symbainō · happen

What it means

symbainō (συμβαίνω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “happen”.

Come about.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. For something to come about, especially what someone has to go through.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• happened ×6
• happen ×1
• were happening ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Mark×1
• Luke×1
• Acts×3
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 1 Peter×1
• 2 Peter×1

• Mark 10:32

  And they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the Twelve aside again, he began to tell them the things that were going to happen to him:

• Luke 24:14

  and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened.

• Acts 3:10

  and they recognized him, that he was the one who sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

• Acts 20:19

  serving the Lord as a slave with all humility and tears and trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews;

• Acts 21:35

  And when he came to the steps, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd,

• 1 Corinthians 10:11

  Now these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our warning, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

• 1 Peter 4:12

  Beloved, do not be surprised at the fire among you, which comes upon you for a trial, as though something strange were happening to you,

• 2 Peter 2:22

  The saying of the true proverb has happened to them: A dog returns to its own vomit, and a sow, after washing, to wallowing in the mire.