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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 26 times in 25 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:11 - And I tell you this, that many Gentiles will come from all over the world—from east and west—and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the Kingdom of Heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:36 - I tell you the truth, this judgment will fall on this very generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:14 - And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations[fn] will hear it; and then the end will come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:50

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:50 - The master will return unannounced and unexpected,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:3 - If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a long distance.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:46 - The master will return unannounced and unexpected, and he will cut the servant in pieces and banish him with the unfaithful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:29 - And people will come from all over the world—from east and west, north and south—to take their places in the Kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:35 - And now, look, your house is abandoned. And you will never see me again until you say, ‘Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the LORD!’[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:27 - ‘Your brother is back,’ he was told, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf. We are celebrating because of his safe return.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:43 - Before long your enemies will build ramparts against your walls and encircle you and close in on you from every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:4 - “Dear woman, that’s not our problem,” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:47 - When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Jesus to come to Capernaum to heal his son, who was about to die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:37 - However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:42 - Jesus told them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, because I have come to you from God. I am not here on my own, but he sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:26 - And so all Israel will be saved. As the Scriptures say,
“The one who rescues will come from Jerusalem,[fn]
and he will turn Israel[fn] away from ungodliness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:7 - Then I said, ‘Look, I have come to do your will, O God—
as is written about me in the Scriptures.’”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:9 - Then he said, “Look, I have come to do your will.” He cancels the first covenant in order to put the second into effect.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:37

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:37 - “For in just a little while,
the Coming One will come and not delay.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:10 - But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and the very elements themselves will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be found to deserve judgment.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 5:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:20 - And we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God.[fn] And now we live in fellowship with the true God because we live in fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:25 - except that you hold tightly to what you have until I come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:3 - Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly. Repent and turn to me again. If you don’t wake up, I will come to you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:9 - Look, I will force those who belong to Satan’s synagogue—those liars who say they are Jews but are not—to come and bow down at your feet. They will acknowledge that you are the ones I love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:4 - Who will not fear you, Lord,
and glorify your name?
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come and worship before you,
for your righteous deeds have been revealed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:8 - Therefore, these plagues will overtake her in a single day—
death and mourning and famine.
She will be completely consumed by fire,
for the Lord God who judges her is mighty.”
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