Greek · Strong's G2064 · Verb

ἔρχομαι

erchomai

to come/go

642times used
603verses
24books

How it's translated

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: Mat.8:9, Mrk.6:31, Luk.7:8, Jhn.4:27, Rom.9:9, al.; before ἀπό, Mrk.5:35 7:1, Jhn.3:2, al.; ἐκ, Luk.5:17, Jhn.3:31, al.; εἰς, Mrk.1:29, al.; διά before εἰς, Mrk.7:31; ἐν (Cremer, 263f., but see: ἐν), Rom.15:29, 1Co.4:21; ἐπί, with accusative, Mrk.6:53 11:13, Jhn.19:33, al.; κατά, with accusative, Luk.10:33 Act.16:7; παρά, with genitive, Luk.8:49…

The forms it takes

Tense

  • Aorist 56% a whole action, seen as complete
  • Present 34% ongoing or repeated action
  • Future 4% something still to come
  • Perfect 3% done, and still standing
  • Imperfect 2% ongoing action in the past
  • Pluperfect 1% had been done, with results then

Mood and form

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Its meaning group

Linear Movement › Come, Come To, Arrive 82% of uses

Be, Become, Exist, Happen › Happen 10% of uses

Linear Movement › Move, Come/Go 7% of uses

Be, Become, Exist, Happen › Change of State 2% of uses

Words with a similar meaning

Between Hebrew and Greek

In the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), this word translates these Hebrew words, which helps show what New Testament writers heard in it:

Where it appears

Matthewacross the New TestamentRevelation

…and 14 more books.

Every verse

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English previews: World English Bible. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.