Strong G4819συμβαίνω
to happen
- Transliteration
- sumbainō
- Pronunciation
- soom-bah'ee-no
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
συμ-βαίνω
[in LXX for עָשָׂה, קָרָא, קָרָה, etc.;]
1. to stand with the feet together.
2. to come together, come to terms.
3. Of events, to come to pass, happen: with dative of person(s), Mrk.10:32, Act.3:10 20:19, 1Co.10:11, 1Pe.4:12, 2Pe.2:22; absol., τὰ σνμβεβηκότα, Luk.24:14 (cf. 1Ma.4:26); with accusative and nf., Act.21:35.†
(AS)
[in LXX for עָשָׂה, קָרָא, קָרָה, etc.;]
1. to stand with the feet together.
2. to come together, come to terms.
3. Of events, to come to pass, happen: with dative of person(s), Mrk.10:32, Act.3:10 20:19, 1Co.10:11, 1Pe.4:12, 2Pe.2:22; absol., τὰ σνμβεβηκότα, Luk.24:14 (cf. 1Ma.4:26); with accusative and nf., Act.21:35.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4819 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- happen6
- be1
- befall1
First verses
- Mark 10:32And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him,
- Luke 24:14And they talked together of all these things which had happened.
- Acts 3:10And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
- Acts 20:19Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
- Acts 21:35And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
- 1 Corinthians 10:11Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
- 1 Peter 4:12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
- 2 Peter 2:22But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
συμβαίνω,
future -βήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.3, etc.:)]perfect -βέβηκα, 3rd.pers. plural -βεβᾶσι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 622)], Ionic dialect infinitive -βεβάναι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.146)]: perfect infinitive passive -βεβάσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.98:)]aorist 2 συνέβην (see. below): aorist 1 subjunctive passive ξυμβᾰθῇ [Refs ([prev. author] 4.30)]:— stand with the feet together, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 3; διαβαίνοντες μᾶλλον ἢ συμβεβηκότες 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 1.14; συμβεβηκὼς τὼ πόδε 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.91)]; συμβᾶσα τὼ πόδε, opposed to περιβάδην, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 1.1)]; Παλλάδιον τοῖς ποσὶ συμβεβηκός a statue with closed feet, as in early Greek art, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 3.12.3.)]
2 σ. κακοῖς to be joined to them, i.e. increase them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 37.)]
3 meet, σὺν δ᾽ ἔβη ἐν Φιλότητι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 21.8; τὸν συμβαίνοντά σοι 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 136 (uncertain); σ. αὐτοὶ αὑτοῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.2.17)]; ξυμβέβηκε δ᾽ οὐδαμοῦ has never come in my way, has had naught to do with me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1007.)]
4 attack jointly, ἐπὶ Ναξίους [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 9.1.)]
II most frequently metaphorically, come to an agreement, come to terms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 71, etc.)]; ἐπ᾽ ἐλάττονι σ. agree on (i.e. to accept) less, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 237 viii 11 (2nd c.AD))]: with dative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.52, 4.128, etc.; πρὸς ἀλλήλους [prev. work] 61)], etc.: with neuter adjective, ἐὰν ξυμβῶ τί σοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 175; ἤν τι ξυμβαίνωσι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.5)]; ξ. τὰ πλείω, οὐδέν, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.117, 5.36; τἆλλα τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις [prev. author] 8.98)]: with infinitive, συνέβησαν ἐς τὠυτὸ.., τὸν δὲ βασιλεύειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.13; ξ. ὑπήκοοι εἶναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.117)]; ξ. ἤν τις ἁλίσκηται,.. δοῦλον εἶναι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 103; ξ. τοῖς Πλαταιεῦσι παραδοῦναι σφᾶς αὐτούς [prev. author] 2.4; ξ. πρὸς Νικίαν.. ἐπιτρέψαι [prev. author] 4.54; also συνέβησαν.. ὥστε τριηκοσίους μαχέσασθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.82)]; σ. εἰς τὸ μέσον agree to a compromise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 337e)]; λόγοις σ., of a verbal agreement, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Med.” 737, “Andr.” 233)]: generally, make friends with, ἐκ πολέμου ξ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 867; ἀπὸ τοῦ ἴσου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.19; ἐπὶ τοῖς εἰρημένοις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 590 (troch.): in)]perfect συμβεβάναι and passive, of the agreement, δοκέοντες πάντα συμβεβάναι that everything had been settled, or that they had settled everything, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.146; ἐπὶ τούτοις ξυμβεβάσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.98; ἕως ἄν τι περὶ τοῦ πλέονος ξυμβαθῇ [prev. author] 4.30.)]
II.2 agree with, be on good terms with, οὐ.. Ἀθηναίοισι συνέβαιν᾽ Αἰσχύλος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 807)]; σ. ἑκατέρᾳ τῶν στάσεων hold with one and other of them, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.62.)]
II.3 of things, tally, correspond with, ὁ χρόνος ἐδόκεε τῇ ἡλικίῃ συμβαίνειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.116; ἐθέλων εἰδέναι εἰ [οἱ ἐκείνων λόγοι] συμβήσονται τοῖσι λόγοισι τοῖσι ἐν Μέμφι [prev. author] 2.3; ξυμβαίνει ταῦτα τοῖς πρὸ τοῦ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 8.9; εἰς ταὐτὸ σ. τοῖς ἐμοῖς στίβοις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 210: _absolutely_, ὅπως ἂν ἀρτίκολλα συμβαίνῃ τάδε [prev. work] 580)]; χρησμοί τε συμβαίνουσι are in harmony therewith, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 220, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1164)]; αὐτὸ σ. εἰς ταύτην εἶναι πέμπτην five days later exactly tallies, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.60)]; τοῦτο σ. οὐ πλέον ἢ εἰς δώδεκα comes to no more than 12, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.12; αἱ πεντακόσιαι μάλιστά πως συνέβαινον δραχμαί 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 50(26).94)]; τὸ φαρμακεύεσθαι τῷ καθαίρεσθαι εἰς ταὐτὸν σ. comes to the same thing as.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.901)]; of ashlar-work, fit or range exactly, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 5.8.)]
II.4 fall to one's lot, with dative person, μοι σ. ἆται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 148 (Lyric poetry), etc.; ἡδοναί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.222; τριηραρχία μοι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.49; ἀτυχία [prev. author] 57.65; εὐεργεσιῶν συμβαίνειν καιρόν [prev. author] 20.121.)]
II.5 to be an attribute or characteristic of, ξυνεβεβήκει.. Ἀθηναίοις τοῦτο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.15; τὰ ὀφείλοντα ταῖς ἀρίσταις συμβεβηκέναι τιτθαῖς 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.87, compare 91, 2.6.)]
III of events, come to pass, fall out, happen, συμβαίνει δ᾽ οὐ τὰ μέν, τὰ δ᾽ οὔ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 802)]; τῶνδε ναμέρτεια σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 173; ἐὰν μὴ θεία τις σ. τύχη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 592a; αἱ ἀεὶ συμβαίνουσαι τύχαι [prev. author] “Criti.” 120e)]; εἰ καιρὸς σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 2.5; χρηστόν τι σ. παρὰ θεῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.11; τοὐναντίον συμβαίνειν πέφυκε 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.460: with _dative_, [prev. work]67, 16.724: also euphemistic, ἄν τι ξυμβῇ)] if anything happen (i.e. any evil), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.112, compare “Riv.Fil.” 60.59 (2nd c.BC))]: generally, occur, be found, exist, ἐν τῇ ἀρχαίᾳ ἡμετέρᾳ φωνῇ σ. τὸ ὄνομα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 398b, compare 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 29.15: but,)]
III.b mostly impersonal, sometimes with dative et infinitive, αὐτῷ Ὀλυμπιάδα ἀνελέσθαι συνέβη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.103, compare 3.50, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.1; συμβαίνει τῷ πλοίῳ ἀργεῖν “PCair.Zen.” 650.2 (3rd c.BC),compare “PMich.Zen.” 21.3, +others (3rd c.BC))]: sometimes with accusative et infinitive, συνέβη Γέλωνα νικᾶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.166, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.25; συμβαίνει διὰ παντὸς ἡμᾶς περιφόβους εἶναι “PCair.Zen.” 160.6, compare 132.5 (3rd c.BC), “PEnteux.” 6.2, +others (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.476; σ. τῷ οἰκοδόμῳ μουσικῷ εἶναι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1017a11)]; followed by ὥστε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1152, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.79, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1261a34: with)]participle, σ. ὄν, γιγνόμενον, λεγόμενον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 244d, “Phlb.” 42d, “Cra.” 412a.)]
III.c τὸ συμβεβηκός chance event, contingency, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Prm.” 128c; τὰ συμβαίνοντα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.43; τὰ συμβάντα [prev. author] “An.” 3.1.13; ἀπὸ τοῦ συμβαίνοντος ὁ τόπος εἴληφε τὴν προσηγορίαν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.28.7: hence κατὰ συμβεβηκός)] by accident, contingently (see. below iv. [Refs (1))]; τοῦ συμβαίνοντός ἐστι it depends upon accident, easily happens, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.13.)]
III.2 joined with Adverbs or Adiectives, turn out in a certain way, ὀρθῶς σφι ἡ φήμη συνέβαινε ἐλθοῦσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.101)]; κακῶς, καλῶς συμβῆναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.63, “Cyr.” 5.4.14, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1055; τὰ μητρὸς.. ἔχθιστα συμβέβηκεν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 262)]; ταῦτα.. λαμπρὰ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tr.” 1174; ξυμβεβᾶσιν οἱ λόγοι.. ἀληθεῖς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 622; ἄπιστ᾽ ἀληθῆ πολλὰ σ. βροτοῖς [prev. author] “fragment” 396; σ. μέγιστον κακὸν ἡ ἀδικία 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 479c, cf. Alcaeus 1.130c, “Cra.” 398e; δοκεῖ τὸ μαντεῖον τοὐναντίον ξυμβῆναι ἢ.. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.17; τοιούτου τούτου συμβάντος [prev. author] 1.74)]; συμβαίνει καὶ σοὶ (i.e. ἄριστον) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 903d)]: absolutely, turn out well, ἢν ξυμβῇ ἡ πεῖρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.3; εἴ μοι σ. τοῦτο 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 744a.)]
III.3 of consequences, come out, result, follow, δαπανῶντες ἐς τοιαῦτα ἀφ᾽ ὦν ἡ ἀσθένεια ξυμβαίνει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.45; κάλλιστον δὴ ἔργων ὑμῖν ξυμβήσεται [prev. author] 6.33)]; τὰ συμβάντα, opposed to ἡ προαίρεσις, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.192; δηλοῦται ἐκ τοῦ συμβάντος 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.583; ἐὰν μὴ ὅτι τάχος ἀποσταλῇ τὰ ὑποζύγια, συμβήσεται τὰ μελίσσεια ἀπολέσθαι “PCair.Zen.” 467.8, compare 481.2, +others (3rd c.BC).)]
III.3.b of logical conclusions, result, follow, frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus and 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 459b, etc.; σ. ἐκ τῶν κειμένων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 156b38, +others, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.73)]: impersonal, it follows, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 170c, “Phd.” 74a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1152b25, +others; also σ. μήτε κουφότητ᾽ ἔχειν μήτε βάρος, ἔπειθ᾽ ὅτι ἀδύνατον κινηθῆναι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 270a5: also _person_, συμβαίνει εἶναι or γίγνεσθαι)] turns out to be, i.e. consequently or inevitably is or happens, κάθαρσις εἶναι τοῦτο σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 67c, compare 80b, “Cra.” 396a, “Phlb.” 55a, 64e, “Prm.” 134b, “R.” 438e; ὅσα συμβαίνει γίγνεσθαι κακὰ καὶ ὅσα συμβήσεται [prev. author] “Plt.” 301e: hence συμβεβηκός (see. below iv. 2).)]
IV in Philos., τὸ συμβεβηκός has two senses:
IV.1 a contingent attribute or 'accident' (in the modern sense), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 73b4, “Top.” 102b4, +others)]; κατὰ συμβεβηκός 'accidentally', opposed to καθ᾽ αὑτό, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ph.” 192b22, compare “Metaphorical” 1052a18, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 22)]; opposed to ἁπλῶς, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 71b10, +others)]; opposed to φύσει, [Refs ([prev. author] “de An.” 406a14)]; opposed to κυρίως, πρώτως, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.629, compare 16.575, +others)]; opposed to ἄντικρυς, [Refs ([prev. author] 18(2).180.)]
IV.2 an attribute necessarily resulting from the notion of a thing, but not entering into the definition thereof, οἷον τῷ τριγώνῳ τὸ δύο ὀρθὰς ἔχειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1025a31)]; distinguished by the addition of καθ᾽ αὑτό, [Refs ([prev. author] “APo.” 83b19, +others)]; in Epicurus, essential attribute, property, opposed to σύμπτωμα 'accident', τὰ τούτων συμπτώματα ἢ σ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Ep.” 1p.6U., compare “Nat.” 4 G., +others; σ. ἀνθρώπου τὸ θνητὸν εἶναι 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 3, +others)]; in the Stoics, consequence, opposed to αἴτιον, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.25.)]
future -βήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.3, etc.:)]perfect -βέβηκα, 3rd.pers. plural -βεβᾶσι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 622)], Ionic dialect infinitive -βεβάναι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.146)]: perfect infinitive passive -βεβάσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.98:)]aorist 2 συνέβην (see. below): aorist 1 subjunctive passive ξυμβᾰθῇ [Refs ([prev. author] 4.30)]:— stand with the feet together, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 3; διαβαίνοντες μᾶλλον ἢ συμβεβηκότες 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 1.14; συμβεβηκὼς τὼ πόδε 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.91)]; συμβᾶσα τὼ πόδε, opposed to περιβάδην, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 1.1)]; Παλλάδιον τοῖς ποσὶ συμβεβηκός a statue with closed feet, as in early Greek art, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 3.12.3.)]
2 σ. κακοῖς to be joined to them, i.e. increase them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 37.)]
3 meet, σὺν δ᾽ ἔβη ἐν Φιλότητι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 21.8; τὸν συμβαίνοντά σοι 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 136 (uncertain); σ. αὐτοὶ αὑτοῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.2.17)]; ξυμβέβηκε δ᾽ οὐδαμοῦ has never come in my way, has had naught to do with me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1007.)]
4 attack jointly, ἐπὶ Ναξίους [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 9.1.)]
II most frequently metaphorically, come to an agreement, come to terms, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 71, etc.)]; ἐπ᾽ ἐλάττονι σ. agree on (i.e. to accept) less, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 237 viii 11 (2nd c.AD))]: with dative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.52, 4.128, etc.; πρὸς ἀλλήλους [prev. work] 61)], etc.: with neuter adjective, ἐὰν ξυμβῶ τί σοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 175; ἤν τι ξυμβαίνωσι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.5)]; ξ. τὰ πλείω, οὐδέν, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.117, 5.36; τἆλλα τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις [prev. author] 8.98)]: with infinitive, συνέβησαν ἐς τὠυτὸ.., τὸν δὲ βασιλεύειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.13; ξ. ὑπήκοοι εἶναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.117)]; ξ. ἤν τις ἁλίσκηται,.. δοῦλον εἶναι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 103; ξ. τοῖς Πλαταιεῦσι παραδοῦναι σφᾶς αὐτούς [prev. author] 2.4; ξ. πρὸς Νικίαν.. ἐπιτρέψαι [prev. author] 4.54; also συνέβησαν.. ὥστε τριηκοσίους μαχέσασθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.82)]; σ. εἰς τὸ μέσον agree to a compromise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 337e)]; λόγοις σ., of a verbal agreement, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Med.” 737, “Andr.” 233)]: generally, make friends with, ἐκ πολέμου ξ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 867; ἀπὸ τοῦ ἴσου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.19; ἐπὶ τοῖς εἰρημένοις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 590 (troch.): in)]perfect συμβεβάναι and passive, of the agreement, δοκέοντες πάντα συμβεβάναι that everything had been settled, or that they had settled everything, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.146; ἐπὶ τούτοις ξυμβεβάσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.98; ἕως ἄν τι περὶ τοῦ πλέονος ξυμβαθῇ [prev. author] 4.30.)]
II.2 agree with, be on good terms with, οὐ.. Ἀθηναίοισι συνέβαιν᾽ Αἰσχύλος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 807)]; σ. ἑκατέρᾳ τῶν στάσεων hold with one and other of them, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.62.)]
II.3 of things, tally, correspond with, ὁ χρόνος ἐδόκεε τῇ ἡλικίῃ συμβαίνειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.116; ἐθέλων εἰδέναι εἰ [οἱ ἐκείνων λόγοι] συμβήσονται τοῖσι λόγοισι τοῖσι ἐν Μέμφι [prev. author] 2.3; ξυμβαίνει ταῦτα τοῖς πρὸ τοῦ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 8.9; εἰς ταὐτὸ σ. τοῖς ἐμοῖς στίβοις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 210: _absolutely_, ὅπως ἂν ἀρτίκολλα συμβαίνῃ τάδε [prev. work] 580)]; χρησμοί τε συμβαίνουσι are in harmony therewith, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 220, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1164)]; αὐτὸ σ. εἰς ταύτην εἶναι πέμπτην five days later exactly tallies, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.60)]; τοῦτο σ. οὐ πλέον ἢ εἰς δώδεκα comes to no more than 12, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.12; αἱ πεντακόσιαι μάλιστά πως συνέβαινον δραχμαί 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 50(26).94)]; τὸ φαρμακεύεσθαι τῷ καθαίρεσθαι εἰς ταὐτὸν σ. comes to the same thing as.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.901)]; of ashlar-work, fit or range exactly, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 5.8.)]
II.4 fall to one's lot, with dative person, μοι σ. ἆται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 148 (Lyric poetry), etc.; ἡδοναί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.222; τριηραρχία μοι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.49; ἀτυχία [prev. author] 57.65; εὐεργεσιῶν συμβαίνειν καιρόν [prev. author] 20.121.)]
II.5 to be an attribute or characteristic of, ξυνεβεβήκει.. Ἀθηναίοις τοῦτο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.15; τὰ ὀφείλοντα ταῖς ἀρίσταις συμβεβηκέναι τιτθαῖς 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.87, compare 91, 2.6.)]
III of events, come to pass, fall out, happen, συμβαίνει δ᾽ οὐ τὰ μέν, τὰ δ᾽ οὔ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 802)]; τῶνδε ναμέρτεια σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 173; ἐὰν μὴ θεία τις σ. τύχη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 592a; αἱ ἀεὶ συμβαίνουσαι τύχαι [prev. author] “Criti.” 120e)]; εἰ καιρὸς σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 2.5; χρηστόν τι σ. παρὰ θεῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.11; τοὐναντίον συμβαίνειν πέφυκε 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.460: with _dative_, [prev. work]67, 16.724: also euphemistic, ἄν τι ξυμβῇ)] if anything happen (i.e. any evil), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.112, compare “Riv.Fil.” 60.59 (2nd c.BC))]: generally, occur, be found, exist, ἐν τῇ ἀρχαίᾳ ἡμετέρᾳ φωνῇ σ. τὸ ὄνομα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 398b, compare 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 29.15: but,)]
III.b mostly impersonal, sometimes with dative et infinitive, αὐτῷ Ὀλυμπιάδα ἀνελέσθαι συνέβη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.103, compare 3.50, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.1; συμβαίνει τῷ πλοίῳ ἀργεῖν “PCair.Zen.” 650.2 (3rd c.BC),compare “PMich.Zen.” 21.3, +others (3rd c.BC))]: sometimes with accusative et infinitive, συνέβη Γέλωνα νικᾶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.166, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.25; συμβαίνει διὰ παντὸς ἡμᾶς περιφόβους εἶναι “PCair.Zen.” 160.6, compare 132.5 (3rd c.BC), “PEnteux.” 6.2, +others (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.476; σ. τῷ οἰκοδόμῳ μουσικῷ εἶναι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1017a11)]; followed by ὥστε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1152, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.79, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1261a34: with)]participle, σ. ὄν, γιγνόμενον, λεγόμενον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 244d, “Phlb.” 42d, “Cra.” 412a.)]
III.c τὸ συμβεβηκός chance event, contingency, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Prm.” 128c; τὰ συμβαίνοντα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.43; τὰ συμβάντα [prev. author] “An.” 3.1.13; ἀπὸ τοῦ συμβαίνοντος ὁ τόπος εἴληφε τὴν προσηγορίαν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.28.7: hence κατὰ συμβεβηκός)] by accident, contingently (see. below iv. [Refs (1))]; τοῦ συμβαίνοντός ἐστι it depends upon accident, easily happens, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.13.)]
III.2 joined with Adverbs or Adiectives, turn out in a certain way, ὀρθῶς σφι ἡ φήμη συνέβαινε ἐλθοῦσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.101)]; κακῶς, καλῶς συμβῆναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.63, “Cyr.” 5.4.14, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1055; τὰ μητρὸς.. ἔχθιστα συμβέβηκεν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 262)]; ταῦτα.. λαμπρὰ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tr.” 1174; ξυμβεβᾶσιν οἱ λόγοι.. ἀληθεῖς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 622; ἄπιστ᾽ ἀληθῆ πολλὰ σ. βροτοῖς [prev. author] “fragment” 396; σ. μέγιστον κακὸν ἡ ἀδικία 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 479c, cf. Alcaeus 1.130c, “Cra.” 398e; δοκεῖ τὸ μαντεῖον τοὐναντίον ξυμβῆναι ἢ.. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.17; τοιούτου τούτου συμβάντος [prev. author] 1.74)]; συμβαίνει καὶ σοὶ (i.e. ἄριστον) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 903d)]: absolutely, turn out well, ἢν ξυμβῇ ἡ πεῖρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.3; εἴ μοι σ. τοῦτο 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 744a.)]
III.3 of consequences, come out, result, follow, δαπανῶντες ἐς τοιαῦτα ἀφ᾽ ὦν ἡ ἀσθένεια ξυμβαίνει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.45; κάλλιστον δὴ ἔργων ὑμῖν ξυμβήσεται [prev. author] 6.33)]; τὰ συμβάντα, opposed to ἡ προαίρεσις, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.192; δηλοῦται ἐκ τοῦ συμβάντος 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.583; ἐὰν μὴ ὅτι τάχος ἀποσταλῇ τὰ ὑποζύγια, συμβήσεται τὰ μελίσσεια ἀπολέσθαι “PCair.Zen.” 467.8, compare 481.2, +others (3rd c.BC).)]
III.3.b of logical conclusions, result, follow, frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus and 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 459b, etc.; σ. ἐκ τῶν κειμένων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 156b38, +others, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.73)]: impersonal, it follows, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 170c, “Phd.” 74a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1152b25, +others; also σ. μήτε κουφότητ᾽ ἔχειν μήτε βάρος, ἔπειθ᾽ ὅτι ἀδύνατον κινηθῆναι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 270a5: also _person_, συμβαίνει εἶναι or γίγνεσθαι)] turns out to be, i.e. consequently or inevitably is or happens, κάθαρσις εἶναι τοῦτο σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 67c, compare 80b, “Cra.” 396a, “Phlb.” 55a, 64e, “Prm.” 134b, “R.” 438e; ὅσα συμβαίνει γίγνεσθαι κακὰ καὶ ὅσα συμβήσεται [prev. author] “Plt.” 301e: hence συμβεβηκός (see. below iv. 2).)]
IV in Philos., τὸ συμβεβηκός has two senses:
IV.1 a contingent attribute or 'accident' (in the modern sense), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 73b4, “Top.” 102b4, +others)]; κατὰ συμβεβηκός 'accidentally', opposed to καθ᾽ αὑτό, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ph.” 192b22, compare “Metaphorical” 1052a18, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 22)]; opposed to ἁπλῶς, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 71b10, +others)]; opposed to φύσει, [Refs ([prev. author] “de An.” 406a14)]; opposed to κυρίως, πρώτως, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.629, compare 16.575, +others)]; opposed to ἄντικρυς, [Refs ([prev. author] 18(2).180.)]
IV.2 an attribute necessarily resulting from the notion of a thing, but not entering into the definition thereof, οἷον τῷ τριγώνῳ τὸ δύο ὀρθὰς ἔχειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1025a31)]; distinguished by the addition of καθ᾽ αὑτό, [Refs ([prev. author] “APo.” 83b19, +others)]; in Epicurus, essential attribute, property, opposed to σύμπτωμα 'accident', τὰ τούτων συμπτώματα ἢ σ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Ep.” 1p.6U., compare “Nat.” 4 G., +others; σ. ἀνθρώπου τὸ θνητὸν εἶναι 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 3, +others)]; in the Stoics, consequence, opposed to αἴτιον, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.25.)]