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Strong's #2240 - ἥκω

Transliteration
hḗkō
Phonetics
hay'-ko
Origin
a primary verb
Parts of Speech
Verb
TDNT
2:926,306
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Thayer's
  1. to have come, have arrived, be present
  2. metaph.
    1. to come to one, i.e. to seek an intimacy with one, become his follower: to come upon one (unexpectedly)
    2. to come upon one, of things endured
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 935 ‑ בּוֹא (bo);  1980 ‑ הָלַךְ (haw‑lak');  2342 ‑ חוּל (khool, kheel);  2778 ‑ חָרַף (khaw‑raf');  3318 ‑ יָצָא (yaw‑tsaw');  5102 ‑ נָהַר (naw‑har');  5674 ‑ עָבַר (aw‑bar');  5844 ‑ עָטָה (aw‑taw');  5927 ‑ עָלָה (aw‑law');  5975 ‑ עָמַד (aw‑mad');  6965 ‑ קוּם (koom);  7725 ‑ שׁוּב (shoob);  7931 ‑ שָׁכַן (shaw‑kan');  8334 ‑ שָׁרַת (shaw‑rath');  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (29)
Matthew 4
Mark 1
Luke 5
John 5
Acts 1
Romans 1
Hebrews 3
2 Peter 1
1 John 1
Revelation 7
NAS (32)
Matthew 4
Luke 6
John 7
Romans 1
Hebrews 5
2 Peter 1
1 John 2
Revelation 6
HCS (24)
Matthew 4
Mark 1
Luke 5
John 3
Romans 1
Hebrews 2
2 Peter 1
1 John 1
Revelation 6
BSB (26)
Matthew 4
Mark 1
Luke 5
John 4
Romans 1
Hebrews 3
2 Peter 1
1 John 1
Revelation 6
ESV (27)
Matthew 4
Mark 1
Luke 5
John 4
Acts 1
Romans 1
Hebrews 3
2 Peter 1
1 John 1
Revelation 6
WEB (31)
Matthew 5
Mark 1
Luke 6
John 5
Acts 1
Romans 1
Hebrews 3
2 Peter 1
1 John 1
Revelation 7
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἥκω,

Il. 5.478: impf. ἧκον (v. infr.): fut. ἥξω (v. infr.); Dor. ἡξῶ Theoc. 4.47, Call. Fr. 1.65 P. (in Dor. and Hom. more commonly ἵκω): all other tenses late; aor. 1 part. ἥξας Paus. 2.11.5, Gal. 6.56, 10.609: pf. ἧκα Philostr. VA 3.24, Scymn. 62, 1 pl. ἥκαμεν UPZ 72.9 (ii B.C.), CIG 4762 (Egypt, i A.D.), Dor. ἥκαμες f.l. in Plu. 2.225b, 2 pl. ἥκατε PGrenf. 2.36.18 (i B.C.), 3 pl. ἥκασι LXX 4 Ki. 20.14, Mark 8:3; inf. ἡκέναι UPZ 6.30 (ii B.C.): plpf. ἥκεσαν J. AJ 19.1.14:

I Med., pres. subj. ἥκηται Aret. SD 2.1: fut. ἥξομαι v.l. in M.Ant. 2.4:

1. to have come, be present, prop. in a pf. sense, with impf. ἧκον as plpf., I had come, and fut. ἥξω as fut. pf., I shall have come, μάλα τηλόθεν ἥκω Il. 5.478, cf. Od. 13.325, Pi. O. 4.12 (ἵκω codd. vett.): impf. ἧκον A. Pr. 661, Th. 1.91, al., Pl. R. 327c, Hdt. 8.50, etc.: fut. ἥξω A. Pr. 103, al., E. Andr. 738, Ar. Pax 265, Orac. ap. Th. 2.54, etc.; ἧκε imper., S. Aj. 1116, Ar. Pax 275, X. Cyr. 4.5.25; ἡκέτω E. Rh. 337: Constr. mostly with εἰς, Hdt. 8.50, A. Ch. 3, etc.; παρά τινα Hdt. 7.157, Th. 1.137; πρός τινα A. Ch. 659; πρὸς δαίμονα S. Fr. 770; esp. in worship, ἥκω πρὸς τὴν κυρίαν Ἶσιν OGI 186.6 (Egypt, i B.C.), cf. John 6:37; πρὸς πόλιν S. OC 734; ἐπί τινα to set upon, attack, Pl. R. 336b, Aeschin. 2.178; but ἥ. ἐπὶ τὸ στράτευμα to have come to fetch the army, X. An. 7.6.2; οἱ ἐπὶ ταῦθ' ἥκοντες D. 18.28; ἐπ' ὀλέθρῳ E. IA 886 (troch.); περὶ σπονδῶν X. An. 2.3.4: c. acc., ἥξεις ποταμόν A. Pr. 717, cf. 724, 730; ἥ. δῆμον τὸν Λυρκείου S. Fr. 271.6, cf. E. Ba. 1; ἥκουσιν αὐτῷ ἄγγελοι X. Cyr. 5.3.26; ἐς ταὐτὸν ἥ. to have come to the same point, to agree, E. Hec. 748, Hipp. 273: with Adv. of motion, ἥ. ἐνθάδε, δεῦρο, S. Ph. 377, D. 19.58; βῆναι κεῖθεν ὅθενπερ ἥκει S. OC 1227: c. neut. Pron., αὐτὰ ταῦτα ἥκω παρά σε Pl. Prt. 310e; ἐρωτώμενοι ὅ τι ἥκοιεν for what they had come, X. HG 4.5.9: c. acc. cogn., ὁδὸν μακρὰν ἥκειν Id. Cyr. 5.5.42: c. inf., μανθάνειν γὰρ ἥκομεν we are here to learn, S. OC 12.

2. to have reached a point, ἐς τοσήνδ' ὕβριν ib. 1030; εἰς τοῦτο ἀμαθίας E. Andr. 170; εἰς τοσοῦτον ἀμαθίας Pl. Ap. 25e; εἰς ὅσον ἡλικίας Id. Chrm. 157d, etc.; πρὸς γάμων ἀκμάς S. OT 1492; ὁρᾷς ἵν' ἥκεις; ib. 687, etc.; Geom., pass through a point, διὰ τῶν πόλων Autol. Sph. 10, cf. Archim. Con.Sph. 9. διὰ μάχης, δι' ὀργῆς ἥκειν, A. Supp. 475, S. OC 905; cf. διά A. IV. with an Adv. folld. by gen., οὕτω πόρρω σοφίας ἥκεις Pl. Euthd. 294e; εὖ ἥκειν τινός to be well off for a thing, have plenty of it, τοῦ βίου, χρημάτων, Hdt. 1.30, 5.62; ἑωυτῶν Id. 1.102; θεῶν χρηστῶν Id. 8.111; πιθανότητος Demetr. Magn. ap. D.H. Din. 1; οὐκ ὁμοίως ἥ. τινός not to be equally well off in respect of.., Hdt. 1.149; πῶς ἀγῶνος ἥκομεν; how have we sped in the contest? E. El. 751; ὧδε γένους ἥ. τινί to be this degree of kin to him, Id. Heracl. 213; ὡς δυνάμεως ἥκεις Paus. 4.21.10; ἐς μῆκος εὖ ἥκων Ael. NA 4.34: abs., εὖ ἥκειν to be flourishing, Hdt. 1.30: rarely c. gen. only, σὺ δὲ δυνάμιος ἥκεις μεγάλης thou art in great power, Id. 7.157 (nisi leg. μεγάλως).

3. to have come back, returned, D. 20.73; from exile, And. 2.13; αὐτίκα ἥξω I shall be back in a moment, X. An. 2.1.9; ἧκέ νυν ταχύ come back soon, Ar. Pax 275; ἄψορρον ἥξεις A. Pr. 1021; ἄψορρον ἥξομεν πάλιν S. El. 53.

4. c. part., ἥκω φέρων I have come bringing (i.e. with), Id. OC 579, cf. 357, Ar. Pax 265, Eup. 22 D., Pl. Grg. 518d; ἧκεν ἄγων Id. Phd. 117a; ἕτερόν τι ἥκεις ἕχων Id. Grg. 491c, etc.: c. fut. part., like ἔρχομαι, ἥκω φράσων, ἀγγελῶν, etc., I am going, I intend to say, E. Ph. 706, 1075, etc.

5. to have come to be, θεοῖς ἔχθιστος ἥκω S. OT 1519 (troch.), cf. Aj. 636 (lyr.), El. 1201, etc.; take one's origin, ἀπὸ πολιτειῶν τοιούτων ἥκετε, ἐν αἷς.. Th. 4.126.

II

1. of things, in various uses: of meats, to have come to table, Alex. 132; ὡς τὰ περιφερόμενα ἧκε πρὸς ἡμᾶς X. Cyr. 2.2.3; of reports, ἐμοὶ ἀγγελίη ἥκει παρὰ βασιλέος Hdt. 8.140. ά, cf. S. OC 1177; of events, πῆμα ἥκει τινί A. Pr. 103, cf. Ar. Ra. 606, etc.; ἐπ' ἀνδρὶ ἥκει βίον τελευτή S. OC 1472; ἵν' ἥκειτὰ μαντ εύματα what they have come to, Id. OT 953; ὡς αὐτὸν ἥξοι μοῖρα ib. 713 codd.; ἥξει πόλεμος Orac. ap. Th. 2.54; ἐς αὐτὸν ἥξει τὸ δεινόν Id. 6.77; of Time, ἥκει ἦμαρ, νύξ, A. Ag. 1301, E. IT 42; ἥκει ὑμῖν ὁ καιρός Lys. 12.79; τὸ μέλλον ἥξει A. Ag. 1240.

2. concern, relate to, ποῖ λόγος ἥκει; to what do the words relate? E. Tr. 154 (lyr.); εἰς ἔμ' ἥκει.. τὰ πράγματα Ar. Pl. 919; εἰς ἐμὲ τὸ ἐλλεῖπον ἥξει will fall upon me, X. Cyr. 1.5.13: freq. in part., τὰ εἰς τοὺς κινδύνους ἥκοντα Antipho 5.81; τὰ εἰς πλοῦτον ἥ. Pl. Erx. 392d; τὰ πρὸς ἔπαινον, εἰς φιλανθρωπίαν ἥ., Plb. 12.15.9, 28.17.2, etc.

3. depend upon, ὅσα τῆς Φωκέων σωτηρίας ἐπὶ τὴν πρεσβείαν ἧκε D. 19.30; τό γε ἐπ' αὐτοὺς ἧκον μέρος Ph. 2.21; ὅσα γ' εἰς βούλησιν ἥκειν τὴν ἐμήν Hld. 4.7.

4. c. inf., ἧκέ μοι γένει.. πενθεῖν it has come to me by birth.., my birth lays it on me.., S. OC 738, cf. Ichn. 356; καλῶς αὐτοῖς κατθανεῖν ἧκον βίου it being well for them at their age to die, E. Alc. 291.

5. c. part., ὃ καὶ νῦν ἥκει γινόμενον which commonly happens even now, Plb. 24.9.11 codd. (v.l. γενόμενον). (Prob. from same root as ἵκω.)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἥκω; imperfect ἧκον (Acts 28:23, where L T Tr WH ἦλθον); future ἥξω; 1 aorist ᾖξα (Luke 13:35 R G; Revelation 2:25; Revelation 3:9 Rec.); perfect ἦκα (often in the Sept., as Genesis 42:7, 9; Genesis 45:16; (Genesis 47:4); Joshua 9:12 (7); Job 16:22, etc.; in the N. T. once, Mark 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 בּוא; 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; Krüger, § 53, 1, 4): absolutely of persons, Matthew 24:50; Mark 8:3; Luke 12:46; Luke 15:27; John 8:42; Hebrews 10:7, 9, 37; 1 John 5:20; Revelation 2:25; Revelation 3:9; Revelation 15:4; followed by ἀπό with the genitive of place, Matthew 8:11; Luke 13:29; by ἐκ with the genitive of place, Romans 11:26; with addition of εἰς with accusative of place, John 4:47; μακρόθεν, Mark 8:3; πρός τινα, Acts 28:23 Rec.; metaphorically, to come to one i. e. seek an intimacy with one, become his follower: John 6:37; ἐπί τινα, to come upon one (unexpectedly), Revelation 3:3. of time and events: absolutely, Matthew 24:14; John 2:4; 2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 18:8; ἕως ἄν ἥξῃ (L T WH Tr in brackets ἥξει; see above and Buttmann, 231 (199)) (namely, καιρός), ὅτε εἴπητε, Luke 13:35; ἐπί τινα, metaphorically, to come upon one, of things to be endured (as evils, calamitous times): Matthew 23:36; Luke 19:43. (Compare: ἀνήκω,


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ἥκω ,

[in LXX chiefly for H935;]

pf. with pres. meaning (hence impf. = plpf.), to have come, be present: Matthew 24:50, Mark 8:3 (late pf., ἧκα , v. Swete, in l; WH, App., 169), Luke 12:46; Luke 15:27, John 8:42, Hebrews 10:7; Hebrews 10:9; Hebrews 10:37, 1 John 5:20, Revelation 2:25; Revelation 3:3; Revelation 3:9; Revelation 15:4; seq. ἀπό , c. gen. loc., Matthew 8:11, Luke 13:29; ἐκ , Romans 11:26; id. seq. εἰς , John 4:47; μακρόθεν , Mark 8:3; ἐπί , c. acc, Revelation 3:3. Metaph., of discipleship: John 6:37; of time and events: absol., Matthew 24:14, John 2:4, 2 Peter 3:10, Revelation 18:8; seq. ἐπί c acc pers., Matthew 23:36, Luke 19:43 (cf. ἀν -, καθ -ήκω ).†


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Preisigke 1046 (i/A.D.) Σεραπίων ἥκω πρὸς Σέραπι (ν) πατέρ (α) illustrates a common formula. Of greater importance is the use of the verb in relation to worship, as in John 6:37, in such a passage as OGIS 186.7 (B.C. 62) ἥκω πρὸς τὴν κ [υ ]ρίαν Ἶσιν : see Deissmann LAE, p. 356 n.6. The aor. ἧξα, as in Revelation 2:25, may be cited from P Oxy VI. 933.13 (late ii/A.D.) . . . μεγ ̣[ ]λην ἑορτὴν ἧ ̣ξ ̣α, ";I came to the great festival,"; and for the use of the perf. form owing to the perf. meaning, as ἥκασιν in Mark 8:3 אADN, cf. P Par 48.9 (B.C. 153) (= Witkowski, 2 p. 91) ἥκαμεν εἰς τὸ Σεραπιεῖον βολάμενοι συνμῖξαί σοι, P Grenf II, 36.18 (B.C. 95) καλῶς ἡμῖν ὧδε ἢ ἐν Διοσπόλει ἐὰν αἱρῆσθε πυρὸν ἀγοράσαι ἥκατε, also P Par 35.30 (B.C163) ἀπεκρίθησαν ἡμῖν φήσαντες ἐπ᾽ ἐνεχυρασίαν ἡκένα [ι : see further Mayser Gr. p. 372. For other instances of the verb it is sufficient to quote ib. 49.27 (B.C. 164–158) διὰ τοῦτο οὐκέτι ἥκει πρὸς ἐμὲ αἰσχυνθείς, P Oxy III. 531.8 (ii/A.D.) ἐὰν γὰρ θεοὶ θέλωσι τάχιον πρὸς σε ἥξω μετὰ τὸν Μεχεὶρ μῆνα, ib. VII. 1025.10 (late iii/A.D.) ἐξαυτῆς ἥκετε, ";come at once,"; and ib. X. 1252 recto .30 (A.D. 288–95) προσέταξεν. . . ἥκειν μετὰ τῶν ἀποδειξέων, ";gave orders to come with the proofs."; See also the striking invitation to celebrate the accession of Hadrian, P Giss I. 3.2 (A.D. 117) (= Chrest. l. p. 571), where the god Phoebus is represented as saying—

ἥκω σοι, ὦ δῆμ [ε,

οὐκ ἄγνωστος Φοῖβος θεὸς ἄνα -

κτα καινὸν Ἁδριανὸν ἀγγελῶ [ν.

 


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ήκαμεν ήκασι ήκασιν ήκατε ήκε ηκει ήκει ἥκει ήκεις ήκετε ήκομεν ήκον ήκοντα ήκοντας ήκοντες ήκοντος ηκω ήκω ἥκω ήκων ηλέκτρου ηξει ήξει ἥξει ήξεις ήξετε ήξη ήξομεν ήξουσι ήξουσί ηξουσιν ήξουσιν ἥξουσιν ηξω ήξω ἥξω ekei ēkei eko ēkō exei ēxei exo ēxō exousin ēxousin hekei hēkei hḗkei heko hēkō hḗko hḗkō hexei hēxei hḗxei hexo hēxō hḗxo hḗxō hexousin hēxousin hḗxousin
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