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Lexicon :: Strong's G2240 - ēkō

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ἥκω
Transliteration
ēkō (Key)
Pronunciation
hay'-ko
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary verb
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:926,306

Strong’s Definitions

ἥκω hḗkō, hay'-ko; a primary verb; to arrive, i.e. be present (literally or figuratively):—come.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's G2240 in the following manner: come (27x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's G2240 in the following manner: come (27x).

  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἥκω hḗkō, hay'-ko; a primary verb; to arrive, i.e. be present (literally or figuratively):—come.
STRONGS G2240:
ἥκω; imperfect ἧκον (Acts 28:23, where L T Tr WH ἦλθον); future ἥξω; 1 aorist ἧξα (Luke 13:35 R G; Revelation 2:25; Revelation 3:9 Rec.); perfect ἧκα (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; Bttm. Ausf. Spr. ii. 205; [Veitch, under the word]; Winers Grammar, 87 (83); [Buttmann, 59 (51)]); 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, ὁ 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: ἀν-, καθήκω.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
42:7; 42:9; 45:16; 47:4
Joshua
9:12
Job
16:22
Matthew
8:11; 23:36; 24:14; 24:50
Mark
8:3; 8:3; 8:3
Luke
12:46; 13:29; 13:35; 13:35; 15:27; 19:43
John
2:4; 4:47; 6:37; 8:42
Acts
28:23; 28:23
Romans
11:26
Hebrews
10:7; 10:9; 10:37
2 Peter
3:10
1 John
5:20
Revelation
2:25; 2:25; 3:3; 3:9; 3:9; 15:4; 18:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2240 matches the Greek ἥκω (ēkō),
which occurs 27 times in 26 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:11 - and I say to you, that many from east and west shall come and recline (at meat) with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the reign of the heavens,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:36 - verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:14 - and this good news of the reign shall be proclaimed in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then shall the end arrive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:50

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:50 - the lord of that servant will arrive in a day when he doth not expect, and in an hour of which he doth not know,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:3 - and if I shall let them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way, for certain of them are come from far.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:46 - the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he doth not look for him, and in an hour that he doth not know, and will cut him off, and his portion with the unfaithful he will appoint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:29 - and they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall recline in the reign of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:35 - 'Lo, your house is being left to you desolate, and verily I say to you -- ye may not see me, till it may come, when ye may say, Blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:27 - and he said to him -- Thy brother is arrived, and thy father did kill the fatted calf, because in health he did receive him back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:43 - 'Because days shall come upon thee, and thine enemies shall cast around thee a rampart, and compass thee round, and press thee on every side,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:4 - Jesus saith to her, 'What -- to me and to thee, woman? not yet is mine hour come.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:47 - he, having heard that Jesus is come out of Judea to Galilee, went away unto him, and was asking him that he may come down and may heal his son, for he was about to die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:37 - all that the Father doth give to me will come unto me; and him who is coming unto me, I may in no wise cast without,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:42 - Jesus then said to them, 'If God were your father, ye were loving me, for I came forth from God, and am come; for neither have I come of myself, but He sent me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:23 - and having appointed him a day, they came, more of them unto him, to the lodging, to whom he was expounding, testifying fully the reign of God, persuading them also of the things concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses, and the prophets, from morning till evening,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:26 - and so all Israel shall be saved, according as it hath been written, 'There shall come forth out of Sion he who is delivering, and he shall turn away impiety from Jacob,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:7 - then I said, Lo, I come, (in a volume of the book it hath been written concerning me,) to do, O God, Thy will;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:9 - then he said, 'Lo, I come to do, O God, Thy will;' he doth take away the first that the second he may establish;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:37

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:37 - for yet a very very little, He who is coming will come, and will not tarry;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:10 - and it will come -- the day of the Lord -- as a thief in the night, in which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away, and the elements with burning heat be dissolved, and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 5:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:20 - and we have known that the Son of God is come, and hath given us a mind, that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ; this one is the true God and the life age-during!

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:25 - but that which ye have -- hold ye, till I may come;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:3 - 'Remember, then, how thou hast received, and heard, and be keeping, and reform: if, then, thou mayest not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou mayest not know what hour I will come upon thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:9 - lo, I make of the synagogue of the Adversary those saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but do lie; lo, I will make them that they may come and bow before thy feet, and may know that I loved thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:4 - who may not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? because Thou alone art kind, because all the nations shall come and bow before Thee, because Thy righteous acts were manifested.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:8 - because of this, in one day, shall come her plagues, death, and sorrow, and famine; and in fire she shall be utterly burned, because strong is the Lord God who is judging her;
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