Bible Dictionary: Happen

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.

2. (v. i.) To take place; to occur.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

HAPPEN

hap'-'-n (qarah; sumbaino): "Happen" (from "hap"), "to fall out," "befall," etc., "come to anyone," is the translation of qarah, "to meet," etc. (1 Samuel 28:10, "There shall no punishment happen to thee," the Revised Version margin "guilt come upon thee"; 2 Samuel 1:6 Esther 4:7 Ecclesiastes 2:14, 15; Ecclesiastes 9:11 Isaiah 41:22); of qara', "to meet," "cause to happen," etc. (2 Samuel 20:1); of hayah, "to be" (1 Samuel 6:9, "It was a chance that happened to us"); of nagha', "to touch," "to come to" (Ecclesiastes 8:14 bis). In the New Testament it is in several instances the translation of sumbaino, "to go" or "come up together" "to happen" (Mark 10:32 Luke 24:14 Acts 3:10 1 Corinthians 10:11 1 Peter 4:12 2 Peter 2:22); once of ginomai, "to become," "to happen" (Romans 11:25, the Revised Version (British and American), "befallen"). "Happeneth" occurs (Ecclesiastes 2:15, as it happeneth to the fool" (miqreh); APC 2Esdras 10:6 Baruch 3:10 (ti estin)). The Revised Version (British and American) supplies "that happened" for "were done" (Luke 24:35).

See also CHANGE.

W. L. Walker

Greek

5177. tugchano -- to hit, hit upon, meet, happen
... to hit, hit upon, meet, happen. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: tugchano Phonetic
Spelling: (toong-khan'-o) Short Definition: I obtain, I happen, perhaps ...
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1096. ginomai -- to come into being, to happen, to become
... to come into being, to happen, to become. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:
ginomai Phonetic Spelling: (ghin'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I come into being ...
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4266. proginomai -- to happen before
... to happen before. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: proginomai Phonetic Spelling:
(prog-in'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I happen previously Definition: I ...
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3909. paratugchano -- to happen to be near or present
... to happen to be near or present. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: paratugchano
Phonetic Spelling: (par-at-oong-khan'-o) Short Definition: I chance to meet ...
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4819. sumbaino -- to come together, ie (of events) to come to pass
... ie (of events) to come to pass. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sumbaino Phonetic
Spelling: (soom-bah'-ee-no) Short Definition: I happen, occur Definition ...
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4795. sugkuria -- chance
... 4795 (from 4862 , "identified " and , "to happen -incidentally") -- properly, what
occurs by God's arrangement of circumstances -- all achieving in each scene ...
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3195. mello -- to be about to
... 3195 -- properly, at the of acting; , " to happen." 3195 () is used "in general
of what is to happen" (J. Thayer). Word Origin a prim. ...
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4876. sunantao -- to meet with, hence to befall
... Word Origin from sun and antao (to come opposite, meet face to face) Definition
to meet with, hence to befall NASB Word Usage happen (1), meet (1), met (4). ...
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1510. eimi -- I exist, I am
... 1), come (5), consist (1), crave* (1), depends* (1), do (1), done* (1), exist (3),
existed (4), existed* (1), falls (1), found (1), had (8), happen (4), have (2 ...
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2569. kalopoieo -- to do well
... properly, doing good that others to rise up and also do what is (), ie to "act with
holy affections." 2569 (" that inspires") can only happen through faith ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7122. qara -- to encounter, befall
... befall NASB Word Usage against (16), befall (4), befallen (2), came (1), chance
(1), come (1), down* (1), encounter (2), engage (1), event* (1), happen to come ...
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579. anah -- to be opportune, to meet, encounter opportunely
... let him fall (1), seeking a quarrel (1). befall, deliver, happen, seek
a quarrel. A primitive root (perhaps rather identical with ...
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1961. hayah -- to fall out, come to pass, become, be
... form (1), gave (1), give (1), go (4), gone (1), grown (1), had (80), had not been
(2), had been (1), had belonged (1), had...been (2), happen (11), happened (48 ...
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5060. naga -- to touch, reach, strike
... beat, be able to bring down, cast, come nigh, draw near nigh, get up, happen,
join,. A primitive root; properly, to touch, ie Lay ...
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7136. qarah -- to encounter, meet, befall
... appoint, lay make beams, befall, bring, come to pass unto, floor, hap was,
happen unto, A primitive root; to light upon (chiefly ...
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7136a. qarah -- to encounter, meet, befall
... root Definition to encounter, meet, befall NASB Word Usage befall (1), befalls
(2), come (3), come true (1), grant me success (1), happen (2), happened (4 ...
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4745. miqreh -- accident, chance, fortune
... 1), chance (1), fate (6), happened* (1). something befallen, befall, chance,
event, happen. From qarah; something met with, ie An ...
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6293. paga -- to meet, encounter, reach
... encounter, reach NASB Word Usage approach (1), attack (2), attacked (1), came (1),
cut him down (1), entreat (2), fall (7), fell (4), happen (1), intercede (2 ...
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4291. meta -- to reach, attain
... or mtah (Aramaic) {met-aw'}; apparently corresponding to matsa' in the intransitive
sense of being found present; to arrive, extend or happen -- come, reach. ...
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6213a. asah -- do, make
... 1), follow (1), followed (1), fulfill (1), fulfilling (1), gather (1), gave (4),
give you over (1), grant (1), granted (1), greedily (1), happen (1), happened ...
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Library

Whether the Resurrection Will Happen Suddenly or by Degrees?
... OF THE TIME AND MANNER OF THE RESURRECTION (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether the
resurrection will happen suddenly or by degrees? Objection ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the resurrection will happen.htm

Argument: Moreover, what Will Happen to the Christians Themselves ...
... Chapter XII."Argument: Moreover, What Will Happen to the Christians Themselves After
Death, May Be Anticipated from the Fact that Even Now They are Destitute ...
/.../the octavius of minucius felix/chapter xii argument moreover what will.htm

Whether Anything Can Happen Outside the Order of the Divine ...
... ON THE CONSERVATION AND GOVERNMENT OF CREATURES (QQ -119)OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THINGS
IN GENERAL (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether anything can happen outside the order ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether anything can happen outside.htm

Whether Passive Scandal May Happen Even to the Perfect?
... OF SCANDAL (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether passive scandal may happen even to the
perfect? Objection 1: It would seem that passive scandal ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether passive scandal may happen.htm

Bishop Hosius Said: if it Happen that in a Province in which There ...
... The Sixth Ecumenical Council. Canon VI. Bishop Hosius said: If it happen
that in a province in which there are very� (Greek.) ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon vi bishop hosius said .htm

Petilianus Said: "But if it Should So Happen...
... Book II. Chapter 54. " 123. Petilianus said: "But if it should so happen�
"123. Petilianus said: "But if it should so happen ...
/.../chapter 54 123 petilianus.htm

The History of the Spurious Alexander. Archelaus is Banished and ...
... Spurious Alexander. Archelaus Is Banished And Glaphyra Dies, After What Was
To Happen To Both Of Them Had Been Showed Them In Dreams. 1 ...
/.../chapter 7 the history of.htm

That we must Never Murmur, but Bless God Concerning all Things ...
... Third Book. 14. That we must never murmur, but bless God concerning all things
that happen. In Job: "Say some word against the Lord, and die. ...
/.../cyprian/three books of testimonies against the jews/14 that we must never.htm

What Solomon, in the Book of Ecclesiastes, Says Regarding the ...
... Book XX. Chapter 3."What Solomon, in the Book of Ecclesiastes, Says Regarding
the Things Which Happen Alike to Good and Wicked Men. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 3 what solomon in the.htm

What we Should Believe Concerning the Transformations which Seem ...
... Book XVIII. Chapter 18."What We Should Believe Concerning the Transformations
Which Seem to Happen to Men Through the Art of Demons. ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 18 what we should believe.htm

Thesaurus

Happen (328 Occurrences)
...HAPPEN. hap'-'-n (qarah; sumbaino): "Happen" (from "hap"), "to fall out," "befall,"
etc., "come to anyone," is the translation of qarah, "to meet," etc. ...
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Wars (24 Occurrences)
... wars. See that you aren't troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not
yet. ... troubled. For those must happen, but the end is not yet. ...
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Frightened (38 Occurrences)
... See that you aren't troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet.
(See NAS). ... For those must happen, but the end is not yet. (See NAS). ...
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Prophesies (17 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 28:9 The prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet
shall happen, then shall the prophet be known, that Yahweh has truly sent him. ...
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Befall (25 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To happen to. 2. (vi) To come to pass; to
happen. Multi-Version Concordance Befall (25 Occurrences). ...
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Gog (12 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 38:16 and you shall come up against my people Israel, as a cloud to cover
the land: it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring you against ...
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Latter (91 Occurrences)
... Exodus 4:8 "It will happen, if they will neither believe you nor listen to the voice
of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. ...
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Hereafter (23 Occurrences)
... Revelation 1:19 Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which
are, and the things which will happen hereafter; (WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV). ...
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Occur (13 Occurrences)
... 3. (vi) To meet one's eye; to be found or met with; to present itself; to offer;
to appear; to happen; to take place; as, I will write if opportunity occurs. ...
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Punish (84 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 10:12 Therefore it will happen that, when the Lord has performed his whole
work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the willful ...
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Bible Concordance

Happen (328 Occurrences)

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