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hap ´' n ( קרה , ḳārāh ; συμβαίνω , sumbaı́nō ): "Happen" (from "hap"), "to fall out," "befall," etc., "come to anyone," is the translation of ḳārāh , "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 , Ecclesiastes 2:15; Ecclesiastes 9:11 Isaiah 41:22 ); of ḳārā' , "to meet," "cause to happen," etc. (2 Samuel 20:1 ); of hāyāh , "to be" (1 Samuel 6:9 , "It was a chance that happened to us"); of nāgha‛ , "to touch," "to come to" (Ecclesiastes 8:14 bis ). In the New Testament it is in several instances the translation of sumbainō , "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 gı́nomai , "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" (miḳreh ); 2 Esdras 10:6; Baruch 3:10 (tı́ estin' ). The Revised Version (British and American) supplies "that happened" for "were done" (Luke 24:35 ). See also CHANGE .
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Happen'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/h/happen.html. 1915.
