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συγκυρέω

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Gloss: to fall in with

Transliteration: sugkureō

Strong’s: G9243

1. to come together by chance , (Iliad by Homer): to meet with an accident, συγκύρσαι τύχῃ (Sophocles Tragicus); εἰς ἓν μοίρας ξυνέκυρσας art involved in one and the same fate, (Euripides)
2. with participle, like τυγχάνω, συνεκύρησε παραπεσοῦσα νηῦς fell in the way by chance , (Herdotus Historicus)
3. of events and accidents, like συμβαίνω, to happen, occur , (Herdotus Historicus): —;impersonal, with infinitive, συνεκύρησε γενέσθαι it came to pass that . ., (Herdotus Historicus):—;so, in Pass., τὸ ἐς Λακεδαιμονίους συγκεκυρημένον (Herdotus Historicus)
4. of places, to be contiguous to , τινί (Polybius Historicus) (ML)
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