Strong's Lexicon
G2240 — ἥκω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2240 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἥκω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a primary verb |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 26 |
| Transliteration: | heko |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | hay'-ko |
| Meaning: | 1. to arrive, i.e. be present {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | come |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἥκω; imperfect ἧκον (Act 28:23, where L T Tr WH ἦλθον); future ἥξω; 1 aorist ᾖξα (Luk 13:35 R G; Rev 2:25; Rev 3:9 Rec.); perfect ἦκα (often in the Sept., as Gen 42:7; Gen 42:9; Gen 45:16; (Gen 47:4); Jos 9:12 (7); Job 16:22, etc.; in the N. T. once, Mar 8:3 Rst L T Tr text, see, WHs Appendix, p. 169; the older and more elegant writers (Aeschylus, Herodotus, Thucydides, others) use only the present imperfect and future; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 743f; Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii. 205; (Veitch, under the word); Winers Grammar, 87 (83); (Buttmann, 59 (51))); the Sept. for áÌåà; to have come, have arrived, be present (Winers Grammar, 274 (258); Buttmann, 203 (176)); hence, imperfect with force of pluperfect (cf. Matthiae, ii., p. 1136; Krger, § 53, 1, 4): absolutely of persons, Mat 24:50; Mar 8:3; Luk 12:46; Luk 15:27; Joh 8:42; Heb 10:7; Heb 10:9; Heb 10:37; 1Jn 5:20; Rev 2:25; Rev 3:9; Rev 15:4; followed by ἀπό with the genitive of place, Mat 8:11; Luk 13:29; by ἐκ with the genitive of place, Rom 11:26; with addition of εἰς with accusative of place, Joh 4:47; μακρόθεν, Mar 8:3; πρός τινα, Act 28:23 Rec.; metaphorically, to come to one i. e. seek an intimacy with one, become his follower: Joh 6:37; ἐπί τινα, to come upon one (unexpectedly), Rev 3:3. of time and events: absolutely, Mat 24:14; Joh 2:4; 2Pe 3:10; Rev 18:8; ἕως ἄν ἥξῃ (L T WH Tr in brackets ἥξει; see above and Buttmann, 231 (199)) (namely, ὁ καιρός), ὅτε εἴπητε, Luk 13:35; ἐπί τινα, metaphorically, to come upon one, of things to be endured (as evils, calamitous times): Mat 23:36; Luk 19:43. (Compare: ἀνήκω,
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἥκω (come)
Matthew 8:11
- KJV: And I say unto you That many shall come from the east and west and shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven
- GK: λέγω δε υμίν ότι πολλοί από ανατολών και δυσμών ήξουσι και ανακλιθήσονται μετά Αβραάμ και Ισαάκ και Ιακώβ εν τη βασιλεία των ουρανών
Matthew 23:36
- KJV: Verily I say unto you All these things shall come upon this generation
- GK: αμήν λέγω υμίν ότι ήξει πάντα ταύτα επί την γενεάν ταύτην
Matthew 24:14
- KJV: And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations and then shall the end come
- GK: και κηρυχθήσεται τούτο το ευαγγέλιον της βασιλείας εν όλη τη οικουμένη εις μαρτύριον πάσι τοις έθνεσι και τότε ήξει το τέλος
Matthew 24:50
- KJV: The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for and in an hour that he is not aware of
- GK: ήξει ο κύριος του δούλου εκείνου εν ημέρα η ου προσδοκά και εν ώρα η ου γινώσκει
Mark 8:3
- KJV: And if I send them away fasting to their own houses they will faint by the way for divers of them came from far
- GK: και εάν απολύσω αυτούς νήστεις εις οίκον αυτών εκλυθήσονται εν τη οδώ τινές γαρ αυτών μακρόθεν ήκασι
Luke 12:46
- KJV: The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for and at an hour when he is not aware and will cut him in sunder and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers
- GK: ήξει ο κύριος του δούλου εκείνου εν ημέρα η ου προσδοκά και εν ώρα η ου γινώσκει και διχοτομήσει αυτόν και το μέρος αυτού μετά των απίστων θήσει
Luke 13:29
- KJV: And they shall come from the east and the west and from the north and the south and shall sit down in the kingdom of God
- GK: και ήξουσιν από ανατολών και δυσμών και βορρά και νότου και ανακλιθήσονται εν τη βασιλεία του θεού
Luke 13:35
- KJV: Behold your house is left unto you desolate and verily I say unto you Ye shall not see me until come when ye shall say Blessed he that cometh in the name of the Lord
- GK: ιδού αφίεται υμίν ο οίκος υμών έρημος λέγω δε υμίν ότι ου με ίδητε έως αν ήξη ότε είπητε ευλογημένος ο ερχόμενος εν ονόματι κυρίου
Luke 15:27
- KJV: And he said unto him Thy brother is come and thy father hath killed the fatted calf because he hath received him safe and sound
- GK: ο δε είπεν αυτώ ότι ο αδελφός σου ήκει και έθυσεν ο πατήρ σου τον μόσχον τον σιτευτόν ότι υγιαίνοντα αυτόν απέλαβεν