Strong’s G5177 · Greek

τυγχάνω
tynchánō

Definition

akin to the base of G5088 (τίκτω) through the idea of effecting; properly, to affect; or (specially), 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 (εἰ)), i.e. perchance; or (present participle) as adjective, usual (as if commonly met with, with G3756 (οὐ), extraordinary), neuter (as adverb) perhaps; or (with another verb) as adverb, by accident (as it were)

Etymology

probably for an obsolete (for which the middle voice of another alternate (to make ready or bring to pass) is used in certain tenses;

How the KJV renders it

  • be
  • chance
  • enjoy
  • little
  • obtain
  • X refresh…self
  • + special

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.