What is the Strong's number for Tynchano?

The Strong's number for Tynchano (τυγχάνω) is G5177. It is a Greek word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

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Tynchano (Strong’s G5177): Meaning in the Bible

Q: What does Tynchano mean?

Tynchano (τυγχάνω, Strong's G5177) is a Greek word. Strong's defines it as akin to the base of G5088 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), i.e. perchance; or (present participle) as adjective, usual (as if commonly met with, with G3756, extraordinary), neuter (as adverb) perhaps; or (with another verb) as adverb, by accident (as it were). The King James Bible translates it as be, chance, enjoy, little, obtain, X refresh…self, + special.

Tynchano (τυγχάνω) is the Greek word numbered G5177 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as akin to the base of G5088 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), i.e. perchance; or (present participle) as adjective, usual (as if commonly met with, with G3756, extraordinary), neuter (as adverb) perhaps; or (with another verb) as adverb, by accident (as it were). In the King James Bible it is translated be, chance, enjoy, little, obtain.

τυγχάνω

tynchánō · Greek

Strong’s G5177 · toong-khan'-o

Original wordτυγχάνω
Transliterationtynchánō
Pronunciationtoong-khan'-o
Strong’s numberG5177
LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

akin to the base of G5088 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), i.e. perchance; or (present participle) as adjective, usual (as if commonly met with, with G3756, extraordinary), neuter (as adverb) perhaps; or (with another verb) as adverb, by accident (as it were)

Derivation. 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 King James Bible translates it

be, chance, enjoy, little, obtain, X refresh…self, + special.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Tynchano in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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