ἐπέρχομαι
eperchomai
to arrive/invade
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ἐπέρχομαι (eperchomai) is a verb that primarily means "to arrive" or "to come to." This action can involve arriving in a literal sense, such as coming to a place, or it can imply a figurative sense of invasion or conquest. Analyzing its usage across the Bible (which includes 9 occurrences of the word), we can deduce that ἐπέρχομαι often describes an action where some force or entity enters a new location or situation, sometimes in a forceful or unexpected manner. This word can also convey a sense of arrival or arrival at a moment of significance, such as arrival to a location or the beginning of a new era. Looking at the various contexts where this word is used, we can notice that it doesn't carry a fixed, positive, or negative charge. Instead, its meaning is tied to the context and the other words it's used with. This verb's flexibility helps it fit seamlessly into different narratives and theological themes across the Bible.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
9 total occurrences across the text
The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.
Luke 11:22But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his plunder.
Luke 21:26men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”
Acts 8:24Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me.”
Acts 13:40Beware therefore, lest that come on you which is spoken in the prophets:
Acts 14:19But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
Ephesians 2:7that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
James 5:1Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.