What does Τυχικός (Tychikós) mean in the Bible?
e. fortunate; Tychicus, a Christian".
Greek · G5190
Τυχικός
Fortuitous, i.e. fortunate; Tychicus, a Christian
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Τυχικός G5190
Pronunciation Tychikós
What does Τυχικός (Tychikós) mean in the Bible?
Τυχικός (Tychikós) is a Greek word meaning "fortuitous, i.e. fortunate; Tychicus, a Christian".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5190?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Tychicus (5).
Where does Τυχικός (Tychikós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 20:4. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Timothy (1), Acts (1), Colossians (1), Ephesians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Tychicus 5× Acts 20:4, Ephesians 6:21, Colossians 4:7, 2 Timothy 4:12
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Acts 20:4 Τυχικὸς to Tychicus Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Ephesians 6:21 Τυχικὸς to Tychicus Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Colossians 4:7 Τυχικὸς to Tychicus Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 2 Timothy 4:12 Τυχικὸν to Tychicus Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Titus 3:12 Τυχικόν to Tychicus Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 20:4
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 5
Acts 1 Ephesians 1 Colossians 1 2 Timothy 1 Titus 1
Source forms
Τυχικὸς 3x Tychikos Acts 20:4, Ephesians 6:21, Colossians 4:7
Τυχικόν 1x Tychikon Titus 3:12
Τυχικὸν 1x Tychikon 2 Timothy 4:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 3x Acts 20:4, Ephesians 6:21, Colossians 4:7
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 2x 2 Timothy 4:12, Titus 3:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. fortuitous, i.e. fortunate; Tychicus, a Christian
Strong's G5190
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 2 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
fortuitous, i.e. fortunate; Tychicus, a Christian
Extended definition
:--Tychicus.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 20:4 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Τυχικὸς tucikov
Tychicus
Read verse Ephesians 6:21 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Τυχικὸς tucikov
Tychicus
Read verse Colossians 4:7 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Τυχικός, tucikov
Tychicus
Read verse 2 Timothy 4:12 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
Τυχικὸν tucikon
Tychicus
Read verse Titus 3:12 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
Τυχικόν, tucikon
Tychicus
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Acts 20:4 · Eph 6:21 · Col 4:7 3×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine 2 Tim 4:12 · Titus 3:12 2×
Word Origins
Τυχικός is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain