Words the Bible translates as befall
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- qaraקָרָאto come up against someone or something: to meet, to confront, or (of an event) to befall
- eperchomaiἐπέρχομαιto come upon: to arrive at, move onto, or bear down on a person or place
- sumbainōσυμβαίνωto happen: for an event to come about, usually one that lands on a particular person
- qarahקָרָהto meet or befall: for a person or an event to come to someone, whether by design or by chance
+1 more meaning
- to lay beams; to roof a building by setting its wooden beams in place
- atahאָתָהto come, to arrive; a rare, poetic word for coming, and in its causative use, to bring.
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