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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ΤυχικόςG5190
PronunciationTychikós
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 ItTychicus5×Acts 20:4, Ephesians 6:21, Colossians 4:7, 2 Timothy 4:12
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Acts 20:4ΤυχικὸςtoTychicusNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularEphesians 6:21ΤυχικὸςtoTychicusNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularColossians 4:7ΤυχικὸςtoTychicusNoun - Nominative Masculine Singular2 Timothy 4:12ΤυχικὸνtoTychicusNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularTitus 3:12ΤυχικόνtoTychicusNoun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 20:4
Aligned rows5
Books represented5
Acts1Ephesians1Colossians12 Timothy1Titus1
Source forms
Τυχικὸς3xTychikosActs 20:4, Ephesians 6:21, Colossians 4:7
Τυχικόν1xTychikonTitus 3:12
Τυχικὸν1xTychikon2 Timothy 4:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular3xActs 20:4, Ephesians 6:21, Colossians 4:7
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular2x2 Timothy 4:12, Titus 3:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. fortuitous, i.e. fortunate; Tychicus, a Christian
Strong'sG5190
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances5 timesWord forms2 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
fortuitous, i.e. fortunate; Tychicus, a Christian
Extended definition
:--Tychicus.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 20:4Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Τυχικὸςtucikov
Tychicus
Read verseEphesians 6:21Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Τυχικὸςtucikov
Tychicus
Read verseColossians 4:7Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Τυχικός,tucikov
Tychicus
Read verse2 Timothy 4:12Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
Τυχικὸνtucikon
Tychicus
Read verseTitus 3:12Noun 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 patterns2Aligned forms5Case patternNominative (3)Number patternSingular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineActs 20:4 · Eph 6:21 · Col 4:73×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine2 Tim 4:12 · Titus 3:122×
Word Origins
Τυχικός is built from this root: