Strong G2013ἐπιτυγχάνω
to obtain
- Transliteration
- epitugchanō
- Pronunciation
- ep-ee-toong-khan'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐπι-τυγχάνω
[in LXX: Gen.39:2 (צָלַח hi.), Pro.12:27 (חָרַךְ)*;]
1. to light upon.
2. to obtain, attain to: Jas.4:2, with genitive of thing(s) (as in cl.), Heb.6:15 11:33; with accusative (late Gk.), Rom.11:7 (Rec. τούτου).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Gen.39:2 (צָלַח hi.), Pro.12:27 (חָרַךְ)*;]
1. to light upon.
2. to obtain, attain to: Jas.4:2, with genitive of thing(s) (as in cl.), Heb.6:15 11:33; with accusative (late Gk.), Rom.11:7 (Rec. τούτου).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2013 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- obtain4
- hath1
First verses
- Romans 11:7What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
- Hebrews 6:15And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
- Hebrews 11:33Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
- James 4:2Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπιτυγχάνω,
future -τεύξομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 431c:)]aorist 2 ἐπέτῠχον: perfect -τετύχηκα[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1352b5)]:—properly hit the mark, τοῦ σκοποῦ, opposed to ἀποτυγχάνω, [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] “EN” 1106b33; οἱ πολλὰ βάλλοντες ἐπιτυγχάνουσι πολλάκις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.438a: hence,)]
II light or fall upon, meet with,
I with dative person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 195, 535, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.75; ἐ. γυναικὶ βιαζομένῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 874c: also c._dative_ _of things_, ἐ. σορῷ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68; ναυσί 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.34; βιβλίῳ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 27)]; ἐ.[ταῖς θύραις] ἀνεῳγμέναις to find them open, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 223b.)]
I.2 c.genitive person, μετρίου ἀνδρός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 245, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Artoxerxes” 12: c._genitive_ _of things_, ἐ. ὁλκάδος ἀναγομένης 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.3)]; εὐώνων ἐ. a low market, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oec.” [prev. cited])]
I.3 rarely c.accusative, τὰς ἁπλᾶς [ἐπιθυμίας] ἐν ὀλίγοις ἐπιτεύξῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 431c; ἅττ᾽ ἂν ἐπιτύχῃς 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 123.5.)]
I.4 absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 570, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.38)]; mostly ὁ ἐπιτυχών the first person one meets, any chance person, especially in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.2, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.1: with _negative_, οὐδὲ φαύλων ἀνδρῶν οὐδὲ τῶν ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 390d; οὐ γὰρ οἶμαι τοῦ ἐ. εἶναι.. [prev. author] “Euthphr.” 4a)]; οὐ περὶ τοῦ ἐ. on no common matter, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 352d)]: without the Article, ἐπιτυχόντος ἀνθρώπου λόγος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1248, cf. Phot. p.140R. (=gloss on 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 25D.).)]
III attain to, reach, gain one's end, c.genitive of things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.28, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 48.3; εὐχωλᾶς “Inscription Cyprian dialect” 134 H.(4th c.BC))]; πολιτείας [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 113.3 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]; τοῦ καλῶς [μειγνύναι] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 61d)]; ἐ. τοῦ ἀγῶνος gain one's suit, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 48.30)]; profit by, benefit by, φιλανθρωπίας [NT+2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 522.8 (2nd c.AD): _absolutely_, οὐ δύνασθε ἐπιτυχεῖν NT.Jam.4.2.)]
III.2 c.participle, succeed in doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.101, 103 (but ζητέων ἐπιτυγχάνειν)] find, light upon by searching, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 24))]: so with infinitive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nec.” 6)]; γαμβροῦ ὁ ἐπιτυχὼν εὗρεν υἱόν he who is lucky in his son-in-law, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 272.)]
III.3 c.dative modi, to be lucky, successful in a thing, μάχῃ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.165)]: absolutely, to be successful, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 97c, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.42, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1354a9)]; ἂν ἐπιτύχῃ if she succeeds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 346; τἆλλα ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.5.19: also _impersonal_, αὐτῷ οὐδὲν ἐπετύγχανε 2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 41.6.)]
III.4 passive, turn out well, αἱ ἐπιτετευγμέναι πράξεις successful, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.53.2, compare 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.44.81, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.1, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.674a)]; φάρμακον -τετευγμένον proved remedy, Heraclid.Tarentum dialect cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.403.)]
IV c.dative person, converse, talk with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 758c.)]
future -τεύξομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 431c:)]aorist 2 ἐπέτῠχον: perfect -τετύχηκα[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1352b5)]:—properly hit the mark, τοῦ σκοποῦ, opposed to ἀποτυγχάνω, [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] “EN” 1106b33; οἱ πολλὰ βάλλοντες ἐπιτυγχάνουσι πολλάκις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.438a: hence,)]
II light or fall upon, meet with,
I with dative person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 195, 535, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.75; ἐ. γυναικὶ βιαζομένῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 874c: also c._dative_ _of things_, ἐ. σορῷ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.68; ναυσί 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.34; βιβλίῳ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 27)]; ἐ.[ταῖς θύραις] ἀνεῳγμέναις to find them open, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 223b.)]
I.2 c.genitive person, μετρίου ἀνδρός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 245, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Artoxerxes” 12: c._genitive_ _of things_, ἐ. ὁλκάδος ἀναγομένης 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.3)]; εὐώνων ἐ. a low market, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oec.” [prev. cited])]
I.3 rarely c.accusative, τὰς ἁπλᾶς [ἐπιθυμίας] ἐν ὀλίγοις ἐπιτεύξῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 431c; ἅττ᾽ ἂν ἐπιτύχῃς 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 123.5.)]
I.4 absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 570, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.38)]; mostly ὁ ἐπιτυχών the first person one meets, any chance person, especially in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.2, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.1: with _negative_, οὐδὲ φαύλων ἀνδρῶν οὐδὲ τῶν ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 390d; οὐ γὰρ οἶμαι τοῦ ἐ. εἶναι.. [prev. author] “Euthphr.” 4a)]; οὐ περὶ τοῦ ἐ. on no common matter, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 352d)]: without the Article, ἐπιτυχόντος ἀνθρώπου λόγος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1248, cf. Phot. p.140R. (=gloss on 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 25D.).)]
III attain to, reach, gain one's end, c.genitive of things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.28, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 48.3; εὐχωλᾶς “Inscription Cyprian dialect” 134 H.(4th c.BC))]; πολιτείας [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 113.3 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]; τοῦ καλῶς [μειγνύναι] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 61d)]; ἐ. τοῦ ἀγῶνος gain one's suit, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 48.30)]; profit by, benefit by, φιλανθρωπίας [NT+2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 522.8 (2nd c.AD): _absolutely_, οὐ δύνασθε ἐπιτυχεῖν NT.Jam.4.2.)]
III.2 c.participle, succeed in doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.101, 103 (but ζητέων ἐπιτυγχάνειν)] find, light upon by searching, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 24))]: so with infinitive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nec.” 6)]; γαμβροῦ ὁ ἐπιτυχὼν εὗρεν υἱόν he who is lucky in his son-in-law, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 272.)]
III.3 c.dative modi, to be lucky, successful in a thing, μάχῃ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.165)]: absolutely, to be successful, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 97c, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.42, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1354a9)]; ἂν ἐπιτύχῃ if she succeeds, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 346; τἆλλα ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.5.19: also _impersonal_, αὐτῷ οὐδὲν ἐπετύγχανε 2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 41.6.)]
III.4 passive, turn out well, αἱ ἐπιτετευγμέναι πράξεις successful, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.53.2, compare 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.44.81, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.1, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.674a)]; φάρμακον -τετευγμένον proved remedy, Heraclid.Tarentum dialect cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.403.)]
IV c.dative person, converse, talk with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 758c.)]