Strong G1904ἐπέρχομαι
to arrive/invade
- Transliteration
- eperchomai
- Pronunciation
- ep-er'-khom-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
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)
[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)
In the Bible
Strong G1904 appears in 10 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- come10
- after1
First verses
- Luke 1:35And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
- Luke 11:22But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
- Luke 21:26Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
- Luke 21:35For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
- Acts 1:8But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
- Acts 8:24Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
- Acts 13:40Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
- Acts 14:19And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.
- Ephesians 2:7That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
- James 5:1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπέρχομαι,
imperfect [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐπηρχόμην 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.120)] (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, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.200, 218)], etc.; especially come suddenly upon, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.155, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.95: with _accusative_, ἐ. πόλιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 593)] codices (nisi to be read ἐσ-); come to for advice, μάντεις, μοῦσαν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev\. author] “Supp.” 155, “Hel.” 165, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.” 772d: with Preps., ἐ. ἐς ποταμόν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.280, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Aj.” 438: _metaphorically_, ἐ. ἐς λόγου στάσιν [prev\. author] “Tr.” 1180; ἐ. ἐς πόλεμον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.47; ἐ. ἐνθάδε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.651)].
I.1.b frequently in hostile sense, go or come against, attack, absolutely, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (12.136, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.90, etc.: with _dative_, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.91, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ba.” 736, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.34, etc.: rarely with _accusative_, τμήδην αὐχέν᾽ ἐπῆλθε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.262)]; τὴν τῶν πέλας ἐ. invade it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.39)]: hence, visit, reprove, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ταῦτα μέν σε πρῶτ᾽ ἐπῆλθον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 349, compare “Andr.” 688: with a _preposition_)], invade, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν “PFay.” 12.12 (2nd c.BC).)]
I.1.c come forward to speak, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Or.” 931, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.119, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.” 850c; ἐ. ἐπὶ τὸν δῆμον, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐφόρους, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.97, 9.7; ἐπὶ τὸ κοινόν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.90)]; τοῖς Αακεδαιμονίοις [Refs ([prev. work] 91.)]
I.1.d in Law, proceed against, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (ἐπί τινα “PEleph.” 3.3 (3rd c.BC); ἐπί τινα περί τινος “PAmh.” 2.96.8 (3rd c.AD); τινὶ περί τινος “POxy.” 489.11 (2nd c.AD); ἐπὶ πιττάκιον)] impugn, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1167.14 (1st c.BC))]: also in aorist 1 [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (ἐπελεύσασθαι “PStrassb.” 35.25 (2nd c.BC), etc. (ἐπιπορεύομαι (which see))] is more common in the present in the Hellenistic period.)
I.2 of events, conditions, etc., come upon, especially come suddenly upon, with accusative, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (μιν.. ἐπήλυθε νήδυμος ὕπνος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.793, +others, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.141; ἔρως γὰρ ἄνδρας οὐ μόνους ἐπέρχεται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “fragment” 431)]: with dative, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (τοῖσιν ἐπήλυθε νήδυμος ὕπνος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.311, compare 5.472; μοι νοῦσος ἐπήλυθεν 11.200)]; βροτοῖσιν.. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ὅταν κλύδων κακῶν ἐπέλθῃ Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Persae” 600, compare “Ag.” 1256; ἐπῆλθέ μοι πάθος Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Leges” 811d)], etc.
I.3 with dative person, come into one's head, occur to one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἵμερος ἐπειρέσθαι μοι ἐπῆλθε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30)]; ὅ τι ἂν ἐπέλθῃ Latin quicquid in buccam venerit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.24: _impersonal_)] with infinitive, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (καί οἱ ἐπῆλθε πταρεῖν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.107, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Tr.” 134 (Lyric poetry); ἐμοὶ τοιαῦτ᾽ ἄττα ἐ. λέγειν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Gorgias” 485e, etc.; also ἐπέρχεταί με λέγειν [prev\. author] “Phd.” 88d)].
I.4 come in, of revenues, etc., ἐπερχόμενοι τόκοι, ἐπιβολαί, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 155.11 (2nd c.AD), 1049.16 (4th c.AD).)]
II of Time, come on, ἐπήλυθον ὧραι the season came round again, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.107)], etc.; also, come on, be at hand, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (νὺξ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐπῆλθε 14.457; γῆρας ἐ. 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 528, 728; ἕκαθεν ἐπελθὼν ὁ μέλλων χρόνος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).7)]; τὸ παρὸν τό τ᾽ ἐπερχόμενον πῆμα and that which is coming, the future, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Pr.” 98.)]
II.2 come in after or over another, of a second wife, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.41.)]
III go over or on a space, traverse, mostly of persons, with accusative, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (πολλὴν γαῖαν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.268; ἀγρόν 16.27; ἄγκεα πολλά 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.321, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.139, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30)]; go the round of, visit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (δόμους 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1297; ναοὺς χοροῖς [prev\. author] “Ant.” 153)] (Lyric poetry); πόλιν, of a god, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus “Pac.” 29)]; of an officer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (πύλας φυλακάς τ᾽ ἐπῆλθον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 699; τὰς ξυνωμοσίας ἐπελθών 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.54)]; walk on ice, [Refs ([prev\. author] 3.23; also of water, ἐπέρχεται ὁ Νεῖλος τὸ Δέλτα)] overflows it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.19, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supp.” 559 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.89.)]
III.2 go through or over, discuss, recount, with accusative, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “fragment” 160.4 codices 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Eq.” 618)]; review, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (τὰ εἰρημένα περί τινος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1172b8; also ἐ. περί τινος [prev\. author] “Ph.” 189b31)], +others; followed by an interrogative, [Refs (πειρατέον ἐπελθεῖν τίνες.. [prev\. author] “Pol.” 1289b24)]; πῶς δεῖ.. ἐπέλθωμεν συντόμως [Refs ([prev. work] 1317a15.)]
III.3 accomplish, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (πολέμῳ καὶ διαχειρίσει πραγμάτων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.97)].
IV come up to, imitate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (πάτρῳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 6.46)].
imperfect [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐπηρχόμην 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.120)] (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, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.200, 218)], etc.; especially come suddenly upon, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.155, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.95: with _accusative_, ἐ. πόλιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 593)] codices (nisi to be read ἐσ-); come to for advice, μάντεις, μοῦσαν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev\. author] “Supp.” 155, “Hel.” 165, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.” 772d: with Preps., ἐ. ἐς ποταμόν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.280, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Aj.” 438: _metaphorically_, ἐ. ἐς λόγου στάσιν [prev\. author] “Tr.” 1180; ἐ. ἐς πόλεμον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.47; ἐ. ἐνθάδε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.651)].
I.1.b frequently in hostile sense, go or come against, attack, absolutely, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (12.136, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.90, etc.: with _dative_, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.91, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ba.” 736, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.34, etc.: rarely with _accusative_, τμήδην αὐχέν᾽ ἐπῆλθε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.262)]; τὴν τῶν πέλας ἐ. invade it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.39)]: hence, visit, reprove, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ταῦτα μέν σε πρῶτ᾽ ἐπῆλθον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 349, compare “Andr.” 688: with a _preposition_)], invade, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν “PFay.” 12.12 (2nd c.BC).)]
I.1.c come forward to speak, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Or.” 931, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.119, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.” 850c; ἐ. ἐπὶ τὸν δῆμον, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐφόρους, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.97, 9.7; ἐπὶ τὸ κοινόν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.90)]; τοῖς Αακεδαιμονίοις [Refs ([prev. work] 91.)]
I.1.d in Law, proceed against, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (ἐπί τινα “PEleph.” 3.3 (3rd c.BC); ἐπί τινα περί τινος “PAmh.” 2.96.8 (3rd c.AD); τινὶ περί τινος “POxy.” 489.11 (2nd c.AD); ἐπὶ πιττάκιον)] impugn, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1167.14 (1st c.BC))]: also in aorist 1 [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (ἐπελεύσασθαι “PStrassb.” 35.25 (2nd c.BC), etc. (ἐπιπορεύομαι (which see))] is more common in the present in the Hellenistic period.)
I.2 of events, conditions, etc., come upon, especially come suddenly upon, with accusative, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (μιν.. ἐπήλυθε νήδυμος ὕπνος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.793, +others, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.141; ἔρως γὰρ ἄνδρας οὐ μόνους ἐπέρχεται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “fragment” 431)]: with dative, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (τοῖσιν ἐπήλυθε νήδυμος ὕπνος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.311, compare 5.472; μοι νοῦσος ἐπήλυθεν 11.200)]; βροτοῖσιν.. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ὅταν κλύδων κακῶν ἐπέλθῃ Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Persae” 600, compare “Ag.” 1256; ἐπῆλθέ μοι πάθος Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Leges” 811d)], etc.
I.3 with dative person, come into one's head, occur to one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἵμερος ἐπειρέσθαι μοι ἐπῆλθε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30)]; ὅ τι ἂν ἐπέλθῃ Latin quicquid in buccam venerit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.24: _impersonal_)] with infinitive, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (καί οἱ ἐπῆλθε πταρεῖν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.107, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Tr.” 134 (Lyric poetry); ἐμοὶ τοιαῦτ᾽ ἄττα ἐ. λέγειν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Gorgias” 485e, etc.; also ἐπέρχεταί με λέγειν [prev\. author] “Phd.” 88d)].
I.4 come in, of revenues, etc., ἐπερχόμενοι τόκοι, ἐπιβολαί, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 155.11 (2nd c.AD), 1049.16 (4th c.AD).)]
II of Time, come on, ἐπήλυθον ὧραι the season came round again, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.107)], etc.; also, come on, be at hand, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (νὺξ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐπῆλθε 14.457; γῆρας ἐ. 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 528, 728; ἕκαθεν ἐπελθὼν ὁ μέλλων χρόνος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).7)]; τὸ παρὸν τό τ᾽ ἐπερχόμενον πῆμα and that which is coming, the future, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Pr.” 98.)]
II.2 come in after or over another, of a second wife, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.41.)]
III go over or on a space, traverse, mostly of persons, with accusative, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (πολλὴν γαῖαν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.268; ἀγρόν 16.27; ἄγκεα πολλά 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.321, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.139, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30)]; go the round of, visit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (δόμους 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1297; ναοὺς χοροῖς [prev\. author] “Ant.” 153)] (Lyric poetry); πόλιν, of a god, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD(?): Macedonius Epigrammaticus “Pac.” 29)]; of an officer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (πύλας φυλακάς τ᾽ ἐπῆλθον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 699; τὰς ξυνωμοσίας ἐπελθών 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.54)]; walk on ice, [Refs ([prev\. author] 3.23; also of water, ἐπέρχεται ὁ Νεῖλος τὸ Δέλτα)] overflows it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.19, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supp.” 559 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.89.)]
III.2 go through or over, discuss, recount, with accusative, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “fragment” 160.4 codices 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Eq.” 618)]; review, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (τὰ εἰρημένα περί τινος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1172b8; also ἐ. περί τινος [prev\. author] “Ph.” 189b31)], +others; followed by an interrogative, [Refs (πειρατέον ἐπελθεῖν τίνες.. [prev\. author] “Pol.” 1289b24)]; πῶς δεῖ.. ἐπέλθωμεν συντόμως [Refs ([prev. work] 1317a15.)]
III.3 accomplish, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (πολέμῳ καὶ διαχειρίσει πραγμάτων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.97)].
IV come up to, imitate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (πάτρῳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 6.46)].