Strong's Lexicon
entugchanó: To intercede, to make petition, to appeal
Original Word:ἐντυγχάνω
Part of Speech:Verb
Transliteration:entugchanó
Pronunciation:en-toong-khan'-o
Phonetic Spelling:(en-toong-khan'-o)
Definition:To intercede, to make petition, to appeal
Meaning:(a) I meet, encounter, hence: (b) I call (upon), make a petition, make suit, supplication.
Word Origin:From the combination of "en" (in) and a derivative of "tugchanó" (to hit the mark, to meet)
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries:The concept of intercession in the Hebrew Bible is often associated with the verb פָּגַע (paga, Strong's H6293), which means to meet, encounter, or make intercession.
Usage:The verb "entugchanó" primarily means to intercede or make a petition on behalf of someone else. It conveys the idea of approaching or appealing to someone in authority, often with a sense of urgency or earnestness. In the New Testament, it is used to describe the act of intercession, particularly in a spiritual or prayerful context.
Cultural and Historical Background:In ancient Greek culture, intercession was a common practice, often involving a mediator who would appeal to a higher authority on behalf of another. This concept was familiar in both civic and religious contexts. In the Jewish tradition, intercession was a significant aspect of the priestly role, where priests would intercede for the people before God. The New Testament writers, particularly Paul, adopt this concept to describe the intercessory work of Christ and the Holy Spirit.
HELPS Word-studies
1793entygxánō (from1722/en, "in," which intensifies5177/tygxánō, "to obtain by hitting the mark") – properly, "light upon (meet with), obtain" (LS); "to go and meet a person to converse, consult," i.e. tointervene ("intersect with").
[J. Thayer documents how this meaning is consistently the same in ancient Greek writers.
The root of5177 (tygxánō) means "to strike, hit the bulls-eye" ("spot on"). Accordingly, it is used in classical Greek as theantonym ofharmartia ("to miss the mark, sin"), so Lucian, Xenophon, Homer, etc. (see Thayer,5177/tygxánō).]
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
en and
tugchanóDefinitionto chance upon, by impl. confer with, by ext. entreat
NASB Translationappealed (1), intercedes (2), make intercession (1), pleads (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1793: ἐντυγχάνωἐντυγχάνω; 2 aorist
ἐνέτυχον; generally with a dative either of person or of thing;
1.to light upon a person or a thing, fall in with, hit upon, a person or a thing; so often in Attic.
2.to go to or meet a person, especiallyfor the purpose of conversation, consultation, or supplication (Polybius,Plutarch,Aelian, others): with the additionπερίτίνος, the genitive of person,for the purpose of consulting about a person,Acts 25:24 (R. V.made suit); to make petition:ἐνέτυχοντῷκυρίῳκαίἐδεήθηναὐτοῦ, Wis. 8:21;ἐνέτυχοντῷβασιλεῖτήνἀπόλυσιν ...αἰτούμενοι, 3Macc. 6:37; hence,to pray, entreat:ὑπέρ with the genitive of personto make intercession for anyone (the dative of the person approached in prayer being omitted, as evident from the context),Romans 8:21, 34;Hebrews 7:25, (followed byπερί with the genitive of person,Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 56, 1 [ET]);τίνικατάτίνος (to plead with one against anyone),to accuse one to anyone,Romans 11:2, cf. 1 Macc. 8:32 1 Macc. 10:61, 63f 1 Macc. 11:25. (Not found in theSept.) (Compare:ὑπερεντυγχάνω.)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
plead with, make intercession.
Fromen andtugchano; to chance upon, i.e. (by implication) confer with; by extension to entreat (in favor or against) -- deal with, make intercession.
see GREEKen
see GREEKtugchano
Forms and Transliterations
ενετυχεν ἐνέτυχέν ενέτυχόν ἐνέτυχόν εντυγχανει εντυγχάνει ἐντυγχάνει εντυγχανειν ἐντυγχάνειν enetuchon enetychon enétychón entunchanei entunchanein entynchanei entynchánei entynchanein entynchánein
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