ἐπιτυγχάνω
epitynchánō · G2013 · Greek · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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to acquire, to obtain, to attain
To acquire or gain what is sought after
ExamplesRomans 11:7 What then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened;
Hebrews 6:15 And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise.
Hebrews 11:33 who by faith conquered kingdoms, performed acts of righteousness, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions,
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to experience, to have happen to
To experience some happening (generally neutral in connotation)
ExamplesRomans 11:7 What then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened;
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 2
- ἐκλογήelection, choice 1
- Not stated: they 1
- Not stated in the clause 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἐπαγγελίαpromise 2
- οὗτοςthis 1
With adverbsAdverbs
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- οὐnot 2
- οὕτωso, thus, in this way 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- εὑρίσκω heurískō · G2147 · to learn the whereabouts of something, to find, to discover
- εὑρίσκω means to find or discover, which can overlap with ἐπιτυγχάνω's sense of chancing upon or attaining something. Both can convey successful acquisition, though εὑρίσκω emphasizes the finding aspect.
In the other Testament 2 words
- נָשַׂג nâsag · H5381 · to overtake, to catch up with, to catch up with (= happen)
- נָשַׂג is the standard Hebrew verb for reaching or attaining something, matching the core sense of ἐπιτυγχάνω as 'to attain' or 'to obtain.' Both terms convey successful arrival at a goal or acquisition of something sought.
- מָצָא mâtsâʼ · H4672 · to find, to be able (to do something)
- מָצָא covers the idea of finding or obtaining something, including the nuance of chancing upon or successfully acquiring, which aligns with ἐπιτυγχάνω's sense of attaining or lighting upon something.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To acquire, to obtain, to attain57.60
- In Hebrews 6:15, of Abraham it is said that “having patiently waited, he obtained the promise” — the sense of acquiring or attaining what was sought.
- To experience, to have happen to90.61
- In Hebrews 11:33, the heroes of faith “by faith conquered kingdoms, performed acts of righteousness, obtained promises” — the broader sense of having something come to pass for them through their faith.
Word family 10 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 2 aorist ἐπέτυχον; 1. to light or hit upon any person or thing (Aristophanes,…
1. to light or hit upon any person or thing (Aristophanes, Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato).
2. to attain to, obtain: Jas 4:2; with the genitive of thing, Heb 6:15; Heb 11:33; with the accusative of thing: τοῦτο, Rom 11:7 (where Rec. τούτου). Cf. Matthiae, § 328; (Winer's Grammar, 200 (188)).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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