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φθάνω

MainId: 005238000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: φ

StrongCodes: G5348

Notes: [{'Caller': 1, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': 'There are no doubt certain subtle distinctions of meaning in ἐφικνέομαιφθάνω[a], καταντάω[a], and ἥκω[a], but it is not possible to determine what the distinctive features are on the basis of existing contexts.'}, {'Caller': 2, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': 'In the case of meanings involving to attain to a state, there is obviously a change in state implied, but the focus seems to be primarily on the end point, and hence these meanings are classified in this subdomain rather than in the following subdomain.'}]

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 005238001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'προφθάνω', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 005238001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 15.84

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Linear Movement

      LEXSubDomains: Come, Come To, Arrive

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-05-09 08:45:18

         DefinitionShort: to move toward and to arrive at a point{N:001}

         Glosses: ['to come to', 'to reach', 'to arrive']

      LEXReferences: 2COR 10:14

   2. LEXID: 005238001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 15.141

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Linear Movement

      LEXSubDomains: Come/Go Prior To

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-05-09 08:45:18

         DefinitionShort: to come/go prior to some other event, normally one involving a similar type of movement

         Glosses: ['to come/go prior to', 'to come/go beforehand', 'to precede']

         Comments: Though the movement referred to by φθάνω[b] and προέρχομαι[c] may involve movement which is spacially ahead of someone else, nevertheless the focus of meaning is not a spacial relationship but a temporal one.

      LEXReferences: 1TH 4:15

   3. LEXID: 005238001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 13.16

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

      LEXSubDomains: State

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-05-09 08:45:18

         DefinitionShort: to attain or arrive at a particular state{N:002}

         Glosses: ['to come to be', 'to attain', 'to achieve']

         Comments: Though grammatically it is the law which is not attained in {S:04500903100018}, semantically it is, of course, the state of righteousness which was the ultimate goal, and hence it was this particular state which was not attained.

      LEXReferences: ROM 9:31, PHP 3:16

   4. LEXID: 005238001004000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 13.123

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

      LEXSubDomains: Happen

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-05-09 08:45:18

         DefinitionShort: to happen to someone prior to a particular point in time

         Glosses: ['to happen to already', 'to come upon', 'to come upon already']

      LEXReferences: MAT 12:28, LUKE 11:20, 1TH 2:16