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Lexicon :: Strong's G2240 - hēkō

Aa
ἥκω
Transliteration
hēkō (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.]
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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 (hēkō),
which occurs 219 times in 210 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 6:13–2Sa 3:23)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:13 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:10 - And he said, I will certainly return unto thee when the season cometh round; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:30 - and there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:7 - And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9 - And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:16 - And the report thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:18 - and take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:31 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - And they said unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants’ flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:5 - And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:9 - And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:23 - If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people also shall go to their place in peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:24 - An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:9 - When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:35 - then he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, There seemeth to me to be as it were a plague in the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:36 - And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:38 - And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:9 - for ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:26 - Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which Jehovah shall choose;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:2 - and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:17 -
They sacrificed unto demons, which were no God,
To gods that they knew not,
To new gods that came up of late,
Which your fathers dreaded not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:2 - And he said,
Jehovah came from Sinai,
And rose from Seir unto them;
He shined forth from mount Paran,
And he came from the ten thousands of holy ones:
At his right hand was a fiery law for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:3 - And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, that are entered into thy house; for they are come to search out all the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:6 - And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make ye a covenant with us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:9 - And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of Jehovah thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:15 - And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon you of which Jehovah your God spake unto you, so will Jehovah bring upon you all the evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:12 - And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come unto me to fight against my land?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2 - And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, Let be till morning light, then we will kill him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:10 - When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and the land is large; for God hath given it into your hand, a place where there is no want of anything that is in the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:34 - And this shall be the sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:36 - And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:6 - And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of Jehovah was come into the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:7 - And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:16 - And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to-day out of the army. And he said, How went the matter, my son?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:12 - And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before thee: make haste now, for he is come to-day into the city; for the people have a sacrifice to-day in the high place:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:3 - Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the oak of Tabor; and there shall meet thee there three men going up to God to Beth-el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:7 - And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion shall serve thee; for God is with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:12 - And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a monument, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:2 - And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And Jehovah said, Take a heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:5 - And he said, Peaceably; I am come to sacrifice unto Jehovah: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:19 - And when thou hast stayed three days, thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:5 - And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the stronghold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:7 - And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:8 - Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee: wherefore let the young men find favor in thine eyes; for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thy hand, unto thy servants, and to thy son David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:3 - And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:4 - David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:6 - Then Achish called David, and said unto him, As Jehovah liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favor thee not.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:9 - And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:10 - Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants of thy lord that are come with thee; and as soon as ye are up early in the morning, and have light, depart.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:23 - When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

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