ἔρχομαι erchomai

Greek word for “to come/go” · Strong’s G2064 · used 632 times in 595 verses

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Meaning

ἔρχομαι; 1. to come; (a) of persons, either as arriving or returning from elsewhere:, al.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for erchomai in context, with how often each is used:

• came 135
• coming 102
• having come 79
• come 73
• comes 61
• may come 31
• will come 21
• has come 16
• do come 11
• went 11
• have come 10
• had come 8

Where it is used

Also in 12 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

John 4 (13), John 11 (12), Mark 14 (11), John 1 (11), John 6 (11), John 7 (11), John 12 (11), Mark 5 (10), John 20 (10), Luke 12 (9)

Forms

• ἦλθεν 87
• ἔρχεται 83
• ἦλθον 62
• ἐλθὼν 48
• ἐλθεῖν 40
• ἔλθῃ 32
• ἐρχόμενος 26
• ἐλθόντες 21
• ἔρχονται 19
• ἔρχομαι 18

Words used with it

Words that share verses with erchomai more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• μετά meta “with/after” 57
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 50
• υἱός uhios “son” 47
• μαθητής mathētēs “disciple” 41
• ὥρα hōra “hour” 31
• ἰδού idou “look!” 35
• πολύς polus “much” 40
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 41
• ὅταν hotan “when(-ever)” 29
• εὑρίσκω ehuriskō “to find/meet” 31
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 38
• ἐκεῖνος ekeinos “that” 31

Key verses

The verses using erchomai that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 3:7 — But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath…
• Matthew 7:15 — Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
• Matthew 16:27 — For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
• Matthew 25:31 — When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
• John 1:29 — The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
• John 7:37 — In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
• John 14:6 — Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
• Acts 3:19 — Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
• 1 Corinthians 4:5 — Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels…
• Galatians 4:4 — But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
• Philippians 1:27 — Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye…
• Revelation 7:14 — And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.