Greek verb · G2013
ἐπιτυγχάνω
epitynchanoep-ee-toong-khan'-o
to light upon.; to obtain, attain to
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epitynchánō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2013is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2013
to chance upon, i.e. (by implication) to attain
The King James renders it: obtain.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
epitynchano is rendered "to light upon.; to obtain, attain to". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to light upon.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 11:7What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
Romans 11:7ἐπέτυχεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to light upon., and to obtain, attain to.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to light upon. | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereRomans 11:7What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did… |
| to obtain, attain to | Tagged as
| WhereRomans 11:7What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπιτίθημι | epitithemi | to put/lay on | Uses38 |
| ἐπιτιμάω | epitimao | to rebuke | Uses29 |
| ἐπιτρέπω | epitrepo | to permit | Uses18 |
| ἐπιτάσσω | epitasso | to command | Uses10 |
| ἐπιτελέω | epiteleo | to complete | Uses10 |
| ἐπιταγή | epitage | command | Uses6 |
| ἐπίτροπος | epitropos | manager | Uses3 |
| ἐπιτιμία | epitimia | punishment | Uses1 |
| ἐπιτροπή | epitrope | commission | Uses1 |
| ἐπιτήδειος | epitedeios | necessary | Uses1 |
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐπέτυχεν3
- ἐπέτυχον1
- ἐπιτυχεῖν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-2AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-2AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-2AAN
Romans
two uses
What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
- ἐπέτυχενepetuchenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has obtained
- ἐπέτυχενepetuchenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: obtained
Hebrews
two uses
And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise.
- ἐπέτυχενepetuchenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he obtained
who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,
- ἐπέτυχονepetuchonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: obtained
James
one use
You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.
- ἐπιτυχεῖνepitucheinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to obtain
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.