Strong's Greek · G2240

G2240 hḗkō

ἥκω

hay'-ko

to come/be present

Looking for Hebrew H2240 Zattûwʼ? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G2240. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

hḗkō appears 26 times in Scripture, including Matthew 8:11 and Mark 8:3. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

to arrive, i.e. be present (literally or figuratively)

In the King James Version

come

Derivation

a primary verb;

Appears 26 times in Scripture

Matthew 23:36

“Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.”

Romans 11:26

“And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.”

John 4:47

“When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.”

Matthew 24:14

“And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.”

Mark 8:3

“If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.””

Hebrews 10:7

“Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’””

Matthew 8:11

“I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.”

John 2:4

““Woman, what is that to you and to Me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.””

John 6:37

“Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.”

Luke 12:46

“The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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