UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Notes: ἔρχομαι[a] involves a highly generic meaning of movement from one place to another, either coming or going. In this sense ἔρχομαι[a] contrasts with the meaning of ἔρχομαι[b] to come (15.81: ἔλευσις / 15.81: ἔρχομαι), which in turn contrasts in certain contexts with ὑπάγω[b] to go away from (15.35: μεταίρω / 15.35: ὑπάγω). In other words, ἔρχομαι occurs on two taxonomic levels in the domain of Linear Movement: (1) generic, including both coming and going, and (2) to come, in contrast with to go. This type of analysis seems far more legitimate than trying to set up highly complex series of shifts in so-called perspective viewpoint. See also footnote b.; ἔρχομαι[b] to come or to come to is a more restricted or specific meaning than ἔρχομαι[a], which means either to come or to go, that is to say, simply to move from one place to another without specifying any viewpoint character or place (see 15.7: ἔρχομαι). See also footnote a.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: ἔρχομαι; imperf.; ἠρχόμην; ἔρχομαι; fut.; ἐλεύσομαι; ἔρχομαι; aor.; ἦλθον; ἦλθα; ἔρχομαι; inf.; ἐλθεῖν; ἔρχομαι; pf.; ἐλήλυθα

Sense 1: to come, to go

Semantic entry: 15.7

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Move, Come/Go

Definition: to move from one place to another, either coming or going{N:001}

Notes: Note that in RV MRK 4:21 · LV MRK 4:21 · Read together MRK 4:21 the subject of ἔρχεται is not something that would normally move by its own force but would need to be brought. Accordingly, in a number of languages it is necessary to say ‘no one brings a lamp …’

MAT 5:24: RV MAT 5:24 · LV MAT 5:24 · Read together MAT 5:24

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24 leave your gift there at the altar and go and sort that out first, before coming back to offer your gift.

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24 leave the gift of _you there before the altar.
And be _going _away, first be _reconciled to _the brother of _you, and then having _come, be _offering the gift of _you.

MAT 21:19: RV MAT 21:19 · LV MAT 21:19 · Read together MAT 21:19

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19 He saw a single fig tree near the road, but when he got close, it only had leaves on it, so he told it, “You’ll never bear fruit again,” and immediately the fig tree withered up.

OET-LV MAT 21:19

19 And having _seen one fig _tree on the road, he _came to it and found nothing on it, except not/lest only leaves, and he _is _saying to _it:
Fruit may_ no _longer _become from you for the age.
And immediately the fig _tree was _withered.

All 41 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 5:24 · RV MAT 21:19 · LV MAT 5:24 · LV MAT 21:19 · Read together MAT 5:24 · Read together MAT 21:19

MRK: RV MRK 1:14 · RV MRK 1:39 · RV MRK 4:21 · RV MRK 6:53 · RV MRK 8:22 · RV MRK 9:33 · RV MRK 10:46 · RV MRK 11:15 · RV MRK 12:9 · RV MRK 14:16–17 · LV MRK 1:14 · LV MRK 1:39 · LV MRK 4:21 · LV MRK 6:53 · LV MRK 8:22 · LV MRK 9:33 · LV MRK 10:46 · LV MRK 11:15 · LV MRK 12:9 · LV MRK 14:16–17 · Read together MRK 1:14 · Read together MRK 1:39 · Read together MRK 4:21 · Read together MRK 6:53 · Read together MRK 8:22 · Read together MRK 9:33 · Read together MRK 10:46 · Read together MRK 11:15 · Read together MRK 12:9 · Read together MRK 14:16–17

LUK: RV LUK 2:44 · RV LUK 3:3 · RV LUK 13:6 · LV LUK 2:44 · LV LUK 3:3 · LV LUK 13:6 · Read together LUK 2:44 · Read together LUK 3:3 · Read together LUK 13:6

JHN: RV JHN 1:27 · RV JHN 5:7 · RV JHN 8:22 · RV JHN 12:1 · RV JHN 12:22 · RV JHN 21:3 · LV JHN 1:27 · LV JHN 5:7 · LV JHN 8:22 · LV JHN 12:1 · LV JHN 12:22 · LV JHN 21:3 · Read together JHN 1:27 · Read together JHN 5:7 · Read together JHN 8:22 · Read together JHN 12:1 · Read together JHN 12:22 · Read together JHN 21:3

ACT: RV ACT 4:23 · RV ACT 13:13 · RV ACT 17:1 · RV ACT 21:1 · RV ACT 25:23 · LV ACT 4:23 · LV ACT 13:13 · LV ACT 17:1 · LV ACT 21:1 · LV ACT 25:23 · Read together ACT 4:23 · Read together ACT 13:13 · Read together ACT 17:1 · Read together ACT 21:1 · Read together ACT 25:23

ROM: RV ROM 7:9 · LV ROM 7:9 · Read together ROM 7:9

CO1: RV CO1 16:12 · LV CO1 16:12 · Read together CO1 16:12

CO2: RV CO2 9:4 · LV CO2 9:4 · Read together CO2 9:4

GAL: RV GAL 1:21 · LV GAL 1:21 · Read together GAL 1:21

HEB: RV HEB 10:37 · RV HEB 11:8 · LV HEB 10:37 · LV HEB 11:8 · Read together HEB 10:37 · Read together HEB 11:8

JN2: RV JN2 1:10 · LV JN2 1:10 · Read together JN2 1:10

REV: RV REV 1:7 · RV REV 5:7 · RV REV 6:1 · RV REV 6:3 · RV REV 6:5 · RV REV 6:7 · RV REV 16:15 · LV REV 1:7 · LV REV 5:7 · LV REV 6:1 · LV REV 6:3 · LV REV 6:5 · LV REV 6:7 · LV REV 16:15 · Read together REV 1:7 · Read together REV 5:7 · Read together REV 6:1 · Read together REV 6:3 · Read together REV 6:5 · Read together REV 6:7 · Read together REV 16:15

Sense 2: to come, coming

Semantic entry: 15.81

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Come, Come To, Arrive

Definition: to move toward or up to the reference point of the viewpoint character or event{N:002}

MAT 2:2: RV MAT 2:2 · LV MAT 2:2 · Read together MAT 2:2

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2 and asked, “Where’s the one born as king of the Yehudim (Jews)? We saw his star in the east and we came to worship him.”

OET-LV MAT 2:2

2 saying:
Where is the one, having _been _born king of _the Youdaiōns?
For/Because we _saw the star of _him in the east and we _came to _prostrate before _him.

MAT 2:8: RV MAT 2:8 · LV MAT 2:8 · Read together MAT 2:8

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8 Then he sent them on to Beyt-Lehem with these instructions: “Go on and carefully investigate about the child, and when you find him, report back to me so that I can also come and worship him.”

OET-LV MAT 2:8

8 And having _sent them to Baʸthleʼem he _said:
Having _been _gone, search _out exactly for the little _child, and when you _all _may _find him, report to _me so _that also _I, having _come, may _prostrate before _him.

All 487 recorded passages for this sense

ROM: RV ROM 1:10 · RV ROM 1:13 · RV ROM 9:9 · RV ROM 15:22–23 · RV ROM 15:29 · RV ROM 15:32 · LV ROM 1:10 · LV ROM 1:13 · LV ROM 9:9 · LV ROM 15:22–23 · LV ROM 15:29 · LV ROM 15:32 · Read together ROM 1:10 · Read together ROM 1:13 · Read together ROM 9:9 · Read together ROM 15:22–23 · Read together ROM 15:29 · Read together ROM 15:32

GAL: RV GAL 2:11–12 · RV GAL 3:19 · LV GAL 2:11–12 · LV GAL 3:19 · Read together GAL 2:11–12 · Read together GAL 3:19

EPH: RV EPH 2:17 · RV EPH 5:6 · LV EPH 2:17 · LV EPH 5:6 · Read together EPH 2:17 · Read together EPH 5:6

PHP: RV PHP 1:27 · RV PHP 2:24 · LV PHP 1:27 · LV PHP 2:24 · Read together PHP 1:27 · Read together PHP 2:24

COL: RV COL 4:10 · LV COL 4:10 · Read together COL 4:10

TH1: RV TH1 1:10 · RV TH1 2:18 · RV TH1 3:6 · RV TH1 5:2 · LV TH1 1:10 · LV TH1 2:18 · LV TH1 3:6 · LV TH1 5:2 · Read together TH1 1:10 · Read together TH1 2:18 · Read together TH1 3:6 · Read together TH1 5:2

TH2: RV TH2 1:10 · LV TH2 1:10 · Read together TH2 1:10

TI1: RV TI1 1:15 · RV TI1 3:14 · RV TI1 4:13 · LV TI1 1:15 · LV TI1 3:14 · LV TI1 4:13 · Read together TI1 1:15 · Read together TI1 3:14 · Read together TI1 4:13

TI2: RV TI2 4:9 · RV TI2 4:13 · RV TI2 4:21 · LV TI2 4:9 · LV TI2 4:13 · LV TI2 4:21 · Read together TI2 4:9 · Read together TI2 4:13 · Read together TI2 4:21

TIT: RV TIT 3:12 · LV TIT 3:12 · Read together TIT 3:12

HEB: RV HEB 13:23 · LV HEB 13:23 · Read together HEB 13:23

PE2: RV PE2 3:3 · LV PE2 3:3 · Read together PE2 3:3

JN1: RV JN1 2:18 · RV JN1 4:2–3 · RV JN1 5:6 · LV JN1 2:18 · LV JN1 4:2–3 · LV JN1 5:6 · Read together JN1 2:18 · Read together JN1 4:2–3 · Read together JN1 5:6

JN2: RV JN2 1:7 · LV JN2 1:7 · Read together JN2 1:7

JN3: RV JN3 1:3 · RV JN3 1:10 · LV JN3 1:3 · LV JN3 1:10 · Read together JN3 1:3 · Read together JN3 1:10

JDE: RV JDE 1:14 · LV JDE 1:14 · Read together JDE 1:14

Sense 3: to become

Semantic entry: 13.50

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: Change of State

Definition: to come into a particular state or condition, implying a process

MRK 4:22: RV MRK 4:22 · LV MRK 4:22 · Read together MRK 4:22

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22 You see, nothing is hidden that won’t eventually be disclosed, and there’s no secret that won’t eventually be revealed.

OET-LV MRK 4:22

22 For/Because there _is not hidden, if not in _order _that it _may _be _revealed, and _not it _became a_secret, but in _order _that it _may _come to manifest.

MRK 5:26: RV MRK 5:26 · LV MRK 5:26 · Read together MRK 5:26

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26 and who’d endured much under various doctors despite spending everything she had. After all that, she’d ended up even worse,

OET-LV MRK 5:26

26 and having _suffered much under many doctors, and having _spent all the things by herself and having _been _benefitted nothing, but rather having _come to the worse,

All 9 recorded passages for this sense

MRK: RV MRK 4:22 · RV MRK 5:26 · RV MRK 10:30 · RV MRK 11:10 · LV MRK 4:22 · LV MRK 5:26 · LV MRK 10:30 · LV MRK 11:10 · Read together MRK 4:22 · Read together MRK 5:26 · Read together MRK 10:30 · Read together MRK 11:10

LUK: RV LUK 8:17 · RV LUK 15:17 · RV LUK 18:30 · LV LUK 8:17 · LV LUK 15:17 · LV LUK 18:30 · Read together LUK 8:17 · Read together LUK 15:17 · Read together LUK 18:30

JHN: RV JHN 5:25 · LV JHN 5:25 · Read together JHN 5:25

TI2: RV TI2 3:7 · LV TI2 3:7 · Read together TI2 3:7

Sense 4: to happen to

Semantic entry: 13.117

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: Happen

Definition: to happen, with the implication of the event being directed to someone or something

MAT 6:10: RV MAT 6:10 · LV MAT 6:10 · Read together MAT 6:10

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10 We want your kingdom to come
⇔ and your plans to be fulfilled here on earth just like they are in heaven.

OET-LV MAT 6:10

10 ˓Let˒_ the kingdom of _you _come, let _be_ the will of _you _become, on earth also as in heaven.

MAT 9:15: RV MAT 9:15 · LV MAT 9:15 · Read together MAT 9:15

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15 And Yeshua replied to them, “Surely the groomsmen aren’t sad while the groom is with them? But the time will come when the groom has to leave them, and then they’ll fast.

OET-LV MAT 9:15

15 And the Yaʸsous said to _them:
The sons of _the bridal _chamber are_ not _being _able to _be _mourning, because/for as _long _as the bridegroom is with them?
But days will _be _coming when the bridegroom may _be _taken _away from them, and then they _will _be _fasting.

All 56 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 6:10 · RV MAT 9:15 · RV MAT 10:13 · RV MAT 18:7 · RV MAT 23:35 · RV MAT 24:39 · LV MAT 6:10 · LV MAT 9:15 · LV MAT 10:13 · LV MAT 18:7 · LV MAT 23:35 · LV MAT 24:39 · Read together MAT 6:10 · Read together MAT 9:15 · Read together MAT 10:13 · Read together MAT 18:7 · Read together MAT 23:35 · Read together MAT 24:39

MRK: RV MRK 2:20 · RV MRK 14:38 · RV MRK 14:41 · LV MRK 2:20 · LV MRK 14:38 · LV MRK 14:41 · Read together MRK 2:20 · Read together MRK 14:38 · Read together MRK 14:41

ACT: RV ACT 3:20 · RV ACT 7:11 · RV ACT 13:44 · RV ACT 19:6 · LV ACT 3:20 · LV ACT 7:11 · LV ACT 13:44 · LV ACT 19:6 · Read together ACT 3:20 · Read together ACT 7:11 · Read together ACT 13:44 · Read together ACT 19:6

ROM: RV ROM 3:8 · LV ROM 3:8 · Read together ROM 3:8

CO1: RV CO1 13:10 · LV CO1 13:10 · Read together CO1 13:10

GAL: RV GAL 3:23 · RV GAL 3:25 · RV GAL 4:4 · LV GAL 3:23 · LV GAL 3:25 · LV GAL 4:4 · Read together GAL 3:23 · Read together GAL 3:25 · Read together GAL 4:4

PHP: RV PHP 1:12 · LV PHP 1:12 · Read together PHP 1:12

COL: RV COL 3:6 · LV COL 3:6 · Read together COL 3:6

TH2: RV TH2 2:3 · LV TH2 2:3 · Read together TH2 2:3

HEB: RV HEB 6:7 · RV HEB 8:8 · LV HEB 6:7 · LV HEB 8:8 · Read together HEB 6:7 · Read together HEB 8:8

Sense 5: to result in, to end up being

Semantic entry: 89.43

Semantic domains: Relations

Subdomains: Result

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to come into) to result in a state

Collocations: ἔρχομαι εἰς

ACT 19:27: RV ACT 19:27 · LV ACT 19:27 · Read together ACT 19:27

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27 However it’s not only us and our trade that is coming into disrepute, but the temple of the great goddess Artemis is considered to be useless. This could result in a loss of power for the great Artemis that all of Asia Minor and the inhabited world have been worshipping.”

OET-LV ACT 19:27

27 But this is_ not only _risking _danger to _us, the trade to _come into disrepute, but also the temple of _the great goddess of _Artemis, to _be _counted for nothing, but of _the greatness of _her to _be _going also to _be _being _taken _down, whom all the Asia and the inhabited _world is _worshipping.

CO2 12:1: RV CO2 12:1 · LV CO2 12:1 · Read together CO2 12:1

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12 It’s not appropriate or beneficial to be boasting, so I’ll come to the visions and revelations from Yahweh.

OET-LV CO2 12:1

12 To _be _boasting it _is _fitting, not benefitting indeed, I _will _be _coming and to visions and revelations of_the_master.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

ACT: RV ACT 19:27 · LV ACT 19:27 · Read together ACT 19:27

CO2: RV CO2 12:1 · LV CO2 12:1 · Read together CO2 12:1

TI1: RV TI1 2:4 · LV TI1 2:4 · Read together TI1 2:4

Sense 6: to pretend to be good, to act hypocritically, to come in sheeps clothing

Semantic entry: 88.233

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Hypocrisy, Pretense

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to come in sheeps clothing) to pretend to be harmless when in reality one is dangerous and destructive

Notes: In many languages it is possible to retain the idiom ἔρχομαι ἐν ἐνδύμασιν προβάτων, since the context seems to explain rather clearly what is meant. However, in a number of languages it may be necessary to translate ἔρχομαι ἐν ἐνδύμασιν προβάτων as ‘to come looking like sheep’ or ‘to come looking as innocent as sheep.’

Collocations: ἔρχομαι ἐν ἐνδύμασιν προβάτων

MAT 7:15: RV MAT 7:15 · LV MAT 7:15 · Read together MAT 7:15

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15 “Watch out for false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inside they’re swindling wolves.

OET-LV MAT 7:15

15 Be _taking _heed of the false _prophets, who are _coming to you _all in clothing of _sheep, but inside they _are swindling wolves.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἔρχομαι

Form 1

Sense 1: to come, to go

Sense 2: to come, coming

Sense 3: to become

Sense 4: to happen to

Sense 5: to result in, to end up being

Sense 6: to pretend to be good, to act hypocritically, to come in sheeps clothing