International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
HAPPENhap'-'-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
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.
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
... /hebrew/7122.htm - 6k 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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