eperchomai · come upon, arrive

What it means

eperchomai (ἐπέρχομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “come upon, arrive”.

Of an event, come upon someone, overtake; of a time, come.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To fall upon someone, like the Spirit or a disaster.
2. For something or someone not there before to show up.

From Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• come ×5
• coming ×2
• came ×1
• comes upon him ×1
• when comes ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Luke×4
• Acts×4
• Ephesians×1
• James×1

• Luke 1:35

  And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore also the holy one to be born will be called Son of God.

• Luke 11:22

  but when one stronger than he comes upon him and overpowers him, he takes away his full armor in which he had trusted and divides up his plunder.

• Luke 21:26

  people fainting from fear and expectation of the things coming on the inhabited world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

• Luke 21:35

  like a trap; for it will come in on all those who dwell on the face of all the earth.

• Acts 1:8

  but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

• Acts 8:24

  And Simon answered and said, “You pray for me to the Lord, so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”

• Acts 13:40

  So beware, lest what was said in the Prophets come upon you:

• Acts 14:19

  But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having won over the crowds and stoned Paul, they dragged him outside the city, thinking that he had died.

• Ephesians 2:7

  so that he might show in the ages to come the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness toward us in the Messiah Jesus.

• James 5:1

  Come now, you rich, weep, wailing aloud over your miseries that are coming upon you.