ἥκω hēkō · G2240
to come/be present
ἥκω ; [in LXX chiefly for בּוֹא ; ] ; pf. with present meaning (hence imperfect = plpf.), to have come, be present: Mat.24:50, Mrk.8:3 (late pf., ἧκα, see Swete, in l; WH, App., 169), Luk.12:46 15:27, Jhn.8:42, Heb.10:7, 9 10:37, I Jn 5:20, Rev.2:25 3:3, 9 15:4; before ἀπό, with genitive loc., Mat.8:11, Luk.13:29; ἐκ, Rom.11:26; id. before εἰς, Jhn.4:47; μακρόθεν, Mrk.8:3; ἐπί, with accusative, Rev.3:3. Metaphorical, of discipleship: Jhn.6:37; of time and events: absol., Mat.24:14, Jhn.2:4, 2Pe.3:10, Rev.18:8; before ἐπί with accusative of person(s), Mat.23:36, Luk.19:43 (cf. ἀν-, καθ-ήκω).†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ἥκω, ; []imperfect ἧκον (see. below): future ἥξω (see. below); Doric dialect ἡξῶ [] P. (in Doric dialect and []: all other tenses late; aorist 1 participle ἥξας []: perfect ἧκα [], 1st pers. plural ἥκαμεν [] falsa lectio in [], 2nd pers. plural ἥκατε [], 3rd.pers. plural ἥκασι []; infinitive ἡκέναι []: pluperfect ἥκεσαν []: —middle, present subjunctive ἥκηται []future ἥξομαι[]:—to have come, be present, properly in a perfect sense, with imperfect ἧκον as pluperfect, I had come, and future ἥξω …
Where it's used 26 times
Matthew 8:11 · Matthew 23:36 · Matthew 24:14 · Matthew 24:50 · Mark 8:3 · Luke 12:46 · Luke 13:29 · Luke 13:35 · Luke 15:27 · Luke 19:43 · John 2:4 · John 4:47 · John 6:37 · John 8:42 · Romans 11:26 · Hebrews 10:7 · Hebrews 10:9 · Hebrews 10:37 · 2 Peter 3:10 · 1 John 5:20 · Revelation 2:25 · Revelation 3:3 · Revelation 3:9 · Revelation 15:4 · Revelation 18:8 … and 1 more
Source: TBESG G2240; TFLSJ G2240
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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