- Original: τυγχάνω - Transliteration: Tugchano - Phonetic: toong-khan'-o - Definition: 1. to hit the mark a. of one discharging a javelin or arrow 2. to reach, attain, obtain, get, become master of 3. to happen, chance, fall out a. to specify, to take a case, as for example 4. to meet one 5. of he who meets one or presents himself unsought, any chance, ordinary, common person 6. to chance to be - Origin: probably for an obsolete tucho (for which the middle voice of another alternate teucho [to make ready or bring to pass] is used in certain tenses, akin to the base of G5088 through the idea of effecting - TDNT entry: 11:58,1 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: Probably for an obsolete τύχω tuchō(for which the middle voice of another alternate τεύχω teuchō[to make ready or bring to pass] is used in certain tenses; akin to the base of G5088 through the idea of effecting; properly to affect; or (specifically) to hit or light upon (as a mark to be reached) that is (transitively) to attain or secure an object or end or (intransitively) to happen (as if meeting with); but in the latter application only impersonally (with G1487 ) that is perchance; or (present participle) as adjective usual (as if commonly met with with G3756 extraordinary) neuter (as adverb) perhaps; or (with another verb) as adverb by accident (as it were): - be chance enjoy little obtain X refresh . . . self + special. Compare G5180 . Total KJV Occurrences: 11 • be, 2 1 Corinthians 14:10; 1 Corinthians 16:6 • chance, 1 1 Corinthians 15:37 • enjoy, 1 Act 24:2 • himself, 1 Act 27:3 • little, 1 Act 28:2 • obtain, 2 2 Timothy 2:10; Hebrews 11:35 • obtained, 2 Act 26:22; Hebrews 8:6 • special, 1 Act 19:11