συμβαίνω (
ξυμβαίνω Rec.bez in
1 Peter 4:12; see Sigma, at the end); imperfect
συνέβαινον; 2 aorist
συνεβην, participle
συμβάς; perfect
συμβέβηκα; from (
Aeschylus),
Herodotus down;
1. to walk with the feet near together.
2. to come together, meet with one; hence,
3. of things which fall out at the same time,
to happen, turn out, come to pass (so occasionally in the Sept for
קָרָה and
קָרָא); as very often in Greek writings (the
Sept. Genesis 42:4;
Genesis 44:29),
συμβαινει τί τίνι,
something befalls, happens to, one:
Mark 10:32;
Acts 20:19;
1 Corinthians 10:11; (
1 Peter 4:12);
2 Peter 2:22;
τό συμβεβηκός τίνι,
Acts 3:10 (Susanna 26); absolutely,
τά συμβεβηκότα, the things that had happened,
Luke 24:14 (1 Macc. 4:26; (
Josephus, contra Apion 1, 22, 17));
συνέβη followed by an accusative with an infinitive
it happened (
A. V. so it was)
that, etc.:
Acts 21:35 (cf.
Winer's Grammar, 323 (303)), examples from secular authors are given by Grimm on 2 Macc. 3:2.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Genesis
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42:4; 44:29
- Mark
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10:32
- Luke
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24:14
- Acts
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3:10; 20:19; 21:35
- 1 Corinthians
-
10:11
- 1 Peter
-
4:12; 4:12
- 2 Peter
-
2:22
