Strong G2064ἔρχομαι
to come/go
- Transliteration
- erchomai
- Pronunciation
- er'-khom-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses the others being supplied by a kindred [middle voice] word ἐλεύθομαι eleuthomai or ἔλθω elthō; 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.
Detailed definition
ἔρχομαι,
[in LXX very frequently for בּוֹא, also for הלךְ ni., אתה, etc., 34 words in all;]
1. to come;
__(a) of persons, either as arriving or returning from elsewhere: Mat.8:9, Mrk.6:31, Luk.7:8, Jhn.4:27, Rom.9:9, al.; before ἀπό, Mrk.5:35 7:1, Jhn.3:2, al.; ἐκ, Luk.5:17, Jhn.3:31, al.; εἰς, Mrk.1:29, al.; διά before εἰς, Mrk.7:31; ἐν (Cremer, 263f., but see: ἐν), Rom.15:29, 1Co.4:21; ἐπί, with accusative, Mrk.6:53 11:13, Jhn.19:33, al.; κατά, with accusative, Luk.10:33 Act.16:7; παρά, with genitive, Luk.8:49; with accusative, Mat.15:29, Mrk.9:14, al.; with dative comm., incomm. (M, Pr., 75, 245), Mat.21:5, Rev.2:5, 16; with adverbs: πόθεν, Jhn.3:8, al.; ἄνωθεν, Jhn.3:31; ὄπισθεν, Mrk.5:27; ὧδε, Mat.8:29; ἐκεῖ, Jhn.18:3; ποῦ, Heb.11:8; before ἕως, Luk.4:42; ἄχρι, Act.11:5; with purpose expressed by inf., Mrk.5:14, Luk.1:59, al.; by fut. ptcp., Mat.27:49; ἵνα, Jhn.12:9; εἰς τοῦτο, ἵνα, Act.9:21; διά, with accusative, Jhn.12:9; before verbs of action, ἔρχεται καί, ἦλθε καί, etc.: Mrk.2:18, Jhn.6:15, al.; ἔρχου καὶ ἴδε, Jhn.1:47 11:34; ἐλθών (redundant; Dalman, Words, 20 f.), Mat.2:8 8:7, Mrk.7:25, Act.16:39, al.; similarly ἐρχόμενος, Luk.15:25, al.; of coming into public view: esp. of the Messiah (ὁ ἐρχόμενος, Mat.11:3, al.; see Cremer, 264), Luk.3:16, Jhn.4:25; hence, of Jesus, Mat.11:19, Luk.7:34, Jhn.5:43, al.; of the second coming, Mat.10:23, Act.1:11, 1Co.4:5, 1Th.5:2, al.;
__(b) of time: ἔρξονται ἡμέραι (present for fut.: Bl., §56, 8), Luk.23:29, Heb.8:8" (LXX); fut., Mat.9:15, Mrk.2:20, al.; ἔρξεται ὥρα, ὅτε, Jhn.4:21, 23. al.; ἦλθεν, ἐλήλυθε ἡ ὥρα, Jhn.13:1 16:32 17:1; ἡ ἡμέρα τ. κυρίου, 1Th.5:2; καιροί, Act.3:19;
__(with) of things and events: κατακλυσμός, Luk.17:27; λιμός, Act.7:11; ἡ ὀργή, 1Th.1:10; ὁ λύχνος, Mrk.4:21 (see Swete, in l.). Metaphorical, τ. ἀγαθά, Rom.3:8; τ. τέλειον, 1Co.13:10; ἡ πίστις, Gal.3:23, 25; ἡ ἐντολή, Rom.7:9; with prepositions: ἐκ τ. θλίψεως, Rev.7:14; ἐις τ. χεῖρον, Mrk.5:26; εἰς πειρασμόν, ib. 14:38, al.
2. to go: ὀπίσω, with genitive (Heb. הָלַךְ אַחֲרֵי), Mat.16:24, Mrk.8:34, Luk.9:23; σύν, Jhn.21:3; ὁδόν, Luk.2:44. (Cf. ἀν-, ἐπ-αν-, ἀπ-, δι-, εἰς, ἐπ-εἰσ-, συν-εἰσ-, ἐξ-, δι-εξ-, ἐπ-, κατ-, παρ-, ἀντι-παρ-, περι-, προ-, προσ-, συν-έρχομαι.)
SYN.: πορεύομαι, χωρέω (v, Thayer, see word ἔρξομαι). (AS)
[in LXX very frequently for בּוֹא, also for הלךְ ni., אתה, etc., 34 words in all;]
1. to come;
__(a) of persons, either as arriving or returning from elsewhere: Mat.8:9, Mrk.6:31, Luk.7:8, Jhn.4:27, Rom.9:9, al.; before ἀπό, Mrk.5:35 7:1, Jhn.3:2, al.; ἐκ, Luk.5:17, Jhn.3:31, al.; εἰς, Mrk.1:29, al.; διά before εἰς, Mrk.7:31; ἐν (Cremer, 263f., but see: ἐν), Rom.15:29, 1Co.4:21; ἐπί, with accusative, Mrk.6:53 11:13, Jhn.19:33, al.; κατά, with accusative, Luk.10:33 Act.16:7; παρά, with genitive, Luk.8:49; with accusative, Mat.15:29, Mrk.9:14, al.; with dative comm., incomm. (M, Pr., 75, 245), Mat.21:5, Rev.2:5, 16; with adverbs: πόθεν, Jhn.3:8, al.; ἄνωθεν, Jhn.3:31; ὄπισθεν, Mrk.5:27; ὧδε, Mat.8:29; ἐκεῖ, Jhn.18:3; ποῦ, Heb.11:8; before ἕως, Luk.4:42; ἄχρι, Act.11:5; with purpose expressed by inf., Mrk.5:14, Luk.1:59, al.; by fut. ptcp., Mat.27:49; ἵνα, Jhn.12:9; εἰς τοῦτο, ἵνα, Act.9:21; διά, with accusative, Jhn.12:9; before verbs of action, ἔρχεται καί, ἦλθε καί, etc.: Mrk.2:18, Jhn.6:15, al.; ἔρχου καὶ ἴδε, Jhn.1:47 11:34; ἐλθών (redundant; Dalman, Words, 20 f.), Mat.2:8 8:7, Mrk.7:25, Act.16:39, al.; similarly ἐρχόμενος, Luk.15:25, al.; of coming into public view: esp. of the Messiah (ὁ ἐρχόμενος, Mat.11:3, al.; see Cremer, 264), Luk.3:16, Jhn.4:25; hence, of Jesus, Mat.11:19, Luk.7:34, Jhn.5:43, al.; of the second coming, Mat.10:23, Act.1:11, 1Co.4:5, 1Th.5:2, al.;
__(b) of time: ἔρξονται ἡμέραι (present for fut.: Bl., §56, 8), Luk.23:29, Heb.8:8" (LXX); fut., Mat.9:15, Mrk.2:20, al.; ἔρξεται ὥρα, ὅτε, Jhn.4:21, 23. al.; ἦλθεν, ἐλήλυθε ἡ ὥρα, Jhn.13:1 16:32 17:1; ἡ ἡμέρα τ. κυρίου, 1Th.5:2; καιροί, Act.3:19;
__(with) of things and events: κατακλυσμός, Luk.17:27; λιμός, Act.7:11; ἡ ὀργή, 1Th.1:10; ὁ λύχνος, Mrk.4:21 (see Swete, in l.). Metaphorical, τ. ἀγαθά, Rom.3:8; τ. τέλειον, 1Co.13:10; ἡ πίστις, Gal.3:23, 25; ἡ ἐντολή, Rom.7:9; with prepositions: ἐκ τ. θλίψεως, Rev.7:14; ἐις τ. χεῖρον, Mrk.5:26; εἰς πειρασμόν, ib. 14:38, al.
2. to go: ὀπίσω, with genitive (Heb. הָלַךְ אַחֲרֵי), Mat.16:24, Mrk.8:34, Luk.9:23; σύν, Jhn.21:3; ὁδόν, Luk.2:44. (Cf. ἀν-, ἐπ-αν-, ἀπ-, δι-, εἰς, ἐπ-εἰσ-, συν-εἰσ-, ἐξ-, δι-εξ-, ἐπ-, κατ-, παρ-, ἀντι-παρ-, περι-, προ-, προσ-, συν-έρχομαι.)
SYN.: πορεύομαι, χωρέω (v, Thayer, see word ἔρξομαι). (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2064 appears in 604 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- come488
- cometh97
- go13
- be11
- when11
- will4
- shall3
- thou3
- enter2
- resort2
- accompany1
- and1
First verses
- Matthew 2:2Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
- Matthew 2:8And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
- Matthew 2:9When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
- Matthew 2:11And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
- Matthew 2:21And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
- Matthew 2:23And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
- Matthew 3:7But 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 to come?
- Matthew 3:11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
- Matthew 3:14But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
- Matthew 3:16And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
- Matthew 4:13And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
- Matthew 5:17Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
- Matthew 5:24Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
- Matthew 6:10Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
- Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
- Matthew 7:25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
- Matthew 7:27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
- Matthew 8:2And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
- Matthew 8:7And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
- Matthew 8:9For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
- προέρχομαιto go beforeG4281
- ο ων και ο ην και ο ερχομενοςwas, is, will beG3801
- ἔλευσιςcomingG1660
- ἀνέρχομαιto go upG424
- περιέρχομαιto go aroundG4022
- συνέρχομαιto assembleG4905
- κατέρχομαιto descendG2718
- εἰσέρχομαιto enterG1525
- ἀπέρχομαιto go awayG565
- παρέρχομαιto pass byG3928
- ἐξέρχομαιto go outG1831
- προσέρχομαιto come near/agreeG4334
- ἐπέρχομαιto arrive/invadeG1904
- διέρχομαιto pass throughG1330
- ἐλεύθεροςfree/freedomG1658
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἔρχομαι
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.256, etc. (_active_ ἔρχω as barbarism, 5th-6th c.BC: Timotheus Lyricus “Persae” 167))]: imperfect ἠρχόμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.59, 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 102, (δι-) 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.93)]; frequently in later Prose, [LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Gen.48.7, NT.Mark.1.45, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Jud.Voc.” 4, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.8.5, etc.)]; in Attic dialect rare even in compounds, ἐπ-ηρχόμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.120 (perhaps from ἐπάρχομαι), προσ- [prev. work] 121 (perhaps from προσάρχομαι), περι- 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 504 codex: from ἐλυθ- (compare ἐλεύθω) come)]future ἐλεύσομαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], Ionic dialect, Trag. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 854, “Supp.” 522, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1206, “Tr.” 595))], in Attic dialect Prose only in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 22.11, frequently later, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.15, etc.)]: aorist, Epic dialect and Lyric poetry ἤλῠθον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.152, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.99, etc., used by 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus (not 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus or 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus) in dialogue (“Rh.” 660, “El.” 598, “Tr.” 374, compare 5th c.BC: Neophron Tragicus 1.1))]; but ἦλθον is more frequently even in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, and is the only form used in oblative moods, ἐλθέ, ἔλθω, ἔλθοιμι, ἐλθεῖν, ἐλθών)]; Epic dialect infinitive ἐλθέμεναι, -έμεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.151, 15.146 (_indicative_ never ἐλυθ-)] unaugmented unless ἐξ-ελύθη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.293 has replaced ἐξ-έλυθε))]; Doric dialect ἦνθον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 180, 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 144, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.118; _imperative_ ἐνθέ 3rd c.BC: Aristonous Lyricus 1.9)]; participle ἐνθών [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“IG” 9(1).867 (Corc., 6th c.BC), (κατ-) “Schwyzer” 657.4 (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus, 4th c.BC))]; subjunctive ἔνθῃ [Refs (“Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.164 (from Cyrene))]; Laconian dialect ἔλσῃ, ἔλσοιμι, ἐλσών, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 105, 118, 1081; later ἦλθα LXX.2Ki.24.7, NT.Matt.25.36, “BGU” 530.11 (1st c.AD), “IG” 14.1320, etc.)]; 3rd.pers. plural ἤλθοσαν [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (LXX.Josh.2.22, +others, “PTeb.” 179 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]; ἤλυθα [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“IG” 14.1971, 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 37.424, (ἐπ-) “Anthologia Graeca” 14.44:)]perfect ἐλήλῠθα (not in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus) 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 943, etc.)]; syncopated. plural ἐλήλῠμεν, -υτε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 235, 5th c.BC: Achaeus Tragicus 24, 43)]; Epic dialect εἰλήλουθα, whence I plural εἰλήλουθμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.49, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.81)], participle εἰληλουθώς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (19.28, 20.360; once ἐληλουθώς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.81)], participle κατ-εληλευθυῖα [Refs (“Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.166 (from Cyrene))]; Cretan dialect perfect infinitive ἀμφ-εληλεύθεν, see at {ἀμφέρχομαι}: Boeotian dialect perfect διεσσ-είλθεικε[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Schwyzer” 485.2 (Thesp., 3rd c.BC),)]participle κατηνθηκότι[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work]657.39 (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus, 4th c.BC))]: pluperfect ἐληλύθειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1306)]; Ionic dialect ἐληλύθεε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.98)]; Epic dialect εἰληλούθει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.520, εἰληλούθειν 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 532.)] —In _Attic dialect_ the oblative moods of present, as well as the imperfect and future were replaced by forms of εἶμι ibo (which see): in [Refs (LXX and Hellenistic Greek the place of the compounds, especially ἐξ-, εἰσέρχομαι, is commonly taken by ἐκ-, εἰσπορεύομαι, etc., the)]future, aorist, and perfect being supplied as before by ἐλυθ- (ἐλθ-):
I start, set out, ἦ μέν μοι μάλα πολλὰ..Λυκάων ἐρχομένῳ ἐπέτελλε when I was setting out, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.198, compare 150)]; τύχησε γὰρ ἐρχομένη νηῦς a ship was just starting, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.334)]; ἐς πλόον ἐρχομένοις (variant{ἀρχ-}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.34.)]
I.2 walk,= περιπατέω, χαμαὶ ἐρχομένων ἀνθρώπων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.442)]; σὲ δ᾽ ἐρχόμενον ἐν δίκᾳ πολὺς ὄλβος ἀμφινέμεται walking in justice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.14: the two {ἔρχατος} rare significations belong only to the)]present ἔρχομαι.
II (much more frequently) come or go (the latter especially in Epic dialect and Lyric poetry), ἦλθες thou art come, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.461, etc.)]; χαίροισ᾽ ἔρχεο go and fare thee well, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 23.7, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.43, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.320, 1.281; ἀγγελίην στρατοῦ.. ἐρχομένοιο 2.30, compare 10.267; πάλιν ἐλθέμεν, αὖτε εἰλήλουθα, 19.533, 549)]; οἶκον ἐλεύσεται[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 313; οἴκαδε 5.220; ἐς οἴκους 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 833)]: as a hortatory exclamation, ἀλλ᾽ ἔρχευ, λέκτρονδ᾽ ἴομεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.254, compare 17.529.)]
III with accusative cognate, ὁδὸν ἐλθέμεναι to go a journey, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.151; ἄλλην ὁδόν, ἄλλα κέλευθα ἤλθομεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.262; τηϋσίην ὁδὸν ἔλθῃς 3.316: frequently in Trag., 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 962, “Th.” 714 (also κατὰ τὴν αὐτὴν ὁδόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 707d))]; νόστιμον ἐλθεῖν πόδα (variant{δόμον}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1153)]; ἀγγε- λίην, ἐξεσίην ἐλθεῖν, go on an embassy, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.140, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.20.)]
III.2 with accusative loci, come to, arrive at, rare in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, Ἀΐδαο δόμους ἔρχεαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.483; ἔρχεσθον κλισίην 1.322)]: frequently in later Poets, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.52, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 259, etc.)]; traverse, ὁ ἥλιος ἔρχεται τῆς Λιβύης τὰ ἄνω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.24: with _accusative_ _person_, αῐ κέν τι νέκυς (_accusative_ _plural_) ῂσχυμμένος ἔλθῃ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.180; σὲ δ᾽, ὦ τέκνον, τόδ᾽ ἐλήλυθεν πᾶν κράτος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 141 (Lyric poetry).)]
III.3 with genitive loci, ἔρχονται πεδίοιο through or across the plain, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.801)]; but also, from a place, γῆς τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 572.)]
III.4 with dative person, come to, i.e. come to aid or relieve one, rare in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.453; frequently later, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.100, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.13. etc.; ἀποροῦντι αὐτῷ ἔρχεται Προμηθεὺς ἐπισκεψόμενος τὴν νομήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 321c)]; also in hostile sense, ἔρχομαί σοι [NT (NT.Rev.2.5.)]
IV with future participle, to denote the object, ἔρχομαι ἔγχος οίσόμενος I go to fetch.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.256; ἔρχομαι ὀψομένη 14.301: frequently in Trag., μαρτυρήσων ἦλθον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 576; ἐκσώσων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1303.)]
IV.2 in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus like an auxiliary Verb, ἔρχομαι ἐρέων, φράσων,)] I am going to tell, [Refs (1.5, 3.6, +others)]; σημανέων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4.99; μηκυνέων 2.35: rare in _Attic dialect_, ἔ. κατηγορήσων, ἀποθανούμενος, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 2c, “Thg.” 129a)]; ἔρχομαι ἐπιχειρῶν -σοι ἐπιδείξασθαι, for ἔ. σοι ἐπιδειξόμενος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Phd.” 100b; οὐ τοῦτο λέξων ἔρχομαι, ὡς.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 2.7.)]
IV.3 with participle present, aorist, or perfect, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, to show the manner of moving, ἄγγελος ἦλθε θέουσα)] she came running, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.715, +others)]; μὴ πεφοβημένος ἔλθῃς lest thou come thither in full flight,[Refs (10.510)]; ἦλθε φθάμενος he came first,[Refs (23.779)]; κεχαρισμένος ἔλθυι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.54.)]
IV.4 aor, participle ἐλθών added to Verbs, οὐ δύναμαι..μάχεσθαι ἐλθών go and fight, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.521)]; κάθηρον ἐλθών come and cleanse,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 668; λέγοιμ᾽ ἂν ἐλθών 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 928; δρᾶ νυν τάδ᾽ ἐλθών 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1107.)]
V of any kind of motion, ἐξ ἁλὸς ἐλθεῖν to rise out of the sea, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.448, +others)]; ἐπὶ πόντον to go over it, [Refs (2.265)]; with qualifying phrase, πόδεσσιν ἔ. to go on foot, [Refs (6.40 (but πεζὸς εἰλήλουθα)]have come as a foot-soldier, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.204))]; of birds, [Refs (17.755, etc.)]; of ships, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (15.549, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.334)]; of spears or javelins, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”)]; of natural phenomena, as rivers, [Refs (5.91)]; wind and storm, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (9.6, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.288; clouds, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.276, 16.364)]; stars, rise, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.94; time, είς ὅ κεν ἔλθῃ νύξ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.77, compare 24.351; ἐπὴν ἔλθῃσι θέρος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.192; ἔτος ἦλθε 1.16)]; of events and conditions, είς ὅ κε γῆρας ἔλθῃ καὶ θάνατος [Refs (13.59, compare 11.135)]; of feelings, go, ἦ κέ μοι αίνὸν ἀπὸ πραπίδων ἄχος ἔλθοι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.43; ἀπὸ πραπίδων ἦλθ᾽ ἵμερος 24.514)]; of sounds, etc., τὸν..περὶ φρένας ἤλυθ᾽ ίωή [Refs 8th c.BC+ (10.139; Κύκλωπα περὶ φρένας ἤλυθεν οἶνος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.362)]; without φρένας, περὶ δέ σφεας ἤλυθ᾽ ι>ωή [Refs (17.261, compare 16.6)]; of battle, ὁμόσ᾽ ἦλθε μάχη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.337)]; of things sent or taken, ὄφρα κε δῶρα ἐκ κλισίης ἔλθῃσι [Refs (19.191, compare 1.120)]; so later, especially of danger or evil, with dative, εἰ πάλιν ἔλθοι τῇ Ἑλλάδι κίνδυνος ὑπὸ βαρβάρων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.43; ἦλθεν αὐτῷ Ζηνὸς βέλος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 360; μηδ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἀνάγκας γάμος ἔλθοι [prev. author] “Supp.” 1032 (Lyric poetry), compare “Pers.” 436)]; of reports, commands, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pr.” 663, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.19)]; τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις ὡς ἦλθε τὰ γεγενημένα came to their ears, [Refs ([prev. work] 96)]; τὰ ἐρχόμενα ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν that which was about to happen to him, [NT (NT.John.18.4)]; of property, which comes or passes to a person by bequest, conveyance, gift, etc., τὰ ἐληλυθότα εἴς με ἀπὸ κληρονομίας [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 919.7 (2nd c.AD))]; ἐ. εἴς τινα ἀπὸ παραχωρήσεως, κατὰ δωρεάν, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PLond.” 3.1164e6 (3rd c.AD), “PMasp.” 96.22 (6th c.AD))]: —Geometry texts, pass, fall, ἔ. ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ σαμεῖον pass through the same point, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ ἰσορροπιῶν” 1.15)]; ὅπου ἂν ἔρχηται τὸ ἕτερον σαμεῖον wherever the other point falls, [Refs ([prev. work] 2.10.)]
BPost-Homeric phrases:
B.1 ἐς λόγους ἔρχεσθαί τινι come to speech with, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.86.α᾽, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1164 codices; so ἐς ὄψιν τινὶ ἐλθεῖν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.42.)]
B.2 εἰς χεῖρας ἐλθεῖν τινι (see. χείρ); so ἐς μάχην ἐλθεῖν τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.9. ; είς ὸργάς τισιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 572a.)]
B.3 ἐπὶ μεῖζον ἔ. increase, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 259; ἐπὶ μηδέν [prev. author] “fragment” 871.8, “El.” 1000)]; ἐπὶ πᾶν ἐλθεῖν try everything, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.18.)]
B.4 ἐς τὸ δεινόν, ἐς τὰ ἀλγεινὰ ἐλθεῖν, come into danger, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.45, 2.39; είς τοσοῦτον αίσχύνης ἐληλύθατον ὥστε.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 487b, etc.; εἰς τὸ ἔσχατον ἀδικίας [prev. author] “R.” 361d)]; ἐπ᾽ ἔσχατον ἐλθεῖν ἀηδίας Id [Refs (“Phdr.” 240d)]; ὅσοι ἐνταῦθα ἦλθον ἡλικίας arrived at that time of life, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 329b)]; ἐς ἀσθενὲς ἔ. come to an impotent conclusion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.120)]; ἐς ἀριθμὸν ἐλθεῖν to be numbered, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.72; εἰς ἔρωτά τινος ἐλθεῖν 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 21.6; εἰς ἔλεγχον 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 93.3, etc.)]; εἰς ἑαυτὸν ἐλθεῖν come to oneself, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Luke.15.17, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.1.15.)]
B.5 παρὰ μικρὸν ἐλθεῖν with infinitive, come within a little of, be near a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 296 (_anapaest meter_); παρ᾽ ὀλίγον ἐλθεῖν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 10)]; παρὰ τοσοῦτον ἡ Μυτιλήνη ἦλθε κινδύνου so narrow was her escape, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.49; παρ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐλθόντες τοῦ ἀποβαλεῖν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.45.14; παρ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐλθ. ἀπολέσθαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 8.)]
B.6 with διά and genitive, periphrastic for a Verb, e.g. διὰ μάχης τινὶ ἐλθεῖν for μάχεσθαί τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.9, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 978, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.92)]; διὰ πυρὸς ἐλθεῖν τινι rage furiously against.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 488 (Lyric poetry))]; but οί διὰ πάντων τῶν καλῶν ἐληλυθότες who have gone through the whole circle of duties, have fulfilled them all, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.15; διὰ πολλῶν κινδύνων ἐλθόντες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus2.142a.)]
B.7 ἔ. παρὰ τὴν γυναῖκα, παρὰ Ἀρίστωνα, of sexual intercourse, go in to her, to him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.115, 6.68)]; πρός τινα, of marriage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.5.)]
B.8 ἔ. ἐπὶ πόλιν attack, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11.)]
B.9 ἔ. ἐς depend upon or be concerned with, τό γ᾽ εἰς ἀνθρώπους ἐλθόν [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.149 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; τοῖς λογισμοῖς εἰς ἑαυτοὺς ἐρχόμενοι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.95; ὅσα εἰς ἀρετὴν ἔρχεται 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 22.18; τῶν πραττομένων οὐκ όλίγον εἰς ἐκεῖνον ἤρχετο [prev. work] 14.31.)]
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.256, etc. (_active_ ἔρχω as barbarism, 5th-6th c.BC: Timotheus Lyricus “Persae” 167))]: imperfect ἠρχόμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.59, 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 102, (δι-) 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.93)]; frequently in later Prose, [LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Gen.48.7, NT.Mark.1.45, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Jud.Voc.” 4, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.8.5, etc.)]; in Attic dialect rare even in compounds, ἐπ-ηρχόμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.120 (perhaps from ἐπάρχομαι), προσ- [prev. work] 121 (perhaps from προσάρχομαι), περι- 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 504 codex: from ἐλυθ- (compare ἐλεύθω) come)]future ἐλεύσομαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], Ionic dialect, Trag. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 854, “Supp.” 522, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1206, “Tr.” 595))], in Attic dialect Prose only in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 22.11, frequently later, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.15, etc.)]: aorist, Epic dialect and Lyric poetry ἤλῠθον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.152, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.99, etc., used by 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus (not 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus or 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus) in dialogue (“Rh.” 660, “El.” 598, “Tr.” 374, compare 5th c.BC: Neophron Tragicus 1.1))]; but ἦλθον is more frequently even in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, and is the only form used in oblative moods, ἐλθέ, ἔλθω, ἔλθοιμι, ἐλθεῖν, ἐλθών)]; Epic dialect infinitive ἐλθέμεναι, -έμεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.151, 15.146 (_indicative_ never ἐλυθ-)] unaugmented unless ἐξ-ελύθη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.293 has replaced ἐξ-έλυθε))]; Doric dialect ἦνθον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 180, 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 144, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.118; _imperative_ ἐνθέ 3rd c.BC: Aristonous Lyricus 1.9)]; participle ἐνθών [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“IG” 9(1).867 (Corc., 6th c.BC), (κατ-) “Schwyzer” 657.4 (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus, 4th c.BC))]; subjunctive ἔνθῃ [Refs (“Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.164 (from Cyrene))]; Laconian dialect ἔλσῃ, ἔλσοιμι, ἐλσών, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 105, 118, 1081; later ἦλθα LXX.2Ki.24.7, NT.Matt.25.36, “BGU” 530.11 (1st c.AD), “IG” 14.1320, etc.)]; 3rd.pers. plural ἤλθοσαν [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (LXX.Josh.2.22, +others, “PTeb.” 179 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]; ἤλυθα [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“IG” 14.1971, 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 37.424, (ἐπ-) “Anthologia Graeca” 14.44:)]perfect ἐλήλῠθα (not in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus) 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 943, etc.)]; syncopated. plural ἐλήλῠμεν, -υτε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 235, 5th c.BC: Achaeus Tragicus 24, 43)]; Epic dialect εἰλήλουθα, whence I plural εἰλήλουθμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.49, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.81)], participle εἰληλουθώς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (19.28, 20.360; once ἐληλουθώς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.81)], participle κατ-εληλευθυῖα [Refs (“Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.166 (from Cyrene))]; Cretan dialect perfect infinitive ἀμφ-εληλεύθεν, see at {ἀμφέρχομαι}: Boeotian dialect perfect διεσσ-είλθεικε[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Schwyzer” 485.2 (Thesp., 3rd c.BC),)]participle κατηνθηκότι[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work]657.39 (4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus, 4th c.BC))]: pluperfect ἐληλύθειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1306)]; Ionic dialect ἐληλύθεε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.98)]; Epic dialect εἰληλούθει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.520, εἰληλούθειν 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 532.)] —In _Attic dialect_ the oblative moods of present, as well as the imperfect and future were replaced by forms of εἶμι ibo (which see): in [Refs (LXX and Hellenistic Greek the place of the compounds, especially ἐξ-, εἰσέρχομαι, is commonly taken by ἐκ-, εἰσπορεύομαι, etc., the)]future, aorist, and perfect being supplied as before by ἐλυθ- (ἐλθ-):
I start, set out, ἦ μέν μοι μάλα πολλὰ..Λυκάων ἐρχομένῳ ἐπέτελλε when I was setting out, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.198, compare 150)]; τύχησε γὰρ ἐρχομένη νηῦς a ship was just starting, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.334)]; ἐς πλόον ἐρχομένοις (variant{ἀρχ-}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.34.)]
I.2 walk,= περιπατέω, χαμαὶ ἐρχομένων ἀνθρώπων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.442)]; σὲ δ᾽ ἐρχόμενον ἐν δίκᾳ πολὺς ὄλβος ἀμφινέμεται walking in justice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.14: the two {ἔρχατος} rare significations belong only to the)]present ἔρχομαι.
II (much more frequently) come or go (the latter especially in Epic dialect and Lyric poetry), ἦλθες thou art come, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.461, etc.)]; χαίροισ᾽ ἔρχεο go and fare thee well, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 23.7, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.43, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.320, 1.281; ἀγγελίην στρατοῦ.. ἐρχομένοιο 2.30, compare 10.267; πάλιν ἐλθέμεν, αὖτε εἰλήλουθα, 19.533, 549)]; οἶκον ἐλεύσεται[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 313; οἴκαδε 5.220; ἐς οἴκους 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 833)]: as a hortatory exclamation, ἀλλ᾽ ἔρχευ, λέκτρονδ᾽ ἴομεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.254, compare 17.529.)]
III with accusative cognate, ὁδὸν ἐλθέμεναι to go a journey, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.151; ἄλλην ὁδόν, ἄλλα κέλευθα ἤλθομεν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.262; τηϋσίην ὁδὸν ἔλθῃς 3.316: frequently in Trag., 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 962, “Th.” 714 (also κατὰ τὴν αὐτὴν ὁδόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 707d))]; νόστιμον ἐλθεῖν πόδα (variant{δόμον}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1153)]; ἀγγε- λίην, ἐξεσίην ἐλθεῖν, go on an embassy, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.140, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.20.)]
III.2 with accusative loci, come to, arrive at, rare in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, Ἀΐδαο δόμους ἔρχεαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.483; ἔρχεσθον κλισίην 1.322)]: frequently in later Poets, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.52, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 259, etc.)]; traverse, ὁ ἥλιος ἔρχεται τῆς Λιβύης τὰ ἄνω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.24: with _accusative_ _person_, αῐ κέν τι νέκυς (_accusative_ _plural_) ῂσχυμμένος ἔλθῃ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.180; σὲ δ᾽, ὦ τέκνον, τόδ᾽ ἐλήλυθεν πᾶν κράτος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 141 (Lyric poetry).)]
III.3 with genitive loci, ἔρχονται πεδίοιο through or across the plain, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.801)]; but also, from a place, γῆς τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 572.)]
III.4 with dative person, come to, i.e. come to aid or relieve one, rare in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.453; frequently later, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.100, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.13. etc.; ἀποροῦντι αὐτῷ ἔρχεται Προμηθεὺς ἐπισκεψόμενος τὴν νομήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 321c)]; also in hostile sense, ἔρχομαί σοι [NT (NT.Rev.2.5.)]
IV with future participle, to denote the object, ἔρχομαι ἔγχος οίσόμενος I go to fetch.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.256; ἔρχομαι ὀψομένη 14.301: frequently in Trag., μαρτυρήσων ἦλθον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 576; ἐκσώσων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1303.)]
IV.2 in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus like an auxiliary Verb, ἔρχομαι ἐρέων, φράσων,)] I am going to tell, [Refs (1.5, 3.6, +others)]; σημανέων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4.99; μηκυνέων 2.35: rare in _Attic dialect_, ἔ. κατηγορήσων, ἀποθανούμενος, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 2c, “Thg.” 129a)]; ἔρχομαι ἐπιχειρῶν -σοι ἐπιδείξασθαι, for ἔ. σοι ἐπιδειξόμενος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Phd.” 100b; οὐ τοῦτο λέξων ἔρχομαι, ὡς.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 2.7.)]
IV.3 with participle present, aorist, or perfect, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, to show the manner of moving, ἄγγελος ἦλθε θέουσα)] she came running, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.715, +others)]; μὴ πεφοβημένος ἔλθῃς lest thou come thither in full flight,[Refs (10.510)]; ἦλθε φθάμενος he came first,[Refs (23.779)]; κεχαρισμένος ἔλθυι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.54.)]
IV.4 aor, participle ἐλθών added to Verbs, οὐ δύναμαι..μάχεσθαι ἐλθών go and fight, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.521)]; κάθηρον ἐλθών come and cleanse,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 668; λέγοιμ᾽ ἂν ἐλθών 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 928; δρᾶ νυν τάδ᾽ ἐλθών 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1107.)]
V of any kind of motion, ἐξ ἁλὸς ἐλθεῖν to rise out of the sea, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.448, +others)]; ἐπὶ πόντον to go over it, [Refs (2.265)]; with qualifying phrase, πόδεσσιν ἔ. to go on foot, [Refs (6.40 (but πεζὸς εἰλήλουθα)]have come as a foot-soldier, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.204))]; of birds, [Refs (17.755, etc.)]; of ships, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (15.549, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.334)]; of spears or javelins, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”)]; of natural phenomena, as rivers, [Refs (5.91)]; wind and storm, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (9.6, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.288; clouds, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.276, 16.364)]; stars, rise, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.94; time, είς ὅ κεν ἔλθῃ νύξ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.77, compare 24.351; ἐπὴν ἔλθῃσι θέρος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.192; ἔτος ἦλθε 1.16)]; of events and conditions, είς ὅ κε γῆρας ἔλθῃ καὶ θάνατος [Refs (13.59, compare 11.135)]; of feelings, go, ἦ κέ μοι αίνὸν ἀπὸ πραπίδων ἄχος ἔλθοι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.43; ἀπὸ πραπίδων ἦλθ᾽ ἵμερος 24.514)]; of sounds, etc., τὸν..περὶ φρένας ἤλυθ᾽ ίωή [Refs 8th c.BC+ (10.139; Κύκλωπα περὶ φρένας ἤλυθεν οἶνος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.362)]; without φρένας, περὶ δέ σφεας ἤλυθ᾽ ι>ωή [Refs (17.261, compare 16.6)]; of battle, ὁμόσ᾽ ἦλθε μάχη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.337)]; of things sent or taken, ὄφρα κε δῶρα ἐκ κλισίης ἔλθῃσι [Refs (19.191, compare 1.120)]; so later, especially of danger or evil, with dative, εἰ πάλιν ἔλθοι τῇ Ἑλλάδι κίνδυνος ὑπὸ βαρβάρων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.43; ἦλθεν αὐτῷ Ζηνὸς βέλος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 360; μηδ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἀνάγκας γάμος ἔλθοι [prev. author] “Supp.” 1032 (Lyric poetry), compare “Pers.” 436)]; of reports, commands, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pr.” 663, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.19)]; τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις ὡς ἦλθε τὰ γεγενημένα came to their ears, [Refs ([prev. work] 96)]; τὰ ἐρχόμενα ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν that which was about to happen to him, [NT (NT.John.18.4)]; of property, which comes or passes to a person by bequest, conveyance, gift, etc., τὰ ἐληλυθότα εἴς με ἀπὸ κληρονομίας [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 919.7 (2nd c.AD))]; ἐ. εἴς τινα ἀπὸ παραχωρήσεως, κατὰ δωρεάν, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PLond.” 3.1164e6 (3rd c.AD), “PMasp.” 96.22 (6th c.AD))]: —Geometry texts, pass, fall, ἔ. ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ σαμεῖον pass through the same point, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ ἰσορροπιῶν” 1.15)]; ὅπου ἂν ἔρχηται τὸ ἕτερον σαμεῖον wherever the other point falls, [Refs ([prev. work] 2.10.)]
BPost-Homeric phrases:
B.1 ἐς λόγους ἔρχεσθαί τινι come to speech with, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.86.α᾽, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1164 codices; so ἐς ὄψιν τινὶ ἐλθεῖν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.42.)]
B.2 εἰς χεῖρας ἐλθεῖν τινι (see. χείρ); so ἐς μάχην ἐλθεῖν τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.9. ; είς ὸργάς τισιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 572a.)]
B.3 ἐπὶ μεῖζον ἔ. increase, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 259; ἐπὶ μηδέν [prev. author] “fragment” 871.8, “El.” 1000)]; ἐπὶ πᾶν ἐλθεῖν try everything, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.18.)]
B.4 ἐς τὸ δεινόν, ἐς τὰ ἀλγεινὰ ἐλθεῖν, come into danger, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.45, 2.39; είς τοσοῦτον αίσχύνης ἐληλύθατον ὥστε.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 487b, etc.; εἰς τὸ ἔσχατον ἀδικίας [prev. author] “R.” 361d)]; ἐπ᾽ ἔσχατον ἐλθεῖν ἀηδίας Id [Refs (“Phdr.” 240d)]; ὅσοι ἐνταῦθα ἦλθον ἡλικίας arrived at that time of life, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 329b)]; ἐς ἀσθενὲς ἔ. come to an impotent conclusion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.120)]; ἐς ἀριθμὸν ἐλθεῖν to be numbered, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.72; εἰς ἔρωτά τινος ἐλθεῖν 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 21.6; εἰς ἔλεγχον 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 93.3, etc.)]; εἰς ἑαυτὸν ἐλθεῖν come to oneself, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Luke.15.17, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.1.15.)]
B.5 παρὰ μικρὸν ἐλθεῖν with infinitive, come within a little of, be near a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 296 (_anapaest meter_); παρ᾽ ὀλίγον ἐλθεῖν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 10)]; παρὰ τοσοῦτον ἡ Μυτιλήνη ἦλθε κινδύνου so narrow was her escape, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.49; παρ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐλθόντες τοῦ ἀποβαλεῖν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.45.14; παρ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐλθ. ἀπολέσθαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 8.)]
B.6 with διά and genitive, periphrastic for a Verb, e.g. διὰ μάχης τινὶ ἐλθεῖν for μάχεσθαί τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.9, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 978, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.92)]; διὰ πυρὸς ἐλθεῖν τινι rage furiously against.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 488 (Lyric poetry))]; but οί διὰ πάντων τῶν καλῶν ἐληλυθότες who have gone through the whole circle of duties, have fulfilled them all, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.15; διὰ πολλῶν κινδύνων ἐλθόντες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus2.142a.)]
B.7 ἔ. παρὰ τὴν γυναῖκα, παρὰ Ἀρίστωνα, of sexual intercourse, go in to her, to him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.115, 6.68)]; πρός τινα, of marriage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.5.)]
B.8 ἔ. ἐπὶ πόλιν attack, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11.)]
B.9 ἔ. ἐς depend upon or be concerned with, τό γ᾽ εἰς ἀνθρώπους ἐλθόν [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.149 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; τοῖς λογισμοῖς εἰς ἑαυτοὺς ἐρχόμενοι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.95; ὅσα εἰς ἀρετὴν ἔρχεται 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 22.18; τῶν πραττομένων οὐκ όλίγον εἰς ἐκεῖνον ἤρχετο [prev. work] 14.31.)]