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Befall

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: γίνομαι

(Strong's #1096 — Verb — ginomai — ghin'-om-ahee )

"to become," is rendered "befell" in Mark 5:16; "hath befallen" in Romans 11:25 , RV, for AV, "is happened to;" so the RV in 2 Corinthians 1:8; 2 Timothy 3:11 .

2: συμβαίνω

(Strong's #4819 — Verb — sumbaino — soom-bah'ee-no )

lit., "to walk, or go together" (sun, "with," baino, "to go"), is used of things which happen at the same time; hence, "to come to pass, befall," Acts 20:19 . In 21:35, it is translated "so it was." See HAPPEN.

3: συναντάω

(Strong's #4876 — Verb — sunantao — soon-an-tah'-o )

"to meet with" (sun, "with," antao, "to meet"), is used much in the same way as sumbaino, of events which come to pass; "befall," Acts 20:22 . See MEET.

Note: The phrase in Matthew 8:33 , "what was befallen to them that were possessed with demons," is lit., "the things of the demonized."

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Befall'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​b/befall.html. 1940.
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