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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. Luke 1:43ἔλθῃ · should come
    And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
  2. Luke 1:59ἦλθον · they came
    On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
  3. Luke 2:16ἦλθαν
    So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger.
  4. Luke 2:27ἦλθεν · he went
    Led by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. And when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for Him what was customary under the Law,
  5. Luke 2:44ἦλθον
    Assuming He was in their company, they traveled on for a day before they began to look for Him among their relatives and friends.
  6. Luke 2:51ἦλθεν
    Then He went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But His mother treasured up all these things in her heart.
  7. Luke 3:3ἦλθεν · He went
    He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
  8. Luke 3:12Ἦλθον · came
    Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”
  9. Luke 3:16ἔρχεται · will come
    John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
  10. Luke 4:16ἦλθεν · [Jesus] came
    Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read,
  11. Luke 4:34ἦλθες · Have You come
    “Ha! 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!”
  12. Luke 4:42ἦλθον · They came
    At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place, and the crowds were looking for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving.
  13. Luke 5:7ἐλθόντας · to come; ἦλθον · they came
    So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
  14. Luke 5:17ἐληλυθότες · come
    One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.
  15. Luke 5:32ἐλήλυθα · I have not come
    I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
  16. Luke 5:35ἐλεύσονται · will come
    But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.”
  17. Luke 6:18ἦλθον · had come
    They had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases, and those troubled by unclean spirits were healed.
  18. Luke 6:47ἐρχόμενος · comes
    I will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them:
  19. Luke 7:3ἐλθὼν · to come
    When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant.
  20. Luke 7:7ἐλθεῖν · to come
    That is why I did not consider myself worthy to come to You. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
  21. Luke 7:8Ἔρχου · to come; ἔρχεται · he comes
    For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.”
  22. Luke 7:19ἐρχόμενος · One who was to come
    So John called two of his disciples and sent them to ask the Lord, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”
  23. Luke 7:20ἐρχόμενος · One who was to come
    When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask, ‘Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?’”
  24. Luke 7:33Ἐλήλυθεν · came
    For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’
  25. Luke 7:34ἐλήλυθεν · came
    The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
  26. Luke 8:12ἔρχεται · comes
    The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
  27. Luke 8:17ἔλθῃ · brought
    For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.
  28. Luke 8:35ἦλθον · They came
    So the people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man whom the demons had left, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
  29. Luke 8:41ἦλθεν · came
    Just then a synagogue leader named Jairus came and fell at Jesus’ feet. He begged Him to come to his house,
  30. Luke 8:47ἦλθεν · came
    Then the woman, seeing that she could not escape notice, came trembling and fell down before Him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched Him and how she had immediately been healed.
  31. Luke 8:49ἔρχεταί · arrived
    While He was still speaking, someone arrived from the house of the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” he told Jairus. “Do not bother the Teacher anymore.”
  32. Luke 8:51Ἐλθὼν · He entered
    When He entered the house, He did not allow anyone to go in with Him except Peter, John, James, and the child’s father and mother.
  33. Luke 9:23ἔρχεσθαι · to come
    Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
  34. Luke 9:26ἔλθῃ · He comes
    If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
  35. Luke 10:1ἔρχεσθαι · to visit
    After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.
  36. Luke 10:32ἐλθὼν · came
    So too, when a Levite came to that spot and saw him, he passed by on the other side.
  37. Luke 10:33ἦλθεν · came
    But a Samaritan on a journey came upon him, and when he saw him, he had compassion.
  38. Luke 11:2Ἐλθέτω · come
    So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.
  39. Luke 11:25ἐλθὸν · On its return
    On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.
  40. Luke 11:31ἦλθεν · she came
    The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
  41. Luke 12:36ἐλθόντος · when he comes
    Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.
  42. Luke 12:37ἐλθὼν · when he returns
    Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.
  43. Luke 12:38ἔλθῃ · he comes
    Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.
  44. Luke 12:39ἔρχεται · was coming
    But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
  45. Luke 12:40ἔρχεται · will come
    You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”
  46. Luke 12:43ἐλθὼν · when he returns
    Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
  47. Luke 12:45ἔρχεσθαι · in coming
    But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
  48. Luke 12:49ἦλθον · I have come
    I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!