Definition

to chance near, i.e. fall in with

Etymology

from G3844 (παρά) and G5177 (τυγχάνω);

Word family

• παρά pará
• τυγχάνω tynchánō

How the KJV renders it

• meet with

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.