Strong G864ἀφικνέομαι
to reach
- Transliteration
- aphikneomai
- Pronunciation
- af-ik-neh'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀφ-ικνέομαι, -οῦμαι
[in LXX for בּוֹא, etc.;]
perfective of ἱκνέομαι, to come (M, Pr., 247), to arrive at, come to, reach: metaphorically (MM, see word), Rom.16:19.†
(AS)
[in LXX for בּוֹא, etc.;]
perfective of ἱκνέομαι, to come (M, Pr., 247), to arrive at, come to, reach: metaphorically (MM, see word), Rom.16:19.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G864 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- come1
First verses
- Romans 16:19For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀφικνέομαι,
Ionic dialect ἀπ- [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.28, +others)]: imperfect ἀφικνεῖτο[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.33)]: future ἀφίξομαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.270, etc.)], Ionic dialect 2nd pers.singular ἀπίξεαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.29)], 3rd.pers.singular ἀπίξεται[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.13)]: perfect ἀφῖγμαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.297)], Attic dialect 2nd pers.singular ἀφῖξαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 305)], 3rd.pers.singular ἀφῖκται[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 794:)]pluperfect ἀφῖκτο[Refs ([prev. work] 1590)], Ionic dialect 3rd.pers.plural ἀπίκατο[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.6)]: aorist ἀφῑκόμην[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.395, etc.)]; infinitive ἀφικέσθα; Doric dialect imperative ἀφίκευσο[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 11.42)]: aorist 1 participle ἀφιξάμενος[Refs (“epigram Gr.” 981.9 (from Philae))]:—arrive at, come to, reach: Constr., in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus, and Trag. mostly with _accusative_ loci, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.645, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.29, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 15, etc.; ὅνδε δόμονδε 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 38: in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus also with _accusative_ _person_, μνηστῆρας ἀ.)] came up to them, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.332, compare 11.122, etc.)]; ὅτε μ᾽ ἄλγος ἀφίκετο came to me, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.395)]; similarly, τοῦτον νῦν ἀφίκεσθε come up to this throw ! [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.202)]; frequently also with Preps., ἀ. ἐς.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.431, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.255, etc.)]; less frequently ἐπί.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.281, 22.208)]; still more rarely κατά.., ποτί..,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (13.329, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.297; ἀ. πρὸς τέλος γόων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1622; ἐπὶ τῶν νήσων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.2; ἄχρι τοῦ μὴ πεινῆν ἀ. [prev. author] “Smp.” 4.37; θανάτου τοῦτ᾽ ἐγγυτάτω τοὔπος ἀφῖκται 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 934; παρά τινος ἀ. [prev. author] “OT” 935, etc.)]: absolutely, arrive, ὁπποίης ἐπὶ νηὸς ἀφίκεο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.171; ὅταν ἀ. ὥρη 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 723; σῖτος ἀφικνούμενος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.31; ὁ ἀφικνούμενος)]the stranger, newcomer, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 12.118.11:)] —Phrases:
1 ἀ. ἐπὶ or εἰς πάντα, to try every means, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 265, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 284; ἀ. ἐς πᾶσαν βάσανον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.110; ἐς διάπειράν τινος ἀ. [prev. author] 2.28, 77; ἐπὶ τὸ τέμνειν μῦς ἀ. 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.230.)]
2 come into a certain condition, ἀ. ἐς πᾶν κακοῦ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.118; ἐς ἀπορίην πολλήν [prev. author] 1.79)]; ἐς τοσοῦτο τύχης, ἐς τοῦτο δυστυχίας, come into such a..,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 124, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.86)]; ἐς ὀλίγον ἀ. νικηθῆναι come within little of being conquered, [Refs (Id 4.129)]; εἰς τὸ ἴσον ἀ. τινί attain equality with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.5; εἰς ὀργήν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 44)]; elliptically, ἐς ἄνδρ᾽ ἀφίκου reachedst man's estate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 322.)]
3 of intercourse with others, ἀ. τινὶ ἐς λόγους hold converse with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.28)]; ἐς ἔχθεα, ἐς ἔριν ἀ. τινί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.82, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 319)]; διὰ μάχης, δι᾽ ἔχθρας ἀ. τινί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.169, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1164; διὰ λόγων ἐμαυτῇ [prev. author] “Med.” 872.)]
3.b less frequently with dative person, ἀ. τινί come at his call, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.67, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.24, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.85.)]
4 εἰς τόξευμα ἀ. come within shot, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.23, etc.)]
5 of things, ἐς ὀξὺ ἀ. uncertain reading for ἀπηγμένα, -μένας in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.28, 7.64; ὁ λόγος εἰς ταὐτὸν ἀ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1097a24, compare 1167a12, +others)]
II the sense of return is sometimes implied in the context, but is not inherent in the word, as [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.420, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.54, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 6, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 153a.)]
Ionic dialect ἀπ- [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.28, +others)]: imperfect ἀφικνεῖτο[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.33)]: future ἀφίξομαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.270, etc.)], Ionic dialect 2nd pers.singular ἀπίξεαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.29)], 3rd.pers.singular ἀπίξεται[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.13)]: perfect ἀφῖγμαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.297)], Attic dialect 2nd pers.singular ἀφῖξαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 305)], 3rd.pers.singular ἀφῖκται[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 794:)]pluperfect ἀφῖκτο[Refs ([prev. work] 1590)], Ionic dialect 3rd.pers.plural ἀπίκατο[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.6)]: aorist ἀφῑκόμην[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.395, etc.)]; infinitive ἀφικέσθα; Doric dialect imperative ἀφίκευσο[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 11.42)]: aorist 1 participle ἀφιξάμενος[Refs (“epigram Gr.” 981.9 (from Philae))]:—arrive at, come to, reach: Constr., in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus, and Trag. mostly with _accusative_ loci, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.645, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.29, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 15, etc.; ὅνδε δόμονδε 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 38: in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus also with _accusative_ _person_, μνηστῆρας ἀ.)] came up to them, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.332, compare 11.122, etc.)]; ὅτε μ᾽ ἄλγος ἀφίκετο came to me, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.395)]; similarly, τοῦτον νῦν ἀφίκεσθε come up to this throw ! [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.202)]; frequently also with Preps., ἀ. ἐς.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.431, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.255, etc.)]; less frequently ἐπί.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.281, 22.208)]; still more rarely κατά.., ποτί..,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (13.329, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.297; ἀ. πρὸς τέλος γόων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1622; ἐπὶ τῶν νήσων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.2; ἄχρι τοῦ μὴ πεινῆν ἀ. [prev. author] “Smp.” 4.37; θανάτου τοῦτ᾽ ἐγγυτάτω τοὔπος ἀφῖκται 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 934; παρά τινος ἀ. [prev. author] “OT” 935, etc.)]: absolutely, arrive, ὁπποίης ἐπὶ νηὸς ἀφίκεο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.171; ὅταν ἀ. ὥρη 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 723; σῖτος ἀφικνούμενος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.31; ὁ ἀφικνούμενος)]the stranger, newcomer, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 12.118.11:)] —Phrases:
1 ἀ. ἐπὶ or εἰς πάντα, to try every means, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 265, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 284; ἀ. ἐς πᾶσαν βάσανον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.110; ἐς διάπειράν τινος ἀ. [prev. author] 2.28, 77; ἐπὶ τὸ τέμνειν μῦς ἀ. 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.230.)]
2 come into a certain condition, ἀ. ἐς πᾶν κακοῦ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.118; ἐς ἀπορίην πολλήν [prev. author] 1.79)]; ἐς τοσοῦτο τύχης, ἐς τοῦτο δυστυχίας, come into such a..,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 124, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.86)]; ἐς ὀλίγον ἀ. νικηθῆναι come within little of being conquered, [Refs (Id 4.129)]; εἰς τὸ ἴσον ἀ. τινί attain equality with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.5; εἰς ὀργήν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 44)]; elliptically, ἐς ἄνδρ᾽ ἀφίκου reachedst man's estate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 322.)]
3 of intercourse with others, ἀ. τινὶ ἐς λόγους hold converse with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.28)]; ἐς ἔχθεα, ἐς ἔριν ἀ. τινί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.82, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 319)]; διὰ μάχης, δι᾽ ἔχθρας ἀ. τινί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.169, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1164; διὰ λόγων ἐμαυτῇ [prev. author] “Med.” 872.)]
3.b less frequently with dative person, ἀ. τινί come at his call, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.67, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.24, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.85.)]
4 εἰς τόξευμα ἀ. come within shot, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.23, etc.)]
5 of things, ἐς ὀξὺ ἀ. uncertain reading for ἀπηγμένα, -μένας in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.28, 7.64; ὁ λόγος εἰς ταὐτὸν ἀ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1097a24, compare 1167a12, +others)]
II the sense of return is sometimes implied in the context, but is not inherent in the word, as [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.420, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.54, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 6, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 153a.)]