συμβαίνω

συμβαίνω — symbaínō

συμβαίνω (ξυμβαίνω Rec.bez in 1Pe 4:12; see Sigma, at the end); imperfect συνέβαινον; 2 aorist συνεβην, participle συμβάς; perfect συμβέβηκα; from (Aeschylus), Herodotus down;

1. to walk with the feet near together.

2. to come together, meet with one; hence,

3. of things which fall out at the same time, to happen, turn out, come to pass (so occasionally in the Sept for קָרָה and קָרָא); as very often in Greek writings (the Sept. Gen 42:4; Gen 44:29), συμβαινει τί τίνι, something befalls, happens to, one: Mar 10:32; Act 20:19; 1Co 10:11; (1Pe 4:12); 2Pe 2:22; τό συμβεβηκός τίνι, Act 3:10 (Susanna 26); absolutely, τά συμβεβηκότα, the things that had happened, Luk 24:14 (1Ma 4:26; (Josephus, contra Apion 1, 22, 17)); συνέβη followed by an accusative with an infinitive it happened (A. V. so it was) that, etc.: Act 21:35 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 323 (303)), examples from secular authors are given by Grimm on 2Ma 3:2.