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Happen

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: συμβαίνω

(Strong's #4819 — Verb — sumbaino — soom-bah'ee-no )

lit., "to go or come together" (sun, "with," baino, "to go"), signifies "to happen together," of things or events, Mark 10:32; Luke 24:14; Acts 3:10; 1 Corinthians 10:11; 1 Peter 4:12; 2 Peter 2:22; "befell" in Acts 20:19; in Acts 21:35 , "so it was." See BEFALL.

Notes: (1) In Philippians 1:12 , the phrase ta kat' (i.e., kata) eme, lit., "the things relating to me," is rendered "the things which happened unto me." (2) In Luke 24:35 , the phrase "the things that happen in the way," RV (AV, "what things were done in the way"), is, lit., "the things in the way."

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Happen'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​h/happen.html. 1940.