ἔρχομαι
to come
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Tense
- Present
- Ongoing or general action in present time (imperfective aspect).
- Aorist
- Action viewed as a simple whole, without regard to duration — often past (perfective aspect).
- Future
- Action expected in future time.
- Perfect
- A completed past action with continuing present results.
- Imperfect
- Continuous or repeated action in past time (“was writing”).
- Pluperfect
- A past action completed before another past point (“had written”).
Voice
- Middle or Passive deponent
- Middle/passive in form but active in meaning.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Middle deponent
- Middle in form but active in meaning.
Mood
- Indicative
- States a fact or asks a factual question (the mood of reality).
- Participle
- A verbal adjective (“writing,” “having written”).
- Infinitive
- A verbal noun (“to write”), unmarked for person or number.
- Subjunctive
- Expresses probability, purpose, or possibility (the mood of contingency).
- Imperative
- Expresses a command or request.
Case
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
Person
- 3rd person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
- 2nd person
- The one addressed (“you”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
- Neuter
- Grammatically neuter.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
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John 59 verses
- John 9:39 ἦλθον aor act ind 1sg Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who don't see may see; and that those who see may become blind."
- John 10:8 ἦλθον aor act ind 3pl All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them.
- John 10:10 ἔρχεται ἦλθον pres mid/pass.dep ind 3sg aor act ind 1sg The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
- John 10:41 ἦλθον aor act ind 3pl Many came to him. They said, "John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true."
- John 11:17 Ἐλθὼν aor act ptcp nom sg masc So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
- John 11:32 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died."
- John 11:45 ἐλθόντες aor act ptcp nom pl masc Therefore many of the Jews, who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did, believed in him.
- John 11:56 ἔλθῃ aor act subj 3sg Then they sought for Jesus and spoke one with another, as they stood in the temple, "What do you think--that he isn't coming to the feast at all?"
- John 12:1 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
- John 12:9 ἦλθον aor act ind 3pl A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there, and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
- John 12:12 ἐλθὼν ἔρχεται aor act ptcp nom sg masc pres mid/pass.dep ind 3sg On the next day a great multitude had come to the feast. When they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
- John 12:27 ἦλθον aor act ind 1sg "Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? 'Father, save me from this time?' But for this cause I came to this time.
- John 12:28 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg Father, glorify your name!" Then there came a voice out of the sky, saying, "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."
- John 12:47 ἦλθον aor act ind 1sg If anyone listens to my sayings, and doesn't believe, I don't judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
- John 13:1 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
- John 13:33 ἐλθεῖν aor act inf Little children, I will be with you a little while longer. You will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, 'Where I am going, you can't come,' so now I tell you.
- John 15:22 ἦλθον aor act ind 1sg If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
- John 15:26 ἔλθῃ aor act subj 3sg "When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
- John 16:4 ἔλθῃ aor act subj 3sg But I have told you these things, so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn't tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
- John 16:8 ἐλθὼν aor act ptcp nom sg masc When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;
- John 16:13 ἔλθῃ ἐρχόμενα aor act subj 3sg pres mid/pass.dep ptcp acc pl neut However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.
- John 16:21 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn't remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.
- John 19:32 ἦλθον aor act ind 3pl Therefore the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him;
- John 19:33 ἐλθόντες aor act ptcp nom pl masc but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead, they didn't break his legs.
- John 19:38 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Jesus' body. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and took away his body.
- John 19:39 ἦλθεν ἐλθὼν aor act ind 3sg aor act ptcp nom sg masc Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.
- John 20:4 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg They both ran together. The other disciple outran Peter, and came to the tomb first.
- John 20:8 ἐλθὼν aor act ptcp nom sg masc So then the other disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and believed.
- John 20:19 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be to you."
- John 20:24 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn't with them when Jesus came.
- John 21:8 ἦλθον aor act ind 3pl But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits away), dragging the net full of fish.
Acts 40 verses
- Acts 2:20 ἐλθεῖν aor act inf The sun will be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
- Acts 3:19 ἔλθωσιν aor act subj 3pl "Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
- Acts 4:23 ἦλθον aor act ind 3pl Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
- Acts 7:11 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
- Acts 8:36 ἦλθον aor act ind 3pl As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?"
- Acts 8:40 ἐλθεῖν aor act inf But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Gospel to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.
- Acts 10:29 ἦλθον aor act ind 1sg Therefore also I came without complaint when I was sent for. I ask therefore, why did you send for me?"
- Acts 11:5 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg "I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain container descending, like it was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. It came as far as me.
- Acts 11:12 ἦλθον aor act ind 3pl The Spirit told me to go with them, without discriminating. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house.
- Acts 11:20 ἐλθόντες aor act ptcp nom pl masc But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks, preaching the Lord Jesus.
- Acts 12:10 ἦλθαν aor act ind 3pl When they were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went out, and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.
- Acts 12:12 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.
- Acts 13:13 ἦλθον aor act ind 3pl Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia. John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.
- Acts 13:14 ἐλθόντες aor act ptcp nom pl masc But they, passing on from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia. They went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat down.
- Acts 13:51 ἦλθον aor act ind 3pl But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came to Iconium.
- Acts 14:24 ἦλθον aor act ind 3pl They passed through Pisidia, and came to Pamphylia.
- Acts 16:7 ἐλθόντες aor act ptcp nom pl masc When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn't allow them.
- Acts 16:37 ἐλθόντες aor act ptcp nom pl masc But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly, without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most assuredly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!"
- Acts 16:39 ἐλθόντες aor act ptcp nom pl masc and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.
- Acts 17:1 ἦλθον aor act ind 3pl Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
- Acts 17:13 ἦλθον aor act ind 3pl But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there likewise, agitating the multitudes.
- Acts 17:15 ἔλθωσιν aor act subj 3pl But those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens. Receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him very quickly, they departed.
- Acts 18:1 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.
- Acts 19:6 ἦλθε aor act ind 3sg When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with other languages and prophesied.
- Acts 19:27 ἐλθεῖν aor act inf Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing, and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships."
- Acts 20:2 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg When he had gone through those parts, and had encouraged them with many words, he came into Greece.
- Acts 20:6 ἤλθομεν aor act ind 1pl We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days.
- Acts 20:14 ἤλθομεν aor act ind 1pl When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard, and came to Mitylene.
- Acts 20:15 ἤλθομεν aor act ind 1pl Sailing from there, we came the following day opposite Chios. The next day we touched at Samos and stayed at Trogyllium, and the day after we came to Miletus.
- Acts 21:1 ἤλθομεν aor act ind 1pl When it happened that we had parted from them and had set sail, we came with a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
- Acts 21:8 ἤλθομεν aor act ind 1pl On the next day, we, who were Paul's companions, departed, and came to Caesarea. We entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
- Acts 21:11 ἐλθὼν aor act ptcp nom sg masc Coming to us, and taking Paul's belt, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit: 'So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'"
- Acts 22:11 ἦλθον aor act ind 1sg When I couldn't see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.
- Acts 22:13 ἐλθὼν aor act ptcp nom sg masc came to me, and standing by me said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight!' In that very hour I looked up at him.
- Acts 25:23 ἐλθόντος aor act ptcp gen sg masc So on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and they had entered into the place of hearing with the commanding officers and principal men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.
- Acts 27:8 ἤλθομεν aor act ind 1pl With difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.
- Acts 28:13 ἤλθομεν aor act ind 1pl From there we circled around and arrived at Rhegium. After one day, a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli,
- Acts 28:14 ἤλθαμεν aor act ind 1pl where we found brothers, and were entreated to stay with them for seven days. So we came to Rome.
- Acts 28:15 ἦλθαν aor act ind 3pl From there the brothers, when they heard of us, came to meet us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God, and took courage.
- Acts 28:23 ἦλθον aor act ind 3pl When they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his lodging. He explained to them, testifying about the Kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning until evening.
Romans 7 verses
- Romans 1:10 ἐλθεῖν aor act inf requesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.
- Romans 1:13 ἐλθεῖν aor act inf Now I don't desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you, and was hindered so far, that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.
- Romans 3:8 ἔλθῃ aor act subj 3sg Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), "Let us do evil, that good may come?" Those who say so are justly condemned.
- Romans 7:9 ἐλθούσης aor act ptcp gen sg fem I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
- Romans 15:22 ἐλθεῖν aor act inf Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you,
- Romans 15:23 ἐλθεῖν aor act inf but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you,
- Romans 15:32 ἐλθὼν aor act ptcp nom sg masc that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest.
1 Corinthians 11 verses
- 1 Corinthians 2:1 ἐλθὼν ἦλθον aor act ptcp nom sg masc aor act ind 1sg When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5 ἔλθῃ aor act subj 3sg Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
- 1 Corinthians 4:21 ἔλθω aor act subj 1sg What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
- 1 Corinthians 11:26 ἔλθῃ aor act subj 3sg For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
- 1 Corinthians 11:34 ἔλθω aor act subj 1sg But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.
- 1 Corinthians 13:10 ἔλθῃ aor act subj 3sg but when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with.
- 1 Corinthians 14:6 ἔλθω aor act subj 1sg But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking with other languages, what would I profit you, unless I speak to you either by way of revelation, or of knowledge, or of prophesying, or of teaching?
- 1 Corinthians 16:2 ἔλθω aor act subj 1sg On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.
- 1 Corinthians 16:10 ἔλθῃ aor act subj 3sg Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear, for he does the work of the Lord, as I also do.
- 1 Corinthians 16:11 ἔλθῃ aor act subj 3sg Therefore let no one despise him. But set him forward on his journey in peace, that he may come to me; for I expect him with the brothers.
- 1 Corinthians 16:12 ἔλθῃ ἔλθῃ ἐλεύσεται aor act subj 3sg aor act subj 3sg fut mid.dep ind 3sg Now concerning Apollos, the brother, I strongly urged him to come to you with the brothers; and it was not at all his desire to come now; but he will come when he has an opportunity.
2 Corinthians 13 verses
- 2 Corinthians 1:15 ἐλθεῖν aor act inf In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit;
- 2 Corinthians 1:16 ἐλθεῖν aor act inf and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be sent forward by you on my journey to Judea.
- 2 Corinthians 1:23 ἦλθον aor act ind 1sg But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I didn't come to Corinth to spare you.
- 2 Corinthians 2:1 ἐλθεῖν aor act inf But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.
- 2 Corinthians 2:3 ἐλθὼν aor act ptcp nom sg masc And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn't have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.
- 2 Corinthians 2:12 Ἐλθὼν aor act ptcp nom sg masc Now when I came to Troas for the Gospel of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
- 2 Corinthians 7:5 ἐλθόντων aor act ptcp gen pl masc For even when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side. Fightings were outside. Fear was inside.
- 2 Corinthians 9:4 ἔλθωσιν aor act subj 3pl so that I won't by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) should be disappointed in this confident boasting.
- 2 Corinthians 11:9 ἐλθόντες aor act ptcp nom pl masc When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn't a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.
- 2 Corinthians 12:14 ἐλθεῖν aor act inf Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
- 2 Corinthians 12:20 ἐλθὼν aor act ptcp nom sg masc For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don't desire; that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, riots;
- 2 Corinthians 12:21 ἐλθόντος aor act ptcp gen sg masc that again when I come my God would humble me before you, and I would mourn for many of those who have sinned before now, and not repented of the uncleanness and sexual immorality and lustfulness which they committed.
- 2 Corinthians 13:2 ἔλθω aor act subj 1sg I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, I write to those who have sinned before now, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;
Galatians 7 verses
- Galatians 1:21 ἦλθον aor act ind 1sg Then I came to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
- Galatians 2:11 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face, because he stood condemned.
- Galatians 2:12 ἐλθεῖν ἦλθον aor act inf aor act ind 3pl For before some people came from James, he ate with the Gentiles. But when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.
- Galatians 3:19 ἔλθῃ aor act subj 3sg What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the seed should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.
- Galatians 3:23 ἐλθεῖν aor act inf But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, shut up to the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
- Galatians 3:25 ἐλθούσης aor act ptcp gen sg fem But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
- Galatians 4:4 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,
Ephesians 1 verse
Philippians 1 verse
Colossians 1 verse
1 Thessalonians 2 verses
- 1 Thessalonians 2:18 ἐλθεῖν aor act inf because we wanted to come to you--indeed, I, Paul, once and again-- but Satan hindered us.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:6 ἐλθόντος aor act ptcp gen sg masc But when Timothy came just now to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and love, and that you have good memories of us always, longing to see us, even as we also long to see you;
2 Thessalonians 2 verses
- 2 Thessalonians 1:10 ἔλθῃ aor act subj 3sg when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired among all those who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed) in that day.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:3 ἔλθῃ aor act subj 3sg Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the departure comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,
1 Timothy 3 verses
- 1 Timothy 1:15 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
- 1 Timothy 2:4 ἐλθεῖν aor act inf who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.
- 1 Timothy 3:14 ἐλθεῖν aor act inf These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
2 Timothy 3 verses
- 2 Timothy 3:7 ἐλθεῖν aor act inf always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
- 2 Timothy 4:9 ἐλθεῖν aor act inf Be diligent to come to me soon,
- 2 Timothy 4:21 ἐλθεῖν aor act inf Be diligent to come before winter. Eubulus salutes you, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers.
Titus 1 verse
1 John 1 verse
3 John 1 verse
Jude 1 verse
Revelation 12 verses
- Revelation 5:7 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne.
- Revelation 6:17 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg for the great day of his wrath has come; and who is able to stand?"
- Revelation 7:13 ἦλθον aor act ind 3pl One of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are arrayed in white robes, who are they, and from where did they come?"
- Revelation 8:3 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg Another angel came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer. Much incense was given to him, that he should add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne.
- Revelation 11:18 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great; and to destroy those who destroy the earth."
- Revelation 14:7 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg He said with a loud voice, "Fear the Lord, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!"
- Revelation 14:15 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg Another angel came out from the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Send forth your sickle, and reap; for the hour to reap has come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe!"
- Revelation 17:1 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, "Come here. I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters,
- Revelation 17:10 ἦλθεν ἔλθῃ aor act ind 3sg aor act subj 3sg They are seven kings. Five have fallen, the one is, the other has not yet come. When he comes, he must continue a little while.
- Revelation 18:10 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg standing far away for the fear of her torment, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For your judgment has come in one hour.'
- Revelation 19:7 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready."
- Revelation 21:9 ἦλθεν aor act ind 3sg One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, "Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb's bride."
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“to come” is the headline sense of the Greek verb ερχομαι (érchomai). “cometh” is the historic King James Version rendering; modern versions use “came.” See the renderings breakdown. It turns up in 590 verses across 24 books, one of the most common footprint. First canonically at Matthew 2:2, it enters the text early. Catalogued under 3 senses, its meaning is not single-sense. See the sense tree, 590-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
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Strong's G2064 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 590
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 590 distinct verses.
- 24 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 24 of 27 New Testament books.
- #33
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Greek words (rank 33 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
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By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 590 distinct verses.
- Gospels 423 verses · 72%
- Johannine 181 verses · 31%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 146 verses · 25%
- Pauline corpus 69 verses · 12%
- Revelation 32 verses · 5%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 10 verses · 2%
- Hebrews 5 verses · 1%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Came 122×, Come 119×, Cometh 65×
- American Standard Version: Came 111×, Come 100×, Cometh 75×
- Berean Standard Bible: Came 87×, Come 79×, Comes 42×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Come 101×, Came 77×, Having come 67×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G2064 across 660 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 59 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 5 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G2064 across 655 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 88 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G2064 across 619 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 96 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 7 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G2064 across 682 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 44 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 3 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- of persons
- metaph.
- to go, to follow one
Word origin
Origin: middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses, the others being supplied by a kindred [middle voice] eleuthomai el-yoo'-thom-ahee, or [active] eltho el'-tho, which do not otherwise occur)
Middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses the others being supplied by a kindred [middle voice] word ἐλεύθομαι eleuthomai or ἔλθω elthō which do not otherwise occur); to come or go (in a great variety of applications literally and figuratively): - accompany appear bring come enter fall out go grow X light X next pass resort be set.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 68 distinct written forms G2064 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that tense’s occurrences in the concordance.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 8 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G2064, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word ερχομαι appears 805 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 762 verses in 34 books.
- 805
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 762
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 34 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 34 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 10:19 ἔρχομαι
- Exodus 2:8 ἔρχομαι
- Leviticus 13:16 ἔρχομαι
- Numbers 11:26 ἔρχομαι
- Deuteronomy 1:19 ἔρχομαι
- Joshua 2:22 ἔρχομαι
- Judges 2:6 ἔρχομαι
- Ruth 1:2 ἔρχομαι
- 1 Samuel 2:14 ἔρχομαι
- 2 Samuel 1:2 ἔρχομαι
- 1 Kings 1:22 ἔρχομαι
- 2 Kings 1:9 ἔρχομαι
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G2064) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 762. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 10:19 ἔρχομαι The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, to Lasha.
- Genesis 10:30 ἔρχομαι Their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.
- Genesis 11:31 ἔρχομαι Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife. They went forth from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran, and lived there.
- Genesis 12:5 ἔρχομαι Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother's son, all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls who they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan. Into the land of Canaan they came.
- Genesis 13:3 ἔρχομαι He went on his journeys from the South even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
- Genesis 13:10 ἔρχομαι Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.
- Genesis 13:18 ἔρχομαι Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.
- Genesis 14:5 ἔρχομαι In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who were with him, and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
- Genesis 14:7 ἔρχομαι They returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar.
- Genesis 16:8 ἔρχομαι He said, "Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, where did you come from? Where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai."
- Genesis 18:21 ἔρχομαι I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me. If not, I will know."
- Genesis 18:22 ἔρχομαι The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.
- Genesis 19:1 ἔρχομαι The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth,
- Genesis 19:9 ἔρχομαι They said, "Stand back!" They said, "This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge. Now will we deal worse with you, than with them!" They pressed hard on the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door.
- Genesis 22:3 ἔρχομαι Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.
- Genesis 22:9 ἔρχομαι They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
- Genesis 23:2 ἔρχομαι Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
- Genesis 24:30 ἔρχομαι It happened, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, "This is what the man said to me," that he came to the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.
- Genesis 24:41 ἔρχομαι Then will you be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don't give her to you, you shall be clear from my oath.'
- Genesis 24:42 ἔρχομαι I came this day to the spring, and said, 'Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go.
- Genesis 24:63 ἔρχομαι Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening. He lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming.
- Genesis 25:18 ἔρχομαι They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.
- Genesis 25:29 ἔρχομαι Jacob boiled stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was famished.
- Genesis 26:27 ἔρχομαι Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?"
- Genesis 27:30 ἔρχομαι It happened, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
- Genesis 27:33 ἔρχομαι Isaac trembled violently, and said, "Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed."
- Genesis 27:35 ἔρχομαι He said, "Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing."
- Genesis 29:6 ἔρχομαι He said to them, "Is it well with him?" They said, "It is well. See, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep."
- Genesis 29:9 ἔρχομαι While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.
- Genesis 30:38 ἔρχομαι He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink. They conceived when they came to drink.
- Genesis 31:24 ἔρχομαι God came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad."
- Genesis 32:7 ἔρχομαι Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed: and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;
- Genesis 32:9 ἔρχομαι Jacob said, "God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, 'Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good.'
- Genesis 32:12 ἔρχομαι You said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which can't be numbered because there are so many.'"
- Genesis 33:1 ἔρχομαι Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and to the two handmaids.
- Genesis 33:14 ἔρχομαι Please let my lord pass over before his servant: and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir."
- Genesis 33:18 ἔρχομαι Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped before the city.
- Genesis 34:5 ἔρχομαι Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field. Jacob held his peace until they came.
- Genesis 34:7 ἔρχομαι The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
- Genesis 34:20 ἔρχομαι Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,
- Genesis 35:6 ἔρχομαι So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Bethel), he and all the people who were with him.
- Genesis 35:16 ἔρχομαι They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.
- Genesis 35:27 ἔρχομαι Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.
- Genesis 37:10 ἔρχομαι He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to you to the earth?"
- Genesis 37:14 ἔρχομαι He said to him, "Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again." So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
- Genesis 37:19 ἔρχομαι They said one to another, "Behold, this dreamer comes.
- Genesis 37:23 ἔρχομαι It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;
- Genesis 37:35 ἔρχομαι All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted. He said, "For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning." His father wept for him.
- Genesis 39:16 ἔρχομαι She laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.
- Genesis 41:14 ἔρχομαι Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothing, and came in to Pharaoh.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G2064) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
