G2064 — ἔρχομαι (érchomai)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: G2064
Original: ἔρχομαι
Transliteration: érchomai
Pronunciation: er-khom-ahee
Part of Speech: Verb (deponent; suppletive paradigm: present ἔρχομαι, aorist ἦλθον, perfect ἐλήλυθα)
Root: Middle voice of a primary verb; no single Hebrew root — suppletive forms from different roots
Occurrences: 604 unique verses in NT (664 tokens)
Books: 24
First Occurrence: Mat 2:2 — "we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

Middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses, the others being supplied by a kindred (middle voice) word, ἐλεύθομαι eleúthomai; or (active) ἔλθω élthō, to come or go (in a wide variety of applications, literally and figuratively).

Semantic Domains¶

Louw-Nida: - 15.006 — Come, Come To, Arrive - 13.004 — Happen - 88.029 — Hypocrisy - 89.008 — Result

Other words in 15.006: ἥκω (G2240), ἐπέρχομαι (G1904), παραγίνομαι (G3854), εἴσοδος (G1529), ἔλευσις (G1660), καταντάω (G2658), μαράνα θᾶ (G3134)

UBS Semantic Domains: - [015] Linear Movement - [013] Be, Become, Exist, Happen - [089] Relations - [088] Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
came (all forms)	~196	~32%
come (all forms)	~175	~29%
cometh (all forms)	~80	~13%
coming	15	2.5%
is come / was come	18	3.0%
shall come / will come	20	3.3%
Other (went, resorted, appeared, etc.)	~100	~17%

Top individual translations: came (96), come (83), cometh (60), they came (23), is come (22), to come (22), I come (17).

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
2 John	3	23.1
John	142	16.2
3 John	2	14.3
Mark	80	11.8
Matthew	113	10.6
Luke	96	8.3
Revelation	33	8.2
2 Corinthians	16	6.2
Acts	54	5.4
Galatians	7	4.7
1 Thessalonians	4	4.5
2 Thessalonians	2	4.3
1 John	4	3.8
1 Timothy	4	3.5
1 Corinthians	15	3.4
Romans	10	2.3
Colossians	2	2.1
Hebrews	5	1.7
Ephesians	2	1.3
Philippians	3	—
Jude	1	—

Heavily concentrated in the Gospels (John most dense), with significant presence in Acts and the Pauline letters. The Johannine letters show the highest density per verse. Absent from James, Philemon, 1–2 Peter (except 2 Pet 3:3), Titus only once.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Physical Arrival / Narrative Movement¶

People and Jesus physically moving to or arriving at locations. The largest category — the workhorse of Gospel narrative. - Mat 2:9 — "the star...went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was" - Mark 1:9 — "Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan" - Luke 2:16 — "they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger" - John 3:31 — "He that cometh from above is above all...he that cometh from heaven is above all"

2. Incarnational Coming — Jesus Came with a Purpose¶

Jesus himself states why he came, marking the theological significance of his arrival in the flesh. - Matt 5:17 — "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil" - Matt 9:13 — "I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance" - John 1:11 — "He came unto his own, and his own received him not" - John 9:39 — "For judgment I am come into this world" - 1 Tim 1:15 — "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners"

3. The Coming One — Messianic Identification¶

A technical use identifying Jesus as the prophesied Messiah who was expected to come (ὁ ἐρχόμενος). - Mark 1:7 — "There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy" - Matt 11:3 — "Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?" - John 11:27 — "I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world" - Heb 10:37 — "he that shall come will come, and will not tarry"

4. Second Coming / Eschatological Return¶

The anticipated future return of Jesus to judge and be glorified; the most theologically freighted uses. - Acts 1:11 — "this same Jesus...shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven" - 2 Thess 1:10 — "When he shall come to be glorified in his saints...in that day" - Rev 1:7 — "Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him" - Rev 22:20 — "Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus"

5. Coming of Spiritual Realities — Wrath, Kingdom, Judgment¶

Impersonal or abstract subjects: the kingdom, wrath, times of refreshing, deception — events that "come." - Matt 6:10 — "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven" - Acts 3:19 — "times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord" - Eph 5:6 — "cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience" - 2 Pet 3:3 — "there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts"

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
λέγω (légō)	G3004	144x (24%)	"came and said / said to him" — arrival + speech
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs)	G2424	104x (17%)	Jesus as subject coming to/from places
κύριος (kýrios)	G2962	57x (9%)	"the Lord comes / came"
υἱός (huiŏs)	G5207	51x (8%)	"the Son coming" / "Son of Man came"
ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos)	G444	47x (8%)	"Son of Man came" / "man came to Jesus"
ὁράω (horáō)	G3708	45x (7%)	"seeing him come" / "saw he was come"
θεός (theós)	G2316	40x (7%)	kingdom of God, wrath of God, coming to God
ἡμέρα (hēméra)	G2250	37x (6%)	"the days come" / "in that day"
ὥρα (hṓra)	G5610	33x (5%)	"the hour cometh" / "an hour is coming"
πατήρ (patḗr)	G3962	32x (5%)	Jesus coming from / going to the Father

Suppletive Forms (same lexeme)¶

Ἔρχομαι uses forms from different roots across tenses — standard in Greek: - Present/Imperfect: ἔρχομαι (G2064) — I come, I was coming - Aorist active: ἦλθον / ἦλθα — I came - Perfect: ἐλήλυθα — I have come

Compound Verbs (same root with preposition)¶

Word	Strong's	Meaning
εἰσέρχομαι	G1525	enter (into)
ἐξέρχομαι	G1831	go out, come out
ἐπέρχομαι	G1904	come upon, supervene
διέρχομαι	G1330	pass through
παρέρχομαι	G3928	pass by, pass away
συνέρχομαι	G4905	come together
κατέρχομαι	G2718	come down
προέρχομαι	G4281	go before

Synonyms¶

G5562 χωρέω (choreo) — make room, pass
G4198 πορεύομαι (poreuomai) — go, travel

Antonyms¶

No direct antonyms surfaced from search_relationships.py for this lemma.

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
ἥκω (hḗkō)	G2240	"come," "shall come"	ἥκω = arrival already achieved (perfect state: "I am here"); ἔρχομαι = the act of coming
παραγίνομαι (paragínomai)	G3854	"came," "he came," "was come"	παραγίνομαι = formal or official arrival (John the Baptist's appearance, official visits); ἔρχομαι = general movement
γίνομαι (gínomai)	G1096	"came," "came to pass," "was come"	γίνομαι = becoming/occurring (often "it came to pass" as narrative frame); ἔρχομαι = physical motion
παρουσία (parousía)	G3952	"coming" (noun)	παρουσία = technical term for the official presence/arrival of a king; ἔρχομαι = the verbal action
μέλλω (méllō)	G3195	"to come" (future things)	μέλλω = about to happen (imminence or inevitability); ἔρχομαι = actual movement

Hebrew Source¶

Hebrew Source	Strong's	LXX Co-occ	PMI Score
בּוֹא (bôwʼ)	H935	654	20.33
הִנֵּה (hinnêh)	H2009	98	8.86
אָתָה (ʼâthâh)	H858	6	3.60
אָתָה (ʼâthâh)	H857	6	3.26

H935 (בּוֹא) is the overwhelming primary OT source — ἔρχομαι is its standard LXX equivalent. Any study of "coming" terminology bridges from H935 through ἔρχομαι into NT usage.