φθάνω

[in LXX for נָגַע hi. מְטָא, etc. ;]

__1. to come before another, anticipate (cl.): with accusative of person(s), 1Th.4:15.

__2. In late writers and MGr. (see Kennedy, Sources, 156; Lft. Notes, 35), to come, arrive: Rom.9:31; before εἰς, Php.3:16; ἄχρι, 2Co.10:14; ἐπί (cf. Da TH Dan.4:21, and see Dalman, Words, 107), Mat.12:28, Luk.11:20, 1Th.2:16 (cf. προ-φθάνω).†

(AS)

to come before; anticipate; to come, arrive