Word

ἐφικνέομαι

ephiknéomai · G2185 · Greek · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

to come to, to reach, to arrive

To move toward and to arrive at a point

Examples
2 Corinthians 10:13 But we will not boast beyond our measure, but within the measure of the domain which God assigned to us as a measure, to reach even as far as you.
2 Corinthians 10:14 For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we did not reach to you, for we were the first to come even as far as you in the gospel of Christ;

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

Not stated (participle) 1
Not stated in the clause 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

εἰςto+ σύyou 1
ἄχριuntil+ σύyou 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

μήnot 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

καταντάω katantáō · G2658 · to come to, to reach, to arrive: The target term ἐφικνέομαι and καταντάω (“to meet against, i.e. to arrive at,” literally or figuratively) share the core sense of coming to, reaching, or arriving at a destination, a genuine convergence in the concept of arrival despite καταντάω's broader range of application.

Semantic domains 1 entry

To come to, to reach, to arrive15.84: In 2 Corinthians 10:14, Paul writes, “we are not overextending ourselves, as if we did not reach to you, for we were the first to come even as far as you in the gospel of Christ,” using this verb for genuinely reaching a destination.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἥκω hḗkō · G2240 · to come to, to reach, to arrive · 25×ἀνήκω anḗkō · G433 · to be fitting, to be right · 3×ἐφικνέομαιephiknéomai · G2185καθήκω kathḗkō · G2520 · to be fitting, to be right · 2×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐφικνοῦμαι; 2 aorist infinitive ἐφικέσθαι; (from Homer down); to come to: ἄχρι with the…

ἐφικνοῦμαι; 2 aorist infinitive ἐφικέσθαι; (from Homer down); to come to: ἄχρι with the genitive of person 2 Cor 10:13; to reach: εἰς τινα, 2 Cor 10:14.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Come, Come To, Arrive2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0