Words the Bible translates as happen
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- hayahהָיָהto be: to exist, be present, become, or come to pass
- sumbainōσυμβαίνωto happen: for an event to come about, usually one that lands on a particular person
- tugchanōτυγχάνωto happen, turn out: for something to fall out a certain way, apart from anyone's design
+1 more meaning
- to obtain: to come to have something one has sought or been granted
- 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
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