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Lexicon :: Strong's G1904 - eperchomai

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ἐπέρχομαι
Transliteration
eperchomai (Key)
Pronunciation
ep-er'-khom-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:680,257

Strong’s Definitions

†ἐπέρχομαι epérchomai, ep-er'-khom-ahee; from G1909 and G2064; to supervene, i.e. arrive, occur, impend, attack, (figuratively) influence:—come (in, upon).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G1904 in the following manner: come (6x), come upon (2x), come on (1x), come thither (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G1904 in the following manner: come (6x), come upon (2x), come on (1x), come thither (1x).

  1. to come to arrive

    1. of time, come on, be at hand, be future

  2. to come upon, overtake, one

    1. of sleep

    2. of disease

    3. of calamities

    4. of the Holy Spirit, descending and operating in one

    5. of an enemy attacking one

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ἐπέρχομαι epérchomai, ep-er'-khom-ahee; from G1909 and G2064; to supervene, i.e. arrive, occur, impend, attack, (figuratively) influence:—come (in, upon).
STRONGS G1904:
ἐπέρχομαι; future ἐπελεύσομαι; 2 aorist ἐπῆλθον (3 person plural Ἐπῆλθαν, Acts 14:19 L T Tr WH); the Sept. chiefly for בּוא;
1. to come to, to arrive;
a. universally, followed by ἀπό with a genitive of place, Acts 14:19.
b. of time; to come on, be at hand, be future: ἐν τοῖς αἰῶσι τοῖς ἐπερχομένοις, Ephesians 2:7 (Isaiah 41:4, 22, 23; in Greek writings from Homer down); of that which time will bring, to impend: ἡ ταλαιπωρία ἡ ἐπερχομενη, James 5:1: τίνι, Luke 21:26 (Isaiah 63:4; also of things favorable, ἡ εὐλογία, Sir. 3:8).
2. to come upon, overtake, one; so even in Homer, as of sleep, τινα, Odyssey 4, 793; 10, 31; τίνι, 12, 311: of disease, 11, 200: ἐπί τινα,
a. of calamities: Luke 21:35 R G; Acts 8:24; Acts 13:40 (L T Tr text WH omit; Tr marginal reading brackets ἐφ' ὑμᾶς) (Genesis 42:21; Micah 3:11; Zephaniah 2:2; 2 Chronicles 20:9; Jeremiah 5:12 (here ἥξει)).
b. of the Holy Spirit, descending and operating in one: Luke 1:35; Acts 1:8.
c. of an enemy attacking one: ἐπελθών νικήσῃ αὐτόν, Luke 11:22; (Homer, Iliad 12, 136; 1 Samuel 30:23; with the dative of person Herodian, 1, 8, 12 (6 Bekker)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
42:21
1 Samuel
30:23
2 Chronicles
20:9
Isaiah
41:4; 41:22; 41:23; 63:4
Jeremiah
5:12
Micah
3:11
Zephaniah
2:2
Luke
1:35; 11:22; 21:26; 21:35
Acts
1:8; 8:24; 13:40; 14:19; 14:19
Ephesians
2:7
James
5:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1904 matches the Greek ἐπέρχομαι (eperchomai),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:35 - Then the angel replied to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you [like a cloud]; for that reason the holy (pure, sinless) Child shall be called the Son of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:22 - “But when someone stronger than he attacks and overpowers him, he robs him of all his armor on which he had relied and divides his [goods as] spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:26 - people fainting from fear and expectation of the [dreadful] things coming on the world; for the [very] powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:35 - for it will come upon all those who live on the face of all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:8 - “But you will receive power and ability when the Holy Spirit comes upon you; and you will be My witnesses [to tell people about Me] both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:24 - But Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me both of you, so that nothing of what you have said will come upon me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:40 - “Therefore be careful, so that the thing spoken of in the [writings of the] Prophets does not come upon you:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:19 -

But Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium, and having won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:7 - [and He did this] so that in the ages to come He might [clearly] show the immeasurable and unsurpassed riches of His grace in [His] kindness toward us in Christ Jesus [by providing for our redemption].

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:1 -

Come [quickly] now, you rich [who lack true faith and hoard and misuse your resources], weep and howl over the miseries [the woes, the judgments] that are coming upon you.

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