To happen
συμβαίνωStrong’s G4819sumbainō
Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sumbainō is the Greek word usually translated “were happening”, “happen” and “having taken place”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.
“But 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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “were happening”, “happen” and “having taken place”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- were happening 2
- to happen 1
- having taken place 1
- having happened 1
- it happened that 1
- it was happening 1
- has happened 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
- Mark 1
- Luke 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
- 1 Peter 1
- 2 Peter 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Greek dictionary
συμβαίνω sumbainō · to happen
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “happen” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HAP'PEN, verb intransitive
hap'n.
- To come by chance; to come without one's previous expectation; to fall out.“There shall no evil happen to the just” Proverbs 12:21
- To come; to befall.“They talked together of all those things which had happened” Luke 24:14
- To light; to fall or come unexpectedly.
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.