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ἥκω

Strong’s: G2240

Associated OET lemmas: ἥκω

Notes: There are no doubt certain subtle distinctions of meaning in ἐφικνέομαιφθάνω[a], καταντάω[a], and ἥκω[a], but it is not possible to determine what the distinctive features are on the basis of existing contexts.; In a context such as RV JHN 8:42 · LV JHN 8:42 · Read together JHN 8:42, it is possible to understand ἥκω in the sense of being in a particular location rather than having moved to such a point (see 85.10: ἥκω).

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: ἥκω; pres.3pl.; ἥκασιν

Related lemmas: ἀνήκει · καθήκει

Sense 1: to come to, to reach, to arrive

Semantic entry: 15.84

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Come, Come To, Arrive

Definition: to move toward and to arrive at a point{N:001}

MAT 8:11: RV MAT 8:11 · LV MAT 8:11 · Read together MAT 8:11

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OET-RV MAT 8:11

11 I’m telling you that many people from all over the world will come and join Avraham and Yitshak (Isaac) and Ya’akov (Jacob) at the table in the heavenly kingdom,

OET-LV MAT 8:11

11 And I _am _saying to _you _all that many from east and west will _be _coming and will _be _being _reclined with Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām), and Isaʼak/(Yiʦḩāq), and Yakōb/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ), in the kingdom of _the heavens,

LUK 13:29: RV LUK 13:29 · LV LUK 13:29 · Read together LUK 13:29

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OET-RV LUK 13:29

29 Others will come from the east and the west, and from the north and the south, and they will be comfortably seated in God’s kingdom,

OET-LV LUK 13:29

29 And they _will _be _coming from the_east and the_west and from the_north and the_south, and they _will _be _being _reclined in the kingdom of_ the _god.

All 14 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 8:11 · LV MAT 8:11 · Read together MAT 8:11

LUK: RV LUK 13:29 · LV LUK 13:29 · Read together LUK 13:29

JHN: RV JHN 2:4 · RV JHN 4:47 · RV JHN 6:37 · RV JHN 8:42 · LV JHN 2:4 · LV JHN 4:47 · LV JHN 6:37 · LV JHN 8:42 · Read together JHN 2:4 · Read together JHN 4:47 · Read together JHN 6:37 · Read together JHN 8:42

ROM: RV ROM 11:26 · LV ROM 11:26 · Read together ROM 11:26

HEB: RV HEB 10:7 · RV HEB 10:9 · RV HEB 10:37 · LV HEB 10:7 · LV HEB 10:9 · LV HEB 10:37 · Read together HEB 10:7 · Read together HEB 10:9 · Read together HEB 10:37

REV: RV REV 2:25 · RV REV 3:3 · RV REV 3:9 · RV REV 15:4 · LV REV 2:25 · LV REV 3:3 · LV REV 3:9 · LV REV 15:4 · Read together REV 2:25 · Read together REV 3:3 · Read together REV 3:9 · Read together REV 15:4

Sense 2: to be here, to be there

Semantic entry: 85.10

Semantic domains: Existence in Space

Subdomains: Be in a Place

Definition: to be in a place, as the result of having arrived

Notes: For another interpretation of ἥκω in RV JHN 8:42 · LV JHN 8:42 · Read together JHN 8:42, see 15.84: ἐφικνέομαι / 15.84: ἥκω / 15.84: καταντάω / 15.84: φθάνω.

MAT 24:50: RV MAT 24:50 · LV MAT 24:50 · Read together MAT 24:50

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OET-RV MAT 24:50

50 then his master will arrive when he’s not expecting it

OET-LV MAT 24:50

50 the master of_ the that _slave will _be _coming in a_day which he _is_ not _expecting, and in an_hour which he _is_ not _knowing,

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

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OET-RV MRK 8:3

3 I can’t send them home because they’re too weak to walk, and some have a long way to go.”

OET-LV MRK 8:3

3 And if I _may _send_ them _away hungry to home of _them, they _will _be _being _exhausted on the way.
And some of _them have _come from afar.

All 9 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 24:50 · LV MAT 24:50 · Read together MAT 24:50

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

LUK: RV LUK 12:46 · RV LUK 15:27 · LV LUK 12:46 · LV LUK 15:27 · Read together LUK 12:46 · Read together LUK 15:27

JHN: RV JHN 8:42 · LV JHN 8:42 · Read together JHN 8:42

HEB: RV HEB 10:7 · RV HEB 10:9 · RV HEB 10:37 · LV HEB 10:7 · LV HEB 10:9 · LV HEB 10:37 · Read together HEB 10:7 · Read together HEB 10:9 · Read together HEB 10:37

JN1: RV JN1 5:20 · LV JN1 5:20 · Read together JN1 5:20

Sense 3: to happen, to have happened

Semantic entry: 13.112

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: Happen

Definition: to have come or to be present, with respect to some temporal reference point

MAT 23:36: RV MAT 23:36 · LV MAT 23:36 · Read together MAT 23:36

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OET-RV MAT 23:36

36 Yes, I can assure you that all these things will happen to this generation.

OET-LV MAT 23:36

36 Truly, I _am _saying to _you _all, all these things will _be _coming on the this generation.

MAT 24:14: RV MAT 24:14 · LV MAT 24:14 · Read together MAT 24:14

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OET-RV MAT 24:14

14 This good message about God’s kingdom will be proclaimed right around the world as a witness statement to all the people groups, and then the end will come.

OET-LV MAT 24:14

14 And this the good _message of _the kingdom will _be _being _proclaimed in all the inhabited _world, because/for a_testimony to _all the nations, and then the end will _be _coming.

All 6 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 23:36 · RV MAT 24:14 · LV MAT 23:36 · LV MAT 24:14 · Read together MAT 23:36 · Read together MAT 24:14

LUK: RV LUK 13:35 · RV LUK 19:43 · LV LUK 13:35 · LV LUK 19:43 · Read together LUK 13:35 · Read together LUK 19:43

PE2: RV PE2 3:10 · LV PE2 3:10 · Read together PE2 3:10

REV: RV REV 18:8 · LV REV 18:8 · Read together REV 18:8