Happen
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
lit., "to go or come together" (sun, "with," baino, "to go"), signifies "to happen together," of things or events, Mark 10:32; Luke 24:14; Acts 3:10; 1—Corinthians 10:11; 1—Peter 4:12; 2—Peter 2:22; "befell" in Acts 20:19; in Acts 21:35 , "so it was." See Befall.
Philippians 1:12 Luke 24:35
King James Dictionary [2]
HAP'PEN, hap'n.
1. To come by chance to come without one's previous expectation to fall out.
There shall no evil happen to the just. Proverbs 12
2. To come to befall.
They talked together of all those things which had happened. Luke 24 .
3. To light to fall or come unexpectedly.
I have happened on some other accounts relating to mortalities.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( v. i.) To take place; to occur.
(2): ( v. i.) To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
hap ´' n ( קרה , ḳārāh ; συμβαίνω , sumbaı́nō ): "Happen" (from "hap"), "to fall out," "befall," etc., "come to anyone," is the translation of ḳārāh , "to meet," etc. ( 1 Samuel 28:10 , "There shall no punishment happen to thee," the Revised Version margin "guilt come upon thee"; 2 Samuel 1:6; Esther 4:7; Ecclesiastes 2:14 , Ecclesiastes 2:15; Ecclesiastes 9:11 Isaiah 41:22 ); of ḳārā' , "to meet," "cause to happen," etc. ( 2 Samuel 20:1 ); of hāyāh , "to be" ( 1 Samuel 6:9 , "It was a chance that happened to us"); of nāgha‛ , "to touch," "to come to" ( Ecclesiastes 8:14 bis ). In the New Testament it is in several instances the translation of sumbainō , "to go" or "come up together" "to happen" ( Mark 10:32; Luke 24:14; Acts 3:10; 1 Corinthians 10:11; 1 Peter 4:12; 2 Peter 2:22 ); once of gı́nomai , "to become," "to happen" ( Romans 11:25 , the Revised Version (British and American),"befallen"). "Happeneth" occurs ( Ecclesiastes 2:15 , as it happeneth to the fool" ( miḳreh ); 2 Esdras 10:6; Baruch 3:10 ( tı́ estin' ). The Revised Version (British and American) supplies "that happened" for "were done" ( Luke 24:35 ). See also Change .
