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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 - The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called[fn] the Son of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:22 - But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:26 - People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:35

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:8 - But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:24 - Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:40 - Take care that what the prophets have said does not happen to you:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:19 - Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:7 - in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:1 - Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you.
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