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ἔρχομαι

erchomaito come/goHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentVerb634 occurrences24 books597 verses

Definition

ἔρχομαι,

[in LXX very frequently for בּוֹא, also for הלךְ ni., אתה, etc., 34 words in all ;]

1. to come;

(a) of persons, either as arriving or returning from elsewhere: Matthew 8:9, Mark 6:31, Luke 7:8, John 4:27, Romans 9:9, al.; before ἀπό, Mark 5:35; 7:1, John 3:2, al.; ἐκ, Luke 5:17, John 3:31, al.; εἰς, Mark 1:29, al.; διά before εἰς, Mark 7:31; ἐν (Cremer, 263f., but see: ἐν), Romans 15:29, 1 Corinthians 4:21; ἐπί, with accusative, Mark 6:53; 11:13, John 19:33, al.; κατά, with accusative, Luke 10:33, Acts 16:7; παρά, with genitive, Luke 8:49; with accusative, Matthew 15:29, Mark 9:14, al.; with dative comm., incomm. (M, Pr., 75, 245), Matthew 21:5, Revelation 2:5, 16; with adverbs: πόθεν, John 3:8, al.; ἄνωθεν, John 3:31; ὄπισθεν, Mark 5:27; ὧδε, Matthew 8:29; ἐκεῖ, John 18:3; ποῦ, Hebrews 11:8; before ἕως, Luke 4:42; ἄχρι, Acts 11:5; with purpose expressed by inf., Mark 5:14, Luke 1:59, al.; by fut. ptcp., Matthew 27:49; ἵνα, John 12:9; εἰς τοῦτο, ἵνα, Acts 9:21; διά, with accusative, John 12:9; before verbs of action, ἔρχεται καί, ἦλθε καί, etc.: Mark 2:18, John 6:15, al.; ἔρχου καὶ ἴδε, John 1:47; 11:34; ἐλθών (redundant; Dalman, Words, 20 f.), Matthew 2:8; 8:7, Mark 7:25, Acts 16:39, al.; similarly ἐρχόμενος, Luke 15:25, al.; of coming into public view: esp. of the Messiah (ὁ ἐρχόμενος, Matthew 11:3, al.; see Cremer, 264), Luke 3:16, John 4:25; hence, of Jesus, Matthew 11:19, Luke 7:34, John 5:43, al.; of the second coming, Matthew 10:23, Acts 1:11, 1 Corinthians 4:5, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, al.;

(b) of time: ἔρξονται ἡμέραι (present for fut.: Bl., §56, 8), Luke 23:29, Hebrews 8:8" (LXX) ; fut., Matthew 9:15, Mark 2:20, al.; ἔρξεται ὥρα, ὅτε, John 4:21, 23. al.; ἦλθεν, ἐλήλυθε ἡ ὥρα, John 13:1; 16:32; 17:1; ἡ ἡμέρα τ. κυρίου, 1 Thessalonians 5:2; καιροί, Acts 3:19;

(with) of things and events: κατακλυσμός, Luke 17:27; λιμός, Acts 7:11; ἡ ὀργή, 1 Thessalonians 1:10; ὁ λύχνος, Mark 4:21 (see Swete, in l.). Metaphorical, τ. ἀγαθά, Romans 3:8; τ. τέλειον, 1 Corinthians 13:10; ἡ πίστις, Galatians 3:23, 25; ἡ ἐντολή, Romans 7:9; with prepositions: ἐκ τ. θλίψεως, Revelation 7:14; ἐις τ. χεῖρον, Mark 5:26; εἰς πειρασμόν, Mark 14:38, al.

2. to go: ὀπίσω, with genitive (Heb. הָלַךְ אַחֲרֵי), Matthew 16:24, Mark 8:34, Luke 9:23; σύν, John 21:3; ὁδόν, Luke 2:44. (Cf. ἀν-, ἐπ-αν-, ἀπ-, δι-, εἰς, ἐπ-εἰσ-, συν-εἰσ-, ἐξ-, δι-εξ-, ἐπ-, κατ-, παρ-, ἀντι-παρ-, περι-, προ-, προσ-, συν-έρχομαι.)

Synonyms: πορεύομαι, χωρέω (v, Thayer, see word ἔρξομαι).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἔρχομαι:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

634 total
  1. John 20:19ἦλθεν · came
    It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them.
  2. John 20:24ἦλθεν · came
    Now Thomas called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.
  3. John 20:26ἔρχεται · came
    Eight days later, His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”
  4. John 21:3Ἐρχόμεθα · will go
    Simon Peter told them, “I am going fishing.” “We will go with you,” they said. So they went out and got into the boat, but caught nothing that night.
  5. John 21:8ἦλθον · came [ashore]
    The other disciples came ashore in the boat. They dragged in the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards.
  6. John 21:13ἔρχεται · came
    Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and He did the same with the fish.
  7. John 21:22ἔρχομαι · I return
    Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you? You follow Me!”
  8. John 21:23ἔρχομαι · I return
    Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. However, Jesus did not say that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?”
  9. Acts 1:11ἐλεύσεται · will come back
    “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”
  10. Acts 2:20ἐλθεῖν · coming
    The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.
  11. Acts 3:20ἔλθωσιν · may come
    …that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus, the Christ, who has been appointed for you.
  12. Acts 4:23ἦλθον · [Peter and John] returned
    On their release, Peter and John returned to their own people and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them.
  13. Acts 5:15ἐρχομένου · as he passed by
    As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
  14. Acts 7:11Ἦλθεν · swept
    Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
  15. Acts 8:27ἐληλύθει · had gone
    So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
  16. Acts 8:36ἦλθον · [and] came
    As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”
  17. Acts 8:40ἐλθεῖν · came
    But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
  18. Acts 9:17ἤρχου · you were coming [here]
    So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
  19. Acts 9:21ἐληλύθει · hasn’t he come
    All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”
  20. Acts 10:29ἦλθον · I came
    So when I was invited, I came without objection. I ask, then, why have you sent for me?”
  21. Acts 11:5ἦλθεν · it came right down to
    “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.
  22. Acts 11:12ἦλθον · went
    The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.
  23. Acts 11:20ἐλθόντες · went
    But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
  24. Acts 12:10ἦλθαν · [and] came
    They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
  25. Acts 12:12ἦλθεν · he went
    And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.
  26. Acts 13:13ἦλθον · came
    After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.
  27. Acts 13:25ἔρχεται · One coming
    As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But there is One coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’
  28. Acts 13:44ἐρχομένῳ · following
    On the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.
  29. Acts 13:51ἦλθον · [and] went
    So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.
  30. Acts 14:24ἦλθον · they came
    After passing through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
  31. Acts 16:7ἐλθόντες · when they came
    And when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.
  32. Acts 16:37ἐλθόντες · Let them come
    But Paul said to the officers, “They beat us publicly without a trial and threw us into prison, even though we are Roman citizens. And now do they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!”
  33. Acts 16:39ἐλθόντες · They came
    They came to appease them and led them out, requesting that they leave the city.
  34. Acts 17:1ἦλθον · they came
    When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
  35. Acts 17:13ἦλθον · they went
    But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.
  36. Acts 17:15ἔλθωσιν · [join]
    Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
  37. Acts 18:1ἦλθεν · [and] went
    After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
  38. Acts 18:2ἐληλυθότα · come
    There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,
  39. Acts 19:1ἐλθεῖν · [and] came
    While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
  40. Acts 19:4ἐρχόμενον · coming
    Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
  41. Acts 19:6ἦλθε · came
    And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
  42. Acts 19:18ἤρχοντο · came forward
    Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.
  43. Acts 19:27ἐλθεῖν · will fall
    There is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed—she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”
  44. Acts 20:2ἦλθεν · he arrived
    After traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived in Greece,
  45. Acts 20:6ἤλθομεν · we rejoined
    And after the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and five days later we rejoined them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.
  46. Acts 20:14ἤλθομεν · [and] went on
    And when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.
  47. Acts 20:15ἤλθομεν · we came
    Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite Chios. The day after that we arrived at Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus.
  48. Acts 21:1ἤλθομεν
    After we had torn ourselves away from them, we sailed directly to Cos, and the next day on to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
  49. Acts 21:8ἤλθομεν · we went on
    Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.
  50. Acts 21:11ἐλθὼν · Coming over
    Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”