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Lexicon :: Strong's G2240 - hēkō

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ἥκω
Transliteration
hēkō (Key)
Pronunciation
hay'-ko
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary verb
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:926,306

Strong’s Definitions

ἥκω hḗkō, hay'-ko; a primary verb; to arrive, i.e. be present (literally or figuratively):—come.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's G2240 in the following manner: come (27x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's G2240 in the following manner: come (27x).
  1. to have come, have arrived, be present

  2. metaph.

    1. to come to one, i.e. to seek an intimacy with one, become his follower: to come upon one (unexpectedly)

    2. to come upon one, of things endured

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἥκω hḗkō, hay'-ko; a primary verb; to arrive, i.e. be present (literally or figuratively):—come.
STRONGS G2240:
ἥκω; imperfect ἧκον (Acts 28:23, where L T Tr WH ἦλθον); future ἥξω; 1 aorist ἧξα (Luke 13:35 R G; Revelation 2:25; Revelation 3:9 Rec.); perfect ἧκα (often in the Sept., as Genesis 42:7, 9; Genesis 45:16; [Genesis 47:4]; Joshua 9:12 (7); Job 16:22, etc.; in the N. T. once, Mark 8:3 Rst L T Tr text, see, WHs Appendix, p. 169; the older and more elegant writers [Aeschylus, Herodotus, Thucydides, others] use only the present imperfect and future; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 743f; Bttm. Ausf. Spr. ii. 205; [Veitch, under the word]; Winers Grammar, 87 (83); [Buttmann, 59 (51)]); Sept. for בּוא; to have come, have arrived, be present [Winers Grammar, 274 (258); Buttmann, 203 (176]); hence, imperfect with force of pluperfect (cf. Matthiae, ii., p. 1136; Krüger, § 53, 1, 4): absolutely of persons, Matthew 24:50; Mark 8:3; Luke 12:46; Luke 15:27; John 8:42; Hebrews 10:7, 9, 37; 1 John 5:20; Revelation 2:25; Revelation 3:9; Revelation 15:4; followed by ἀπό with the genitive of place, Matthew 8:11; Luke 13:29; by ἐκ with the genitive of place, Romans 11:26; with addition of εἰς with accusative of place, John 4:47; μακρόθεν, Mark 8:3; πρός τινα, Acts 28:23 Rec.; metaphorically, to come to one i. e. seek an intimacy with one, become his follower: John 6:37; ἐπί τινα, to come upon one (unexpectedly), Revelation 3:3. of time and events: absolutely, Matthew 24:14; John 2:4; 2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 18:8; ἕως ἄν ἥξῃ [L T WH Tr in brackets ἥξει; see above and Buttmann, 231 (199)] (namely, καιρός), ὅτε εἴπητε, Luke 13:35; ἐπί τινα, metaphorically, to come upon one, of things to be endured (as evils, calamitous times): Matthew 23:36; Luke 19:43. [Compare: ἀν-, καθήκω.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
42:7; 42:9; 45:16; 47:4
Joshua
9:12
Job
16:22
Matthew
8:11; 23:36; 24:14; 24:50
Mark
8:3; 8:3; 8:3
Luke
12:46; 13:29; 13:35; 13:35; 15:27; 19:43
John
2:4; 4:47; 6:37; 8:42
Acts
28:23; 28:23
Romans
11:26
Hebrews
10:7; 10:9; 10:37
2 Peter
3:10
1 John
5:20
Revelation
2:25; 2:25; 3:3; 3:9; 3:9; 15:4; 18:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2240 matches the Greek ἥκω (hēkō),
which occurs 220 times in 211 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 3 / 5 (Isa 30:28–Jer 46:22)

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28 - his breath is like an overflowing stream
that reaches up to the neck;
to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction,
and to place on the jaws of the peoples a bridle that leads astray.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:19 - And it will hail when the forest falls down,
and the city will be utterly laid low.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:4 - Say to those who have an anxious heart,
“Be strong; fear not!
Behold, your God
will come with vengeance,
with the recompense of God.
He will come and save you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:10 - And the ransomed of the LORD shall return
and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain gladness and joy,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:3 - They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:3 - Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say? And from where did they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “They have come to me from a far country, from Babylon.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:6 - Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up till this day, shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left, says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:9 - Behold, the former things have come to pass,
and new things I now declare;
before they spring forth
I tell you of them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:20 - “Assemble yourselves and come;
draw near together,
you survivors of the nations!
They have no knowledge
who carry about their wooden idols,
and keep on praying to a god
that cannot save.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:24 - “Only in the LORD, it shall be said of me,
are righteousness and strength;
to him shall come and be ashamed
all who were incensed against him.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:9 - These two things shall come to you
in a moment, in one day;
the loss of children and widowhood
shall come upon you in full measure,
in spite of your many sorceries
and the great power of your enchantments.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:11 - But evil shall come upon you,
which you will not know how to charm away;
disaster shall fall upon you,
for which you will not be able to atone;
and ruin shall come upon you suddenly,
of which you know nothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:11 - And the ransomed of the LORD shall return
and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain gladness and joy,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:19 - So they shall fear the name of the LORD from the west,
and his glory from the rising of the sun;
for he will come like a rushing stream,[fn]
which the wind of the LORD drives.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:20 - “And a Redeemer will come to Zion,
to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:1 - Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:4 - Lift up your eyes all around, and see;
they all gather together, they come to you;
your sons shall come from afar,
and your daughters shall be carried on the hip.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:5 - Then you shall see and be radiant;
your heart shall thrill and exult,[fn]
because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,
the wealth of the nations shall come to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:6 - A multitude of camels shall cover you,
the young camels of Midian and Ephah;
all those from Sheba shall come.
They shall bring gold and frankincense,
and shall bring good news, the praises of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:7 - All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you;
the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you;
they shall come up with acceptance on my altar,
and I will beautify my beautiful house.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:13 - The glory of Lebanon shall come to you,
the cypress, the plane, and the pine,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary,
and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:5 - Strangers shall stand and tend your flocks;
foreigners shall be your plowmen and vinedressers;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:15 - “For behold, the LORD will come in fire,
and his chariots like the whirlwind,
to render his anger in fury,
and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:18 - “For I know[fn] their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming[fn] to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:23 - From new moon to new moon,
and from Sabbath to Sabbath,
all flesh shall come to worship before me,
declares the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:15 - For behold, I am calling all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, declares the LORD, and they shall come, and every one shall set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its walls all around and against all the cities of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:3 - Israel was holy to the LORD,
the firstfruits of his harvest.
All who ate of it incurred guilt;
disaster came upon them,
declares the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:31 - And you, O generation, behold the word of the LORD.
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
or a land of thick darkness?
Why then do my people say, ‘We are free,
we will come no more to you’?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:18 - In those days the house of Judah shall join the house of Israel, and together they shall come from the land of the north to the land that I gave your fathers for a heritage.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:12 - a wind too full for this comes for me. Now it is I who speak in judgment upon them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:15 - For a voice declares from Dan
and proclaims trouble from Mount Ephraim.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:16 - Warn the nations that he is coming;
announce to Jerusalem,
“Besiegers come from a distant land;
they shout against the cities of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:12 - They have spoken falsely of the LORD
and have said, ‘He will do nothing;
no disaster will come upon us,
nor shall we see sword or famine.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:3 - Shepherds with their flocks shall come against her;
they shall pitch their tents around her;
they shall pasture, each in his place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth,
and roll in ashes;
make mourning as for an only son,
most bitter lamentation,
for suddenly the destroyer
will come upon us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:16 - “The snorting of their horses is heard from Dan;
at the sound of the neighing of their stallions
the whole land quakes.
They come and devour the land and all that fills it,
the city and those who dwell in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:9 - Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish,
and gold from Uphaz.
They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith;
their clothing is violet and purple;
they are all the work of skilled men.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19 - O LORD, my strength and my stronghold,
my refuge in the day of trouble,
to you shall the nations come
from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies,
worthless things in which there is no profit.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:26 - And people shall come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the Shephelah, from the hill country, and from the Negeb, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and bringing thank offerings to the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:17 - They say continually to those who despise the word of the LORD, ‘It shall be well with you’; and to everyone who stubbornly follows his own heart, they say, ‘No disaster shall come upon you.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:19 - Behold, the storm of the LORD!
Wrath has gone forth,
a whirling tempest;
it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:31 - The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth,
for the LORD has an indictment against the nations;
he is entering into judgment with all flesh,
and the wicked he will put to the sword,
declares the LORD.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:23 - Behold the storm of the LORD!
Wrath has gone forth,
a whirling tempest;
it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:12 - They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion,
and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the LORD,
over the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and over the young of the flock and the herd;
their life shall be like a watered garden,
and they shall languish no more.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:24 - Behold, the siege mounds have come up to the city to take it, and because of sword and famine and pestilence the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you spoke has come to pass, and behold, you see it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29 - The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city shall come and set this city on fire and burn it, with the houses on whose roofs offerings have been made to Baal and drink offerings have been poured out to other gods, to provoke me to anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:14 - Then all the officials sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, son of Shelemiah, son of Cushi, to say to Baruch, “Take in your hand the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come.” So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand and came to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:4 - Now, behold, I release you today from the chains on your hands. If it seems good to you to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will look after you well, but if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, do not come. See, the whole land is before you; go wherever you think it good and right to go.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:18 - “As I live, declares the King,
whose name is the LORD of hosts,
like Tabor among the mountains
and like Carmel by the sea, shall one come.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22 - “She makes a sound like a serpent gliding away;
for her enemies march in force
and come against her with axes
like those who fell trees.

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