to arrive/invade
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
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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.
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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.