ἐπέρχομαι eperchomai · G1904
to arrive/invade
ἐπ-έρχομαι, ; [in LXX for בּוֹא, עָבַר, etc. ; ] ; 1. to come to, arrive, come on: before ἀπό, with genitive loc., Act.14:19 (ἐπῆλθαν; cf. M, Pr., 65; Deiss., BS, 191); of time, Eph.2:7. ; 2. to come upon (as in Hom.): of calamities, Luk.21:26, Act.8:24 13:40, Jas.5:1; of an enemy, Luk.11:22; of the Holy Spirit, Luk.1:35, Act.1:8, [in LXX: γίγνομαι ἐπί, Jdg.14:6, 3Ki.11:6, al.].†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ἐπέρχομαι, ; imperfect [] (unless from ἐπάρχομαι: Attic dialect imperfect is ἐπῇα (but see at {ἔρχομαι}) and future ἔπειμι): aorist 2 ἐπῆλθον, Epic dialect -ήλῠθον: perfect -ελήλυθα: ; I come upon: ; I.1 of persons, approach, with dative, [], etc.; especially come suddenly upon, [] codices (nisi to be read ἐσ-); come to for advice, μάντεις, μοῦσαν, []. ; I.1.b frequently in hostile sense, go or come against, attack, absolutely, []; τὴν τῶν πέλας ἐ. invade it, []: hence, visit, reprove, [], …
Where it's used 9 times
Luke 1:35 · Luke 11:22 · Luke 21:26 · Acts 1:8 · Acts 8:24 · Acts 13:40 · Acts 14:19 · Ephesians 2:7 · James 5:1
Source: TBESG G1904; TFLSJ G1904
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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