ἔρχομαι (G2064) — Greek Lexicon

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ἔρχομαι

érchomai

G2064 verb

SILEX Entry

Definition

To come, to go; used of physical movement toward or away from a place or person. Also used idiomatically for arriving, appearing, entering, or fundamentally experiencing a transition (in space, time, or state). In figurative contexts, may denote the emergence or coming forth of events, conditions, or persons (e.g., the coming of an era or the appearance of a figure). The primary sense is movement either toward the speaker/writer or away, with context determining direction.

Semantic Range

to come, to go, to arrive, to appear, to enter, to approach, to move (in general), to result, to happen, to become present, to transition (in time/state), to originate

Root / Etymology

Root verb ἐρχ- (erch-), considered primary in Greek; present and imperfect tense forms are from ἔρχομαι, while other tenses derive from related forms such as ἐλεύσομαι (future), ἦλθον (aorist), and ἐλήλυθα (perfect), all reflecting a suppletive paradigm. Cognate with related verbs in other Indo-European languages (e.g., Latin 'orior', English 'arise'), though precise derivation within Greek is debated.

Historical & Contextual Notes

ἔρχομαι is a central Koine Greek verb for movement, widespread in classical, Hellenistic, and biblical texts. Its use is not strictly limited to physical movement but, particularly in biblical literature, also extends to metaphorical or eschatological 'comings' (e.g., 'the coming of the kingdom,' 'he who is to come'). In narrative, the direction of movement hinges on context, as ἔρχομαι can mean both 'come' and 'go,' depending on perspective. The verb is highly irregular, forming its tenses from several distinct roots (suppletion): present ἔρχομαι, future ἐλεύσομαι, aorist ἦλθον, perfect ἐλήλυθα. This suppletion shows its deep roots in the Greek language. In the Septuagint and the New Testament, the verb is frequently used for both mundane and significant theological events, but the English distinction between 'come' and 'go' can obscure its flexibility in Greek. Related verbs such as πορεύομαι emphasize the manner or process of going, while ἔρχομαι highlights the fact or event of movement or arrival. Standard translations frequently default to 'come' or 'go,' which only partly capture the semantic breadth.

Translation Consistency

primary "come" 50 occurrences

’Come’ is the most natural, frequent, and versatile English equivalent for ἔρχομαι. It covers arrival, appearing, entering, approaching, and the various figurative senses (coming into being, events that come to pass). Using ‘come’ keeps translations consistent and idiomatic while context can indicate direction or nuance when needed.

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Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses, the others being supplied by a kindred (middle voice) , or (active) , which do not otherwise occur); to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively):--accompany, appear, bring, come, enter, fall out, go, grow, X light, X next, pass, resort, be set.

Root Family

ἐρχ- (exérchomai) — to come, to go, to move

Root ἐρχ- to come, to go, to arrive, to move

Strong's	Lemma	SIBI-P1
G1831	ἐξέρχομαι	they have gone out
G4281	προέρχομαι	will go before

Word Forms

54 distinct forms

SIDANCE	Surface	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1	SIBI-P2	Occurrences
`G2064-25`	ἐλθὼν	elthon	`V AOR ACT PTCP NOM M SG`	having come	having come	having come	111
`G2064-39`	ἔρχεται	erchetai	`V PRS MID IND 3P SG`	comes	comes	comes	91
`G2064-19`	ἦλθεν	elthen	`V AOR ACT IND 3P SG`	came	he/she/it came	he came	89
`G2064-18`	ἐλθεῖν	elthein	`V AOR ACT INF`	to come	to come	to come	41
`G2064-17`	ἔλθῃ	elthe	`V AOR ACT SUBJ 3P SG`	comes	he/she/it may come	he/she/it may come	35
`G2064-48`	ἐρχόμενος	erchomenos	`V PRS MID PTCP NOM M SG`	coming	the one coming	the one coming	26
`G2064-27`	ἐλθόντες	elthontes	`V AOR ACT PTCP NOM M PL`	having come	having come	having come	22
`G2064-41`	ἔρχομαι	erchomai	`V PRS MID IND 1P SG`	I come	I am coming	I am coming	20
`G2064-52`	ἔρχονται	erchontai	`V PRS MID IND 3P PL`	they come	they are coming	they are coming	20
`G2064-47`	ἐρχόμενον	erchomenon	`V PRS MID PTCP ACC N SG`	coming	the one coming	coming	18
`G2064-54`	ἔρχου	erchou	`V PRS MID IMP 2P SG`	Come	Come	Come	12
`G2064-12`	ἐλεύσονται	eleusontai	`V FUT MID IND 3P PL`	will come	they will come	they will come	10
`G2064-36`	ἔρχεσθαι	erchesthai	`V PRS MID INF`	to come	to come or go	to come	10
`G2064-24`	ἤλθομεν	elthomen	`V AOR ACT IND 1P PL`	we came	we came	we came	9
`G2064-05`	ἐλήλυθεν	eleluthen	`V PRF ACT IND 3P SG`	has come	has come	has come	8
`G2064-01`	ἐλήλυθα	elelutha	`V PRF ACT IND 1P SG`	I have come	I have come	I have come	7
`G2064-23`	ἔλθω	eltho	`V AOR ACT SUBJ 1P SG`	I come	I may come	I may come	7
`G2064-03`	ἐληλύθει	eleluthei	`V PLPF ACT IND 3P SG`	had come	had come	had come	6
`G2064-10`	ἐλεύσομαι	eleusomai	`V FUT MID IND 1P SG`	I will come	I will come	I will come	6
`G2064-14`	ἦλθαν	elthan	`V AOR ACT IND 3P PL`	they came	they came	they came	6
`G2064-30`	ἐλθόντος	elthontos	`V AOR ACT PTCP GEN M SG`	having come	of the one having come	of the one having come	6
`G2064-53`	ἤρχοντο	erchonto	`V IMPF MID IND 3P PL`	they were going	they were coming	they were coming	6
`G2064-09`	ἐλεύσεται	eleusetai	`V FUT MID IND 3P SG`	will come	he/she/it will come	he will come	5
`G2064-32`	ἐλθοῦσα	elthousa	`V AOR ACT PTCP NOM F SG`	having come	having come	having come	5
`G2064-20`	ἦλθες	elthes	`V AOR ACT IND 2P SG`	have you come	you came	you came	4
`G2064-31`	ἔλθωσιν	elthosin	`V AOR ACT SUBJ 3P PL`	come	they might come	they might come	4
`G2064-40`	ἤρχετο	ercheto	`V IMPF MID IND 3P SG`	she was coming	he/she/it was coming	was coming	4
`G2064-45`	ἐρχομένῳ	erchomeno	`V PRS MID PTCP DAT M SG`	coming	to the one coming	to the one coming	4
`G2064-46`	ἐρχόμενοι	erchomenoi	`V PRS MID PTCP NOM M PL`	coming	those coming	those coming	4
`G2064-29`	ἐλθόντων	elthonton	`V AOR ACT PTCP GEN M PL`	they came	of those having come	of those having come	3
`G2064-02`	ἐλήλυθας	eleluthas	`V PRF ACT IND 2P SG`	you have come	you have come	you have come	2
`G2064-06`	ἐληλυθότα	eleluthota	`V PRF ACT PTCP ACC M SG`	has come	having come	having come	2
`G2064-22`	ἐλθέτω	eltheto	`V AOR ACT IMP 3P SG`	let come	let him come	let it come	2
`G2064-34`	ἐλθούσης	elthouses	`V AOR ACT PTCP GEN F SG`	has come	having come	having come	2
`G2064-37`	ἔρχεσθε	erchesthe	`V PRS MID IMP 2P PL`	Come	Come yourselves	Come	2
`G2064-38`	ἐρχέσθω	erchestho	`V PRS MID IMP 3P SG`	let him come	let him come	let him come	2
`G2064-42`	ἐρχόμενα	erchomena	`V PRS MID PTCP ACC N PL`	coming	things coming	things coming	2
`G2064-43`	ἐρχομένη	erchomene	`V PRS MID PTCP NOM F SG`	coming	the one coming	coming	2
`G2064-49`	ἐρχομένου	erchomenou	`V PRS MID PTCP GEN M SG`	coming	of the one coming	of the one coming	2
`G2064-04`	ἐληλύθεισαν	elelutheisan	`V PLPF ACT IND 3P PL`	had come	they had come	they had come	1
`G2064-07`	ἐληλυθότες	eleluthotes	`V PRF ACT PTCP NOM M PL`	had come	those having come	had come	1
`G2064-08`	ἐληλυθυῖαν	eleluthuian	`V PRF ACT PTCP ACC F SG`	having come	having come	having come	1
`G2064-11`	ἐλευσόμεθα	eleusometha	`V FUT MID IND 1P PL`	we will come	we will come	we will come	1
`G2064-13`	ἤλθαμεν	elthamen	`V AOR ACT IND 1P PL`	we came	we came	we came	1
`G2064-15`	ἤλθατε	elthate	`V AOR ACT IND 2P PL`	you came	you came	you came	1
`G2064-16`	ἐλθάτω	elthato	`V AOR ACT IMP 3P SG`	let come	let him come	let it come	1
`G2064-21`	ἔλθητε	elthete	`V AOR ACT SUBJ 2P PL`	you enter	you may come	you may come	1
`G2064-26`	ἐλθόντας	elthontas	`V AOR ACT PTCP ACC M PL`	having come	having come	having come	1
`G2064-28`	ἐλθόντι	elthonti	`V AOR ACT PTCP DAT M SG`	having come	to the one having come	to the one having come	1
`G2064-33`	ἐλθοῦσαι	elthousai	`V AOR ACT PTCP NOM F PL`	they might come	having come	having come	1
`G2064-35`	ἔρχῃ	erche	`V PRS MID IND 2P SG`	come	you are coming	are coming	1
`G2064-44`	ἐρχομένης	erchomenes	`V PRS MID PTCP GEN F SG`	coming	of her coming	coming	1
`G2064-50`	ἐρχομένους	erchomenous	`V PRS MID PTCP ACC M PL`	coming	those coming	those coming	1
`G2064-51`	ἐρχόμεθα	erchometha	`V PRS MID IND 1P PL`	we come	we were coming	we are coming	1

Occurrences in Scripture

632 occurrences

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SIDANCE	Reference	Word	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1	SIBI-P2
`G2064-18`	Matthew 14:28	ἐλθεῖν	elthein	`V AOR ACT INF`	to come	to come	to come
`G2064-17`	Matthew 14:29	ἐλθέ	elthe	`V AOR ACT IMP 2P SG`	Come	he/she/it may come	come
`G2064-18`	Matthew 14:29	ἐλθεῖν	elthein	`V AOR ACT INF`	to come	to come	to come
`G2064-25`	Matthew 14:34	ἦλθον	elthon	`V AOR ACT IND 3P PL`	they came	having come	they came
`G2064-32`	Matthew 15:25	ἐλθοῦσα	elthousa	`V AOR ACT PTCP NOM F SG`	woman came	having come	having come
`G2064-19`	Matthew 15:29	ἦλθεν	elthen	`V AOR ACT IND 3P SG`	went	he/she/it came	he came
`G2064-19`	Matthew 15:39	ἦλθεν	elthen	`V AOR ACT IND 3P SG`	he came	he/she/it came	he came
`G2064-27`	Matthew 16:5	ἐλθόντες	elthontes	`V AOR ACT PTCP NOM M PL`	came	having come	having come
`G2064-25`	Matthew 16:13	ἐλθὼν	elthon	`V AOR ACT PTCP NOM M SG`	having come	having come	having come
`G2064-18`	Matthew 16:24	ἐλθεῖν	elthein	`V AOR ACT INF`	to come	to come	to come
`G2064-36`	Matthew 16:27	ἔρχεσθαι	erchesthai	`V PRS MID INF`	come	to come or go	to come
`G2064-47`	Matthew 16:28	ἐρχόμενον	erchomenon	`V PRS MID PTCP ACC M SG`	coming	the one coming	coming
`G2064-18`	Matthew 17:10	ἐλθεῖν	elthein	`V AOR ACT INF`	come	to come	to come
`G2064-39`	Matthew 17:11	ἔρχεται	erchetai	`V PRS MID IND 3P SG`	comes	comes	comes
`G2064-19`	Matthew 17:12	ἦλθεν	elthen	`V AOR ACT IND 3P SG`	has come	he/she/it came	he came
`G2064-29`	Matthew 17:14	ἐλθόντων	elthonton	`V AOR ACT PTCP GEN M PL`	they came	of those having come	of those having come
`G2064-29`	Matthew 17:24	ἐλθόντων	elthonton	`V AOR ACT PTCP GEN M PL`	When they had come	of those having come	of those having come
`G2064-18`	Matthew 18:7	ἐλθεῖν	elthein	`V AOR ACT INF`	that they come	to come	to come
`G2064-39`	Matthew 18:7	ἔρχεται	erchetai	`V PRS MID IND 3P SG`	comes	comes	comes
`G2064-19`	Matthew 18:11	Ἦλθεν	elthen	`V AOR ACT IND 3P SG`	is come	he/she/it came	he came
`G2064-27`	Matthew 18:31	ἐλθόντες	elthontes	`V AOR ACT PTCP NOM M PL`	having come	having come	having come
`G2064-19`	Matthew 19:1	ἦλθεν	elthen	`V AOR ACT IND 3P SG`	he came	he/she/it came	he came
`G2064-18`	Matthew 19:14	ἐλθεῖν	elthein	`V AOR ACT INF`	to-come	to come	to come
`G2064-27`	Matthew 20:9	ἐλθόντες	elthontes	`V AOR ACT PTCP NOM M PL`	when they came	having come	having come
`G2064-27`	Matthew 20:10	ἐλθόντες	elthontes	`V AOR ACT PTCP NOM M PL`	having come	having come	having come
`G2064-19`	Matthew 20:28	ἦλθεν	elthen	`V AOR ACT IND 3P SG`	came	he/she/it came	he came
`G2064-25`	Matthew 21:1	ἦλθον	elthon	`V AOR ACT IND 3P PL`	they came	having come	they came
`G2064-39`	Matthew 21:5	ἔρχεταί	erchetai	`V PRS MID IND 3P SG`	comes	comes	comes
`G2064-48`	Matthew 21:9	ἐρχόμενος	erchomenos	`V PRS MID PTCP NOM M SG`	who comes	the one coming	the one coming
`G2064-19`	Matthew 21:19	ἦλθεν	elthen	`V AOR ACT IND 3P SG`	He went	he/she/it came	he came
`G2064-30`	Matthew 21:23	ἐλθόντος	elthontos	`V AOR ACT PTCP GEN M SG`	having come	of the one having come	when he came
`G2064-19`	Matthew 21:32	ἦλθεν	elthen	`V AOR ACT IND 3P SG`	came	he/she/it came	he came
`G2064-17`	Matthew 21:40	ἔλθῃ	elthe	`V AOR ACT SUBJ 3P SG`	comes	he/she/it may come	he may come
`G2064-18`	Matthew 22:3	ἐλθεῖν	elthein	`V AOR ACT INF`	to come	to come	to come
`G2064-17`	Matthew 23:35	ἔλθῃ	elthe	`V AOR ACT SUBJ 3P SG`	may come	he/she/it may come	it may come
`G2064-48`	Matthew 23:39	ἐρχόμενος	erchomenos	`V PRS MID PTCP NOM M SG`	coming	the one coming	the one coming
`G2064-12`	Matthew 24:5	ἐλεύσονται	eleusontai	`V FUT MID IND 3P PL`	shall come	they will come	they will come
`G2064-47`	Matthew 24:30	ἐρχόμενον	erchomenon	`V PRS MID PTCP ACC M SG`	coming	the one coming	the one coming
`G2064-19`	Matthew 24:39	ἦλθεν	elthen	`V AOR ACT IND 3P SG`	came	he/she/it came	came
`G2064-39`	Matthew 24:42	ἔρχεται	erchetai	`V PRS MID IND 3P SG`	comes	comes	comes
`G2064-39`	Matthew 24:43	ἔρχεται	erchetai	`V PRS MID IND 3P SG`	comes	comes	comes
`G2064-39`	Matthew 24:44	ἔρχεται	erchetai	`V PRS MID IND 3P SG`	comes	comes	comes
`G2064-25`	Matthew 24:46	ἐλθὼν	elthon	`V AOR ACT PTCP NOM M SG`	coming	having come	having come
`G2064-19`	Matthew 25:10	ἦλθεν	elthen	`V AOR ACT IND 3P SG`	came	he/she/it came	he came
`G2064-52`	Matthew 25:11	ἔρχονται	erchontai	`V PRS MID IND 3P PL`	they came	they are coming	they are coming
`G2064-39`	Matthew 25:19	ἔρχεται	erchetai	`V PRS MID IND 3P SG`	comes	comes	comes
`G2064-25`	Matthew 25:27	ἐλθὼν	elthon	`V AOR ACT PTCP NOM M SG`	coming	having come	having come
`G2064-17`	Matthew 25:31	ἔλθῃ	elthe	`V AOR ACT SUBJ 3P SG`	comes	he/she/it may come	he may come
`G2064-15`	Matthew 25:36	ἤλθατε	elthate	`V AOR ACT IND 2P PL`	you came	you came	you came
`G2064-24`	Matthew 25:39	ἤλθομεν	elthomen	`V AOR ACT IND 1P PL`	we come	we came	we came

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