανῆ τυγχάνοντα, half dead as he happened to be, just as he was, Lk. x. 30 RG. [Comp.: ev-, tmep-ev-, ἐπι-, mapa-, συν- τυγχάνω. |

τυγχάνω tynchanō 12x

to hit an object; to attain to, to obtain, acquire, enjoy, Lk. 20:35; Acts 24:2; 26:22; 27:3; 2 Tim. 2:10; Heb. 8:6; 11:35; intrans. to happen, fall out, chance; common, ordinary, Acts 19:11; 28:2; as an adv., it may be, perchance, perhaps, 1 Cor. 16:6; εἰ τύχοι, as it so happens, as the case may be, 1 Cor. 14:10; 15:37*

τυγχάνω

[in LXX: De 19:5 (מָצָא), Jb 3:21 7:2 17:1, Pr 24:58 (30:23) (without definite Heb. equiv.), Wi 15:19, I Mac 11:42, III Mac 3:7, al. ;]

Trans.

to hit (opp. to ἁμαρτάνω, to miss the mark: Hom., Xen., al.).

to hit upon, light upon;

of persons, to meet with, fall in with: absol., ptcp., ὁ τυχών, a chance person, anyone (Lat. quivis), οὐ τυχών, not common or ordinary, Ac 19:11 28:2;

of things, to reach, get, obtain: c. gen. rei. Lk 20:35, Ac 24:3 26:22 27:3, II Ti 2:10 He 8:6 11:35.

Intrans., to happen; of things, to happen, chance, befall: impers., εἰ τύχοι, it may be, perhaps, I Co 14:10 15:37; so ptcp., τυχόν (old acc. absol.; v. M, Pr., 74), I Co 16:6

(cf. ἐν-, ὑπερ-εν-, ἐπι-, παρα-, συν-τυγχάνω).†

τυγχάνω. (1) Τυγχάνω, properly “hit” as of hitting a mark, comes to be used in the sense “hit upon,” ‘light upon,” and thence ‘‘obtain’’ c. gen. rei, as in Ac 267%, 27% a/.: cf. P Petr 11. 13 (19)® (mid. iii/B.c.) τυχεῖν σε πάντων τῶν καλῶν, P Lond 4219 (B.c. 168) (=I. p. 30, UPZi. p. 300) σοῦ παραγενομένου τεύξεσθαί τινος ἀναψυχῆς, P Kyl IT. 6515 (B.C. 672) τυχεῖν δ᾽ αὐτοὺς ὧν προσήκει, “that they should receive also the proper penalty” (Edd.), 24. 12915 (A.D. 30) τοὺς τὸ τοιοῦτο διαπράξαντας τυχεῖν ὧν προσῆκόν ἐστιν, ““τπαὶ the authors of the crime receive due punishment ”’ (Edd.), and P Giss I. 4! (a.p. 118) (= Chres¢. I. p: 474) μόλ[ις τ]υχόντες ταύτης THs εὐεργεσίας. (2) For the verb equivalent to little more than εἰμί, cf. P Oxy VII. 107038 (iii/A.b.) σὺ αὐτὴ μήτη!ρ] τυγχάνουσα τοῦ τέκνου ἡμῶν, ‘you yourself as the mother of our child” (Ed.), and 25. X. 126529 (A.p. 336) κ[ἀϊκείν ζοδυ τυγχά(ν)οντος ἱερέως τῶν αὐτῶν ἱερέων, ‘‘ who was himself one of the said priests ’’ (Edd.). (3) The verb is common in the papyri c. partic., though such a phrase as “1 happen to be” is avoided by NT writers (see Pro/eg. p. 228): PSI V. 50215 (B.c. 257-6) Ζωίλος μὲν οὖν ἐτύγχανεν συμπεριοδεύων Τελέστηι, P Lond 4278 (B.c. 168) (= 1. p. 31, UPZi. p. 300) ἡ μήτηρ Tov τυγχάνει βαρέως ἔχουσα, and P Strass I. 51° (A.D. 262) ἐκ παλαιοῦ χρόνου τὴν γεωργίαν ἐνπιστευθεὶς ἐτύνχανεν. (4) For τυγχάνω c. inf. cf. P Petr III. 53(.1)5 (iii/B.c.) ἀ[λΊλ᾽ οὐ τυχὼν ἐπιδείξειν, [π]ρὸς βίαν ἔχεται, ‘but since he did not succeed in clearing himself, he is forcibly detained,” PSI I. 394(aA.D. 148) τυγχάνω ἠγορακέναι tr Car) ov θήλειαν παρὰ Avookdpov, P Grenf II. 57 (A.D. 168) tTvyχάνεις ἔχειν ἐν μισθώσι τὴν ἐπικει[μέν]ην σποράν, and P Fay 1361° (Christian—iv/A.D.) ἄμινον ὑμᾶς ἐν τοῖς ἰδίοις οἷς ἐὰν τύχοι εἶναι ἢ ἐπὶ ξένης, ‘‘it is better for you to be in your homes whatever they may be, than abroad ” (Edd.). (5) The part. τυχών --Ξ ‘“‘common,” ‘‘ordinary,”’ as in Ac 1911, 282, 3 Macc 37, may be illustrated by P Hib I. 447 , τυμπανίζω (B.C. 253) οὐ γὰρ ὡς ἔτυχεν περὶ τούτων τὴν σπουδὴν ποιεῖται ὃ διοικητής, ‘‘ for the dicecetes is showing no ordinary anxiety with regard to this’ (Edd.), P Tebt II. 283%% (B.C. 93 or 60) πληγὰς πλήους εἰς τὸ {εξὶ τυχὸν μέρος τοῦ σώματος, ‘numerous blows upon various parts of the body” (Edd.), P Ryl Il. 136%? (A.p. 34) ὕβριν μοι συνεστησάτωι (=eato) οὐ τὴν τυχοῦσαν, “he subjected me to no common outrage ” (Edd.), BGU I. 36° (ii/iii a.p.) ὕβριν οὐ τὴν τυχοῦσαν συνετελέσαντο, Τ Oxy VI. 8991" (A.D. 200) εἰς ἔνδειάῆν με οὐ τὴν τυχοῦσαν περιστῆναι, “1 am hence reduced to extreme poverty” (Edd.), and 7. VIII. 1121 (A.D. 295) οὐκ ὀλίγος κίνδυνος οὐδὲ ἡ τυχοῦσα ἐπιστρέφεια, “no small danger and no ordinary severity” (Ed.). Cf. τυχόντως in P Fay 127 (c. B.C. 103) ο[ὐ] τυχόντως πλεῖστα κακολογηθείς, ‘being abused in the most unmeasured terms.” (6) The impersonal acc. abs. τυχόν (cf. 1 Cor 16°) occurs in the iv/B.c. letter, written on a leaden tablet, which Deissmann (21.4.83, p. 151) reproduces, where, in asking for certain articles of clothing, the writer adds—rvxdv ἀποδώσω, “‘upon occasion I will return them.” For the pleonastic τυχὸν tows see Menander ᾿Εἰπιτρέπ. 287. MGr retains this use in tuxév(e), ‘ perhaps.” (7) For the strong perf. tér(e)vxa Heb 85 N° ΒΕ, cf. PSI VII. 816° (ii/B.c.) ἔσομαι τετευχὼς τῆς παρ᾽ ὑμῶν ἀ[ντιλήμψεως ἢ, similarly P Tebt II. 2831 (B.c. 93 or 60), and from the inscrr. Prieze 119° τέ]τευχεν (i/B.Cc.) and 10887 τετευχέναι (B.C. 129) (cited by Routffiac Recherches p- 27). See also Deissmann BS p. 190, and Proleg. pp. 56, 154(8) It is significant that the word τύχη is not found in the NT. For the goddess Τύχη, as characteristic of the Hellenistic Age, see Rohde Graec. Roman., p. 276ff., and for τύχη, ‘the good which a man obtains by the favour of the gods,’ see BGU IV. 11417° (B.c. 13) ἐρωτῶ σε οὖν Kal παρακαλῶι kal τὴν Καίσαρος τύϊχη]ν σε ἐξορκίζω, and similarly P Fay 245 (A.D. 158).

τυγχάνω (tugchanō) — to obtain/happen. τυγχάνω, [Refs 6th c.BC+]: Epic dialect imperfect τύγχανον [Refs 8th c.BC+], (παρετ-) [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future τεύξομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+] (also as future middle of τεύχω): aorist 2 ἔτῠχον, Epic dialect τύχον, [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; Epic dialect subjunctive τύχωμι, -ῃσι, [Refs]; later also τετύχῃσι, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; late Epic dialect optative τετύχοιμι [Refs 4th c.AD+]: Epic dialect also aorist 1 ἐτύχησα [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect τετύχηκα (intransitive) [Refs 8th c.BC+] variant{τετυχηώς}. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later also τέτευχα, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Doric dialect perfect infinitive τετεύχεν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but Ionic dialect pluperfect ἐτετεύχεε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τέτυχα variant in [NT+1st c.AD+], (συν-) [Refs], etc.; participle τετυχώς [Refs]:—middle, aorist 1 τεύξασθαι [LXX]:— passive, imperfect ἐτυγχάνετο [Refs 2nd c.AD+]aorist 1 ἐτεύχθην (ἐν-) [Refs 2nd c.BC+]perfect τέτευγμαι (ἐπι-) [Refs] __A happen to be at a place, εἴ πέρ τε τύχῃσι μάλα σχεδόν even if she be quite near, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μὴ σύ γε κεῖθι τύχοις may'st thou not be there, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (but in these last two places the meaning may be 'has been made' (though not by human agency), compare [γαῖα] οὐδ᾽ εὐρεῖα τέτυκται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; see ad near the end).

2. of events, and things generally, happen to one, befall one, come to one's lot, with dative person, οὔνεκά μοι τύχε πολλά because much fell to me, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

2. b aorist participle ὁ τυχών, the first one meets, any chance person, [Refs 8th c.BC+]everyday men, the vulgar, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐχ ὁ τ. ἀνήρ, of [Refs 2nd c.AD+] any chance result, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐχ ὁ τ. λόγος no common discourse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]Spir.Praef.; οἱ τ. φόβοι trifling fears, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; καίπερ τὸ τ. καταβαλοῦσιν though they may have paid a trifling sum, [Refs 1st c.BC+] —in Mathematics texts, τυχὸν σημεῖον any point (at random), [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἄλλα, ἃ ἔτυχεν, ἰσάκις πολλαπλάσια any other equimultiples taken at random, [Refs]

3. in 3rd.pers. singular aorist or imperfect, impersonal (sometimes also person) in relative clauses, as (when, where, etc.) it (he, she, etc.) happened (may happen, etc.), i. e. anyhow, at any time, place, etc., καὶ ἀρχομένοις καὶ μεσοῦσι καὶ ὅπως ἔτυχέ τῳ at the beginning, middle, or any other point, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ἔτυχε ζημιοῦσθαι to be penalized just anyhow, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐχ ὡς ἔτυχεν in no ordinary manner, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὴν μὲν δικαίαν, τὴν δ᾽ ὅπως ἐτύγχανεν just anyhow, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀποτετμάσθω δύο τμάματα ὡς ἔτυχεν let two segments be cut off at random, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁπότε τύχοι sometimes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅταν τύχῃ sometimes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but, at any odd time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἂν τύχῃ, εἰ τύχοι, it may be, [Refs 5th c.BC+]mere chance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with attraction of the relative pronoun, τὸ οἷς ἔτυχε προσκρούειν [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; οὐδὲ γὰρ ὧν ἔτυχ᾽ ἦν they were not just any acts, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

3. b with accusative et infinitive, ἔτυχε ὄμβρον συνεργῆσαι [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἔτυχεν ὥστε.. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

4. sometimes the Verb agrees in person and number with the subject of the principal clause, perhaps by assimilation, ἀπαίροντες ἀπὸ τῆς Πελοποννήσου ὁπόθεν τύχοιεν, for ὁπόθεν τύχοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅ τι ἂν τύχωσι, τοῦτο λέγουσι they say just anything, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς ὀργὴν ἥν τινα τύχητε ἔστιν ὅτε σφαλέντες τὴν τοῦ πείσαντος μίαν γνώμην ζημιοῦτε yielding to the impulse of the moment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with attraction of the relative pronoun, οὓς ἂν τύχῃς ἐπαινῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]

5. neuter participle τυχόν, used absolutely like{ἐξόν, παρόν}, etc., since it so befell, οὕτως τ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

5. b as adverb, perchance, perhaps, [NT+5th c.BC+]; τυχὸν μὲν.., τυχὸν δὲ.. [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __A.II joined with the participle of another Verb to express a coincidence, τύχησε γὰρ ἐρχομένη νηῦς a ship happened to be, i. e. was just then, starting, [Refs 8th c.BC+], compare 52; τὰ νοέων τυγχάνω what I happen to have, i.e. have at this moment, in my mind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὃ τυγχάνω μαθών which I have just learnt, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρὼν ἐτύγχανον I was by just then, [Refs]; τυγχάνει καθεύδων he is sleeping just now, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔτυχον στρατευόμενοι they were just then engaged in an expedition, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔτυχε κατὰ τοῦτο καιροῦ ἐλθών he came just at this point of time, [Refs]; ἥτις δέ τοι μάλιστα σωφρονεῖν δοκεῖ, αὕτη μέγιστα τυγχάνει λωβωμένη she is just the one who.., [Refs 7th c.BC+]; but frequently τυγχάνω cannot be translated at all, especially in phrase τυγχάνω ὤν, which is simply ={εἰμί}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. the participle ὤν is sometimes omitted, ὁ γὰρ μέγιστος τυγχάνει δορυξένων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νῦν δ᾽ ἀγροῖσι τυγχάνει[Refs 5th c.BC+] is used much like{εἶναι, Σωτὴρ γένοιτ᾽ ἂν Ζεὺς ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδος τυχών} [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἀποδάμου τυχόντος not being absent, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. ἐν ἐμπύροις to be engaged in.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also in later Gr., τὰ ἑπτάμηνα γόνιμα τυγχάνειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.2. b τυγχάνον, ={τὸ ἐκτὸς ὑποκείμενον}, the external reality, e. g. αὐτὸς ὁ Δίων as distinguished both from the word (φωνή) Δίων and its meaning, [Refs]

II.2. c τὰ πράγματα τυγχάνοντα καλοῦσι (i.e. οἱ Στωϊκοί), τέλος γὰρ τὸ τυχεῖν τούτων,[Refs]

II.3. later with infinitive, τυγχάνομεν ἐπιδεδωκέναι we happen to have handed in.., we have just handed in.., [Refs 2nd c.BC+] __B gain one's end or purpose, succeed, οὐκ ἐτύχησεν ἑλίξας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ τυχεῖν, ={νίκη}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τυχόντες if successful, opposed to σφαλέντες, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; gain one's request, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in speaking, to be right, τί νιν καλοῦσα.. τύχοιμ᾽ ἄ; [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, impersonal, αὐτῷ πρὸς τὸ ἔργον οὐδὲν ἐτυγχάνετο nothing went right, uncertain in [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —in participle τυχήσας or τυχών, combined with νύξε, βάλε, οὖτα, etc., pierce, wound, etc., successfully, so that the whole phrase means hit, ἔγχεϊ νύξε κατὰ κληῗδα τυχήσας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; βάλε δουρὶ κατὰ ζωστῆρα τυχήσας[Refs 8th c.BC+]; also apart from such combinations, hit, with genitive, προβιβάντος [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.II hit upon, light upon: __B.II.1 meet, fall in with persons, Αακεδαίμονι.. τυχήσας having met [him] in Lacedaemon, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with a predicate added, μή τευ μελαμπύγου τύχῃς [Refs 7th c.BC+] __B.II.2 light on a thing, τύχε γάρ ἀμάθοιο βαθείης [Refs 8th c.BC+]; attain, obtain a thing, with genitive, πομπῆς καὶ νόστοιο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; [οἴκτου] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of meeting with misfortunes, βίης τυχεῖν meet with, suffer violence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τραυμάτων, κακῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δίκης, κρίσεως, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, have the lot or fate, ἄλλος μὲν ἀποφθίσθω ἄλλος δὲ βιώτω, ὅς κε τύχῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.II.2.b after [Refs 8th c.BC+] also with accusative of neuter adjective or pronoun, τὰ πρόσφορα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: later the accusative is used more freely, τ. ἐπίστασιν [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ὑπογραφήν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; βοήθειαν [Refs 4th c.AD+]; εὐκαιρίαν [Refs 4th c.AD+]; τὰ γυναίκια δεσμὸν οὐδένα βούλεται τυγχάνειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __B.II.2.c after either case a genitive person may be added, obtain a thing from a person, ὧν δέ σου τυχεῖν ἐφίεμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; or the person may be added with a preposition, τ. ἐπαίνου ἔκ τινος [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.II.2.d with infinitive, οἶμαί σου τεύξεσθαι μεθεῖναί με [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ τυχὼν ἐπιδείξειν (={ἐπιδεῖξαι}) not having succeeded in proving, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]aorist τυχ-εῖν, which was originally the aorist passive (with active form) of τεύχω 'make'; ἔτυχε = factum est, as ἔτραφον = I was nourished (see. τρέφω); senses [Refs 4th c.BC+]; many of the forms belong equally to both verbs; τιτύσκομαι like wise belongs to both verbs; τ(ε)υχ- from *θ(ε)υχ-, compare ἀποθύσκειν, ἐνθύσκει, συνθύξω, and perhaps [Refs 1st c.BC+] taugen 'to be capable, useful', Engl. dow, doughty.)