ἔρχομαι

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: Matt 8,9, Mark 6,31, Luk 7,8, Joh 4,27, Rom 9,9, al.; before ἀπό, Mark 5,35; 7,1, Joh 3,2, al.; ἐκ, Luk 5,17, Joh 3,31, al.; εἰς, Mark 1,29, al.; διά before εἰς, Mark 7,31 ἐν (Cremer, 263f., but see: ἐν), Rom 15,29, 1 Kor 4,21; ἐπί, with accusative, Mark 6,53; 11,13, Joh 19,33, al.; κατά, with accusative, Luk 10,33 ApG 16,7; παρά, with genitive, Luk 8,49 with accusative, Matt 15,29, Mark 9,14, al.; with dative comm., incomm. (M, Pr., 75, 245), Matt 21,5, Åb 2,5, 16; with adverbs: πόθεν, Joh 3,8, al.; ἄνωθεν, Joh 3,31 ὄπισθεν, Mark 5,27 ὧδε, Matt 8,29 ἐκεῖ, Joh 18,3 ποῦ, Hebr 11,8 before ἕως, Luk 4,42 ἄχρι, ApG 11,5 with purpose expressed by inf., Mark 5,14, Luk 1,59, al.; by fut. ptcp., Matt 27,49 ἵνα, Joh 12,9 εἰς τοῦτο, ἵνα, ApG 9,21 διά, with accusative, Joh 12,9 before verbs of action, ἔρχεται καί, ἦλθε καί, etc.: Mark 2,18, Joh 6,15, al.; ἔρχου καὶ ἴδε, Joh 1,47; 11,34; ἐλθών (redundant; Dalman, Words, 20 f.), Matt 2,8; 8,7, Mark 7,25, ApG 16,39, al.; similarly ἐρχόμενος, Luk 15,25, al.; of coming into public view: esp. of the Messiah (ὁ ἐρχόμενος, Matt 11,3, al.; see Cremer, 264), Luk 3,16, Joh 4,25; hence, of Jesus, Matt 11,19, Luk 7,34, Joh 5,43, al.; of the second coming, Matt 10,23, ApG 1,11, 1 Kor 4,5, 1 Thess 5,2, al.;

(b) of time: ἔρξονται ἡμέραι (present for fut.: Bl., §56, 8), Luk 23,29, Hebr 8,8" (LXX) ; fut., Matt 9,15, Mark 2,20, al.; ἔρξεται ὥρα, ὅτε, Joh 4,21, 23. al.; ἦλθεν, ἐλήλυθε ἡ ὥρα, Joh 13,1; 16,32; 17,1; ἡ ἡμέρα τ. κυρίου, 1 Thess 5,2 καιροί, ApG 3,19

(with) of things and events: κατακλυσμός, Luk 17,27 λιμός, ApG 7,11 ἡ ὀργή, 1 Thess 1,10 ὁ λύχνος, Mark 4,21 (see Swete, in l.). Metaphorical, τ. ἀγαθά, Rom 3,8 τ. τέλειον, 1 Kor 13,10 ἡ πίστις, Gal 3,23, 25; ἡ ἐντολή, Rom 7,9 with prepositions: ἐκ τ. θλίψεως, Åb 7,14 ἐις τ. χεῖρον, Mark 5,26 εἰς πειρασμόν, Mark 14,38, al.

2. to go: ὀπίσω, with genitive (Heb. הָלַךְ אַחֲרֵי), Matt 16,24, Mark 8,34, Luk 9,23; σύν, Joh 21,3 ὁδόν, Luk 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.)

SYN.: πορεύομαι, χωρέω (v, Thayer, see word ἔρξομαι).