Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident. 2. (n.) A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case. 3. (n.) A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms. 4. (n.) A property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute. 5. (n.) A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness. 6. (n.) Any accidental property, fact, or relation; an accidental or nonessential; as, beauty is an accident. 7. (n.) Unusual appearance or effect.

Multi-Version Concordance Accident (3 Occurrences) Deuteronomy 23:10 When there is in thee a man who is not clean, from an accident at night -- then he hath gone out unto the outside of the camp -- he doth not come in unto the midst of the camp -- (YLT) 1 Samuel 6:9 and ye have seen, if the way of its own border it goeth up to Beth-Shemesh -- He hath done to us this great evil; and if not, then we have known that His hand hath not come against us; an accident it hath been to us.' (YLT) 1 Samuel 20:26 And Saul hath not spoken anything on that day, for he said, 'It 'is' an accident; he is not clean -- surely not clean.' (YLT NAS)