verb

paratunchanamō

Greekπαρατυγχάνω (paratunchanō)

Strong’sG3909

I chance to meet

stem paratunchan-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

happened to be there1×

What it means

* παρα-τυγχάνω,

to happen to be near or present: Ac 17:17.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3909 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpar-at-oong-khan'-o

to chance near, i.e. fall in with

Fromfrom G3844 and G5177;

King Jamesmeet with.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
paratunchanarōtoinπαρατυγχάνοντας	happening now · objectpresent active participle accusative plural masculine	happened to be there	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	paratunchanamō	paratunchaname	paratunchanami	paratunchanama	paratunchanamē	paratunchanamelē
you 2nd person singular	paratunchanasō	paratunchanase	paratunchanasi	paratunchanasa	paratunchanasē	paratunchanaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	paratunchanatō	paratunchanate	paratunchanati	paratunchanata	paratunchanatē	paratunchanatelē
we 1st person plural	paratunchananō	paratunchanane	paratunchanani	paratunchanana	paratunchananē	paratunchananelē
ye 2nd person plural	paratunchanavō	paratunchanave	paratunchanavi	paratunchanava	paratunchanavē	paratunchanavelē
they 3rd person plural	paratunchanalō	paratunchanale	paratunchanali	paratunchanala	paratunchanalē	paratunchanalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	paratunchanameiō	paratunchanameia	paratunchanameiē
you 2nd person singular	paratunchanaseiō	paratunchanaseia	paratunchanaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	paratunchanateiō	paratunchanateia	paratunchanateiē
we 1st person plural	paratunchananeiō	paratunchananeia	paratunchananeiē
ye 2nd person plural	paratunchanaveiō	paratunchanaveia	paratunchanaveiē
they 3rd person plural	paratunchanaleiō	paratunchanaleia	paratunchanaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	paratunchanasōr	paratunchanasar	paratunchanasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	paratunchanatōr	paratunchanatar	paratunchanatēr
ye 2nd person plural	paratunchanavōr	paratunchanavar	paratunchanavēr
they 3rd person plural	paratunchanalōr	paratunchanalar	paratunchanalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	paratunchanamoiō	paratunchanamoia
you 2nd person singular	paratunchanasoiō	paratunchanasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	paratunchanatoiō	paratunchanatoia
we 1st person plural	paratunchananoiō	paratunchananoia
ye 2nd person plural	paratunchanavoiō	paratunchanavoia
they 3rd person plural	paratunchanaloiō	paratunchanaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	paratunchanarō	paratunchanari	paratunchanara	paratunchanarē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	paratunchanarōtos1×	paratunchanaritos	paratunchanaratos	paratunchanarētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

paratunchanstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

paratunchan is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

paratunchanarōtoin“happened to be there”happening now · objectpresent active participle accusative plural masculine1×

Acts 17:17“happened to be there”dialegete men oun en ta sunagōga toi Ioudaioi kai toi seberōtoi kai en ta agora kata pantan hēmeran pros toin paratunchanarōtoin.So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.