Definition

to meet with; figuratively, to occur

Etymology

from G4862 (σύν) and a derivative of G473 (ἀντί);

Word family

• σύν sýn
• ἀντί antí

How the KJV renders it

• befall
• meet

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.