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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. Matthew 25:39ἤλθομεν · visit
    When did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?’
  2. Matthew 26:36ἔρχεται · went
    Then Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”
  3. Matthew 26:40ἔρχεται · [Jesus] returned
    Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter.
  4. Matthew 26:43ἐλθὼν · [Jesus] returned
    And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
  5. Matthew 26:45ἔρχεται · He returned
    Then He returned to the disciples and said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
  6. Matthew 26:47ἦλθεν · arrived
    While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.
  7. Matthew 26:64ἐρχόμενον · coming
    “You have said it yourself,” Jesus answered. “But I say to all of you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
  8. Matthew 27:33ἐλθόντες · they came
    And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull,
  9. Matthew 27:49ἔρχεται · comes
    But the others said, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to save Him.”
  10. Matthew 27:57ἦλθεν · there came
    When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who himself was a disciple of Jesus.
  11. Matthew 27:64ἐλθόντες · may come
    So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”
  12. Matthew 28:1ἦλθεν · went
    After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
  13. Matthew 28:11ἐλθόντες · went
    While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened.
  14. Matthew 28:13ἐλθόντες · came
    …and instructed them: “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’
  15. Mark 1:7Ἔρχεται · will come
    And he proclaimed: “After me will come One more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
  16. Mark 1:9ἦλθεν · came
    In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
  17. Mark 1:14ἦλθεν · went
    After the arrest of John, Jesus went into Galilee and proclaimed the gospel of God.
  18. Mark 1:24ἦλθες · Have You come
    “What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
  19. Mark 1:29ἦλθον · they went
    As soon as Jesus and His companions had left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew.
  20. Mark 1:39ἦλθεν · He went
    So He went throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.
  21. Mark 1:40ἔρχεται · came
    Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”
  22. Mark 1:45ἤρχοντο · [people] came
    But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.
  23. Mark 2:3ἔρχονται
    Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.
  24. Mark 2:13ἤρχετο · came
    Once again Jesus went out beside the sea. All the people came to Him, and He taught them there.
  25. Mark 2:17ἦλθον · I have not come
    On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
  26. Mark 2:18ἔρχονται · [people] came
    Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?”
  27. Mark 2:20ἐλεύσονται · will come
    But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
  28. Mark 3:8ἦλθον · came
    Jerusalem, Idumea, the region beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to Him when they heard what great things He was doing.
  29. Mark 3:20ἔρχεται · [Jesus] went
    Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.
  30. Mark 3:31ἔρχονται · came
    Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,
  31. Mark 4:4ἦλθεν · came
    And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
  32. Mark 4:15ἔρχεται · comes
    Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
  33. Mark 4:21ἔρχεται · Does [anyone] bring in
    Jesus also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand?
  34. Mark 4:22ἔλθῃ · will [not] be brought
    For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be brought to light.
  35. Mark 5:1ἦλθον · they arrived
    On the other side of the sea, they arrived in the region of the Gerasenes.
  36. Mark 5:14ἦλθον · [the people] went out
    Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.
  37. Mark 5:15ἔρχονται · they came
    When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons sitting there, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
  38. Mark 5:22ἔρχεται · arrived
    A synagogue leader named Jairus arrived, and seeing Jesus, he fell at His feet
  39. Mark 5:23ἐλθὼν · come
    …and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”
  40. Mark 5:26ἐλθοῦσα · [her condition] had only grown
    She had borne much agony under the care of many physicians and had spent all she had, but to no avail. Instead, her condition had only grown worse.
  41. Mark 5:27ἐλθοῦσα · she came up
    When the woman heard about Jesus, she came up through the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak.
  42. Mark 5:33ἦλθεν · came
    Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him trembling in fear, and she told Him the whole truth.
  43. Mark 5:35ἔρχονται · arrived
    While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?”
  44. Mark 5:38ἔρχονται · they arrived
    When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly.
  45. Mark 6:1ἔρχεται · came
    Jesus went on from there and came to His hometown, accompanied by His disciples.
  46. Mark 6:29ἦλθον · they came
    When John’s disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.
  47. Mark 6:31ἐρχόμενοι · coming
    And He said to them, “Come with Me privately to a solitary place, and let us rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.
  48. Mark 6:48ἔρχεται · [Jesus] went out
    He could see that the disciples were straining to row, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea. He intended to pass by them,
  49. Mark 6:53ἦλθον · they landed
    When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and moored the boat.
  50. Mark 7:1ἐλθόντες · who had come
    Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus,