Lexicon
ἐπέρχομαι
eperchomai
G1904
G:V Greek

to arrive/invade

9
Occurrences
4
Books
Greek
Language

eperchomai describes something coming upon people or the world, and also persons or coming ages approaching.

The dominant attested use describes something coming upon a person or the world, including feared events, miseries, and the Holy Spirit. Other occurrences describe people arriving or advancing against someone and the approach of coming ages.

Senses in use

  1. Coming upon people or the world · dominant

    In Acts 13:40 and Acts 8:24, the aorist active subjunctive occurs in warnings that spoken things may come upon the hearers. In Acts 1:8 and Luke 1:35, the clauses describe the Holy Spirit coming upon a person; James 5:1 and Luke 21:26 likewise speak of miseries or things coming upon their recipients.

  2. Arriving or advancing toward a target · common

    In Acts 14:19, the aorist active indicative reports that Jews came from Antioch and Iconium before persuading the crowds. In Luke 11:22, an aorist active participle introduces a stronger person who attacks and conquers; Ephesians 2:7 uses a present middle participle for the ages that the APB renders "to come."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the clause with "come upon" or "coming upon," while elsewhere it uses "came from," "attacks," and "to come." These phrases show the verse-level presentation rather than fixed English equivalents.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture