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Coincidence

συγκυρίαStrong’s G4795

sugkuria

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Sugkuria is the Greek word usually translated “chance”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.”
Luke 10:31 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “chance”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • chance 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    συγκυρία sugkuria · coincidence

    συγκυρία, -ας, ἡ (συγκυρέω, to happen), [in Sm.: 1Ki.6:9 (מִקְרֶה) * ;] (more frequently in late writers, συγκύρησις, -ημα), chance, coincidence: κατὰ σ. (see MM, xxiii), Luk.10:31 (Hippocr., Eccl.).† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “coincidence” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    COINCIDENCE, noun

    1. The falling or meeting of two or more lines, surfaces, or bodies in the same point.
    2. Concurrence; consistency; agreement; as the coincidence of two or more opinions; coincidence of evidences.
    3. A meeting of events in time; concurrence; a happening at the same time; as coincidence of events.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.