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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 2:2ἤλθομεν · have come
    …asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”
  2. Matthew 2:8ἐλθὼν · may go
    And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”
  3. Matthew 2:9ἐλθὼν
    After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the Child was.
  4. Matthew 2:11ἐλθόντες · coming
    On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.
  5. Matthew 2:23ἐλθὼν · he went
    …and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
  6. Matthew 3:7ἐρχομένους · coming
    But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
  7. Matthew 3:11ἐρχόμενος · will come
    I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
  8. Matthew 3:14ἔρχῃ · come
    But John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?”
  9. Matthew 3:16ἐρχόμενον · resting
    As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.
  10. Matthew 4:13ἐλθὼν · He went
    Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,
  11. Matthew 5:17ἦλθον · I have come; ἦλθον · I have not come
    Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.
  12. Matthew 5:24ἐλθὼν · come [and]
    …leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
  13. Matthew 6:10Ἐλθέτω · come
    Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
  14. Matthew 7:15ἔρχονται · come
    Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
  15. Matthew 7:25ἦλθον · raged
    The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.
  16. Matthew 7:27ἦλθον · raged
    The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”
  17. Matthew 8:7ἐλθὼν · will go
    “I will go and heal him,” Jesus replied.
  18. Matthew 8:9Ἔρχου · 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.”
  19. Matthew 8:14ἐλθὼν · arrived
    When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.
  20. Matthew 8:28ἐλθόντος · arrived
    When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.
  21. Matthew 8:29ἦλθες · Have You come
    “What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
  22. Matthew 9:1ἦλθεν · came
    Jesus got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own town.
  23. Matthew 9:10ἐλθόντες · came
    Later, as Jesus was dining at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Him and His disciples.
  24. Matthew 9:13ἦλθον · I have not come
    But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
  25. Matthew 9:15ἐλεύσονται · will come
    Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
  26. Matthew 9:18ἐλθὼν · came; ἐλθὼν · come
    While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”
  27. Matthew 9:23ἐλθὼν · entered
    When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.
  28. Matthew 9:28Ἐλθόντι · [Jesus] had entered
    After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” He asked. “Yes, Lord,” they answered.
  29. Matthew 10:13ἐλθάτω · rest
    If the home is worthy, let your peace rest on it, but if it is not, let your peace return to you.
  30. Matthew 10:23ἔλθῃ · comes
    When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
  31. Matthew 10:34ἦλθον · I have come; ἦλθον · I have not come
    Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
  32. Matthew 10:35ἦλθον · I have come
    For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
  33. Matthew 11:3ἐρχόμενος · [One who] was to come
    …to ask Him, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”
  34. Matthew 11:14ἔρχεσθαι · to come
    And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
  35. Matthew 11:18Ἦλθεν · came
    For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’
  36. Matthew 11:19ἦλθεν · came
    The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”
  37. Matthew 12:9ἦλθεν · [Jesus] entered
    Moving on from there, Jesus entered their synagogue,
  38. Matthew 12:42ἦλθεν · she came
    The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
  39. Matthew 12:44ἐλθὸν · On its return
    Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order.
  40. Matthew 13:4ἐλθόντα · came
    And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
  41. Matthew 13:19ἔρχεται · comes
    When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
  42. Matthew 13:25ἦλθεν · came
    But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.
  43. Matthew 13:32ἐλθεῖν · come
    Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”
  44. Matthew 13:36ἦλθεν · [and] went
    Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
  45. Matthew 13:54ἐλθὼν · Coming
    Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.
  46. Matthew 14:12ἐλθόντες · they went
    Then John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. And they went and informed Jesus.