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Chance

פֶּ֫גַעStrong’s H6294

pega (pe-ga)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Pega is the Hebrew word usually translated “occurrence” and “chance”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.”
1 Kings 5:4 KJV
Meaning
  1. Occurrence, happening, chance
How it's translated
  • an occurrence 1
  • and chance 1

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

Where it's used most
  • 1 Kings 1
  • Ecclesiastes 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

פֶּ֫גַע pega · chance

occurrence, happening, chance

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

CHANCE, noun

  1. An event that happens, falls out or takes place, without being contrived, intended, expected or foreseen; the effect of an unknown cause, or the unusual or unexpected effect of a known cause; accident; casualty; fortuitous event; as, time and chance happen to all.“By chance a priest came down that way” Luke 10:31
  2. Fortune; what fortune may bing; as, they must take their chance
  3. An event, good or evil; success or misfortune; luck.
  4. Possibility of an occurrence; opportunity.
All definitions and other forms of “chance”

    CHANCE, verb intransitive

    To happen; to fall out; to come or arrive without design, or expectation.

    1. “If a birds nest chance to be before thee” Deuteronomy 22:6

    CHANCE, adjective

    Happening by chance; casual; as a chance comer.

      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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.