ἥκω

hēkō · have come

Greek word · Strong’s number G2240 · appears 27 times in the Bible

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What it means

hēkō (ἥκω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “have come”.

Come, arrive, be here.

How to say it

hē·kō

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 have arrived and be here now, especially what God announced.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

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

  • will come ×15
  • come ×9
  • am here ×1
  • they came ×1
  • time comes ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

  • Matthew 8:11

    And I tell you that many will come from east and west and sit at table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,

  • Matthew 23:36

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

  • Matthew 24:14

    And this good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole inhabited world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

  • Matthew 24:50

    the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know,

  • Mark 8:3

    and if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from far away.”

  • Luke 12:46

    the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know, and will cut him in two and put his portion with the unbelieving.

  • Luke 13:29

    And they will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will recline at table in the kingdom of God.

  • Luke 13:35

    Look, your house is left to you. And I tell you, you will never see me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

  • Luke 15:27

    And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.’

  • Luke 19:43

    For days will come upon you when your enemies will set up a barricade against you and surround you and hem you in on every side,

  • John 2:4

    And Jesus says to her, “What is that to me and to you, woman? My hour has not yet come.”

  • John 4:47

    When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was about to die.

  • John 6:37

    Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out,

  • John 8:42

    Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came forth from God and am here; for I have not come on my own, but he sent me.

  • Acts 28:23

    And having appointed a day with him, they came to him at his lodging in greater numbers; to them he explained the matter, solemnly testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them about Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the Prophets, from morning until evening.

  • Romans 11:26

    and so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;

  • Hebrews 10:7

    Then I said: Look, I have come —in the scroll of the book it is written about me— to do, O God, your will.

  • Hebrews 10:9

    then he has said: Look, I have come to do your will. He abolishes the first in order to establish the second.

  • Hebrews 10:37

    For yet a very little while, and the one who is coming will come and will not delay.

  • 2 Peter 3:10

    But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the elements, burning, will be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it will be laid bare.

  • 1 John 5:20

    And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know the one who is true; and we are in the one who is true, in his Son Jesus the Messiah. This is the true God and eternal life.

  • Revelation 2:25

    only what you have, hold fast until I come.

  • Revelation 3:3

    Remember, then, how you have received and heard, and keep it, and change your mind. If, then, you do not keep watch, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come upon you.

  • Revelation 3:9

    Look, I am handing over some of the synagogue of Satan, of those who call themselves Jews and are not, but are lying; look, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and know that I have loved you.

  • Revelation 15:4

    Who will ever fail to fear you, Lord, and to glorify your name? For you alone are holy; for all the nations will come and worship before you, because your righteous acts have been revealed.”

  • Revelation 18:8

    Therefore in one day her plagues will come, death and grief and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who judged her.

And 1 more times.