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Strong's #2013 - ἐπιτυγχάνω

Transliteration

epitynchánō

Phonetics

ep-ee-toong-khan'-o

Origin

from (G1909) and (G5177)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to light or hit upon any person or thing
to attain to, obtain

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2760 ‑ חָרַךְ (khaw‑rak'); 6743 ‑ צָלֵחַ (tsaw‑lakh', tsaw‑lay'‑akh);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (6)

Romans 3

Hebrews 2

James 1

BSB (5)

Romans 2

Hebrews 2

James 1

CSB (5)

Romans 2

Hebrews 2

James 1

ESV (5)

Romans 2

Hebrews 2

James 1

KJV (6)

Romans 3

Hebrews 2

James 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (5)

Romans 2

Hebrews 2

James 1

N95 (5)

Romans 2

Hebrews 2

James 1

NAS (5)

Romans 2

Hebrews 2

James 1

NLT (5)

Romans 6

Hebrews 3

James 3

WEB (6)

Romans 3

Hebrews 2

James 1

YLT (5)

Romans 2

Hebrews 2

James 1

ASV (6)

he obtained 1

obtain 1

obtained 2

obtained it 1

that he 1

BSB (5)

and gained 1

did 1

it failed to obtain 1

obtained 1

to obtain it 1

CSB (5)

find 2

obtain 1

obtained 2

ESV (5)

obtain 2

obtained 3

KJV (6)

hath 1

it 1

obtain 1

obtained 3

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (5)

obtain 1

obtained 4

N95 (5)

obtain 1

obtained 4

NAS (5)

obtain 1

obtained 4

NLT (5)

found 1

get 1

have 1

received 2

WEB (6)

he obtained 1

obtain 2

obtained 1

ones obtained it 1

that he 1

YLT (5)

attain 1

did obtain 1

he did obtain 1

obtain 1

obtained 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-2AAI-3P 1

V-2AAI-3S 3

V-2AAN 1

ANT

V-2AAI-3P 1

V-2AAI-3S 3

V-2AAN 1

BEZ

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAI-3S 3

V-AAN- 1

BGB

V-2AAI-3P 1

V-2AAI-3S 3

V-2AAN 1

BMT

V-2AAI-3P 1

V-2AAI-3S 3

V-2AAN 1

BYZ

V-2AAI-3P 1

V-2AAI-3S 3

V-2AAN 1

ELZ

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAI-3S 3

V-AAN 1

NA26

V-3AAIP 1

V-3AAIS 3

V-AAN 1

SBL

V-2AAI-3P 1

V-2AAI-3S 3

V-2AAN 1

SCV

V-2AAI-3P 1

V-2AAI-3S 3

V-2AAN 1

STV

V-2AAI-3P 1

V-2AAI-3S 3

V-2AAN 1

TIS

V-2AAI-3P 1

V-2AAI-3S 3

V-2AAN 1

V-2AAI-3P 1

V-2AAI-3S 3

V-2AAN 1

TRG

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAI-3S 3

V-AAN 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐπιτυγχάνω,

I fut. -τεύξομαι Pl. R. 431c: aor. 2 ἐπέτῠχον: pf. -τετύχηκα Arist. Oec. 1352b5: — prop. hit the mark, τοῦ σκοποῦ, opp. ἀποτυγχάνω, Id. EN 1106b33; οἱ πολλὰ βάλλοντες ἐπιτυγχάνουσι πολλάκις Plu. 2.438a: hence,

1. light or fall upon, meet with, I c. dat. pers., Ar. Nu. 195, 535, Th. 3.75; ἐ. γυναικὶ βιαζομένῃ Pl. Lg. 874c: also c.dat.rei, ἐ. σορῷ Hdt. 1.68; ναυσί Th. 8.34; βιβλίῳ Luc. Dem.Enc. 27; ἐ.[ταῖς θύραις] ἀνεῳγμέναις to find them open, Pl. Smp. 223b.

2. c.gen.pers., μετρίου ἀνδρός Ar. Pl. 245, cf. Plu. Art. 12: c.gen.rei, ἐ. ὁλκάδος ἀναγομένης Th. 3.3; εὐώνων ἐ. a low market, Arist. Oec. l.c.

3. rarely c.acc., τὰς ἁπλᾶς [ἐπιθυμίας] ἐν ὀλίγοις ἐπιτεύξῃ Pl. R. 431c; ἅττ' ἂν ἐπιτύχῃς Eub. 123.5.

4. abs., Ar. Ra. 570, Th. 6.38; mostly ὁ ἐπιτυχών the first person one meets, any chance person, esp. in pl., Hdt. 2.2, Antipho 2.1.1: with neg., οὐδὲ φαύλων ἀνδρῶν οὐδὲ τῶν ἐ. Pl. Cra. 390d; οὐ γὰρ οἶμαι τοῦ ἐ. εἶναι.. Id. Euthphr. 4a; οὐ περὶ τοῦ ἐ. on no common matter, Id. R. 352d: without the Art., ἐπιτυχόντος ἀνθρώπου λόγος E. HF 1248, cf. Phot. p.140R. (=gloss on Eup. 25D.).

III

1. attain to, reach, gain one's end, c.gen.rei, X. Mem. 4.2.28, D. 48.3; εὐχωλᾶς Inscr.Cypr. 134 H. (iv B.C.); πολιτείας BGU 113.3 (ii A.D.), etc.; τοῦ καλῶς [μειγνύναι] Pl. Phlb. 61d; ἐ. τοῦ ἀγῶνος gain one's suit, D. 48.30; profit by, benefit by, φιλανθρωπίας BGU 522.8 (ii A.D.): abs., οὐ δύνασθε ἐπιτυχεῖν Ephesians 4:2.

2. c. part., succeed in doing, Hdt. 8.101, 103 (but ζητέων ἐπιτυγχάνειν find, light upon by searching, Hp. VM 24): so c. inf., Luc. Nec. 6; γαμβροῦ ὁ ἐπιτυχὼν εὗρεν υἱόν he who is lucky in his son-in-law, Democr. 272.

3. c.dat.modi, to be lucky, successful in a thing, μάχῃ Aeschin. 3.165: abs., to be successful, Pl. Men. 97c, Th. 3.42, Arist. Rh. 1354a9; ἂν ἐπιτύχῃ if she succeeds, Men. Epit. 346; τἆλλα ἐ. X. HG 4.5.19: also impers., αὐτῷ οὐδὲν ἐπετύγχανε Ant.Lib. 41.6.

4. Pass., turn out well, αἱ ἐπιτετευγμέναι πράξεις successful, Plb. 6.53.2, cf. Hipparch. ap. Stob. 4.44.81, D.S. 1.1, Plu. 2.674a; φάρμακον -τετευγμένον proved remedy, Heraclid. Tarent. ap. Gal. 12.403. c.dat.pers., converse, talk with one, Pl. Lg. 758c.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἐπιτυγχάνω: 2 aorist ἐπέτυχον;

1. to light or hit upon any person or thing (Aristophanes, Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato).

2. to attain to, obtain: James 4:2; with the genitive of thing, Hebrews 6:15; Hebrews 11:33; with the accusative of thing: τοῦτο, Romans 11:7 (where Rec. τούτου). Cf. Matthiae, § 328; (Winer's Grammar, 200 (188)).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐπι -τυγχάνω ,

[in LXX: Genesis 39:2 (H6743 hi.), Proverbs 12:27 (H2760)*;]

1. to light upon.

2. to obtain, attain to: James 4:2, c. gen. rei (as in cl.), Hebrews 6:15; Hebrews 11:33; c. acc (late Gk.), Romans 11:7 (Rec. τούτου ).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Hort on James 4:2 states that ";ἐπιτυγχάνω does not properly mean to ‘obtain,’ i.e. get possession, but to ‘attain,’ i.e. either fall in with or hit the mark, and is specially used absolutely of being successful."; Of this meaning we have a good ex. in P Tebt II. 314.10 (ii/A.D.) τῆς δὲ τῶν φίλων σπουδῆς τυχόντος ἐπετύχαμ ̣ε ̣ν ̣, ";by means of the good offices of our friends we achieved it"; (Edd.) : cf. BGU I. 332.6 (ii/iii A.D.) εὐχομένη ἡμᾶς ὑγιαίνοντες (l. —τας) ἀπολαβεῖν, ὡς εὔχομαι ἐπιτετευχότας (cf. Hebrews 8:6 אcB, Deissmann BS p. 190). For the absolute use see also P Oxy I. 72.7 (A.D. 90) ἀπογράφομαι Μάρκῳ Πουρκίῳ ἐπιτυγχάνοντι ἀπόντι, ";I register for M. P. who happens to be away."; For the constr. with the gen., as in Hebrews 6:15; Hebrews 11:33, cf. BGU I. 113.8 (A.D. 143) ἐπιτυχόντες. . . τῆς Ῥωμαίων πολειτίας, ib. II. 522.8 (ii/A.D.) αὐτὴ δέομαι, γυν [ὴ ] χήρα καὶ ἀθοήτητος (l. ἀβοήθ —), ἐπιτ [υχε ]ι ̣̑ν τῆς αὐτῆς φιλανθρωπίας. With the acc., as in Romans 11:7, cf. P Par 29.26 (B.C. 161–0) ὑμῖν δὲ γίνοιτο πᾶν ὃ ἂν ἐπιβάλλησθ᾽ ἐπιτυγχάνειν, and with the dat., cf. P Oxy III. 474.33 (A.D. 184?) ἐπιτυγχάνων τοῖς ἀργυρικοῖς λόγοις, where the editors translate ";on examining the accounts of the money revenue."; The subst. = ";success"; appears in OGIS 678.2 (time of Hadrian) ὑπὲρ. . τῆς τῶν ὑπὸ αὐτοῦ ἐπιταγέντων ἔργων ἐπιτυχίας : cf. the adv. ib. 556.6 πρεσβεύσαντα ἐπιτυχῶς ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐλευθερίας. MGr ἐπιτυχαίνω, ";succeed,"; ";attain.";

List of Word Forms

επέτυχε επετυχεν επέτυχεν ἐπέτυχεν επετυχον επέτυχον ἐπέτυχον επιτεύξεται επιτυγχάνων επιτυχειν επιτυχείν ἐπιτυχεῖν epetuchen epetuchon epetychen epétychen epetychon epétychon epituchein epitychein epitycheîn