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verb

Greekἐπεισέρχομαι (epeiserchomai)
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epeiserchomō

Strong’sG1904

I approach, overtake, attack

stem epeiserch-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

* ἐπ-εισ-έρχομαι

[in LXX: I Mac 16:16 (c. dat.) *;]

to come in upon: seq. ἐπί Lk 21:35.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1904 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-er'-khom-ahee

to supervene, i.e. arrive, occur, impend, attack, (figuratively) influence

Fromfrom G1909 and G2064;

King Jamescome (in, upon).

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
ἐπέρχομαι,
imperfect Refs 5th c.BC+ (unless from ἐπάρχομαι: Attic dialect imperfect is ἐπῇα (but see at {ἔρχομαι}) and future ἔπειμι): aorist 2 ἐπῆλθον, Epic dialect -ήλῠθον: perfect -ελήλυθα:
I come upon:
I.1 of persons, approach, with dative, Refs 8th c.BC+, etc.; especially come suddenly upon, Refs 8th c.BC+ codices (nisi to be read ἐσ-); come to for advice, μάντεις, μοῦσαν, Refs 8th c.BC+.
I.1.b frequently in hostile sense, go or come against, attack, absolutely, Refs 8th c.BC+; τὴν τῶν πέλας ἐ. invade it, Refs 5th c.BC+: hence, visit, reprove, Refs 5th c.BC+, invade, Refs 2nd c.BC+
I.1.c come forward to speak, Refs 5th c.BC+; τοῖς Αακεδαιμονίοις Refs
I.1.d in Law, proceed against, Refs 3rd c.BC+ impugn, Refs 1st c.BC+: also in aorist 1 Refs 2nd c.BC+ is more common in the present in the Hellenistic period.)
I.2 of events, conditions, etc., come upon, especially come suddenly upon, with accusative, Refs 8th c.BC+: with dative, Refs 8th c.BC+; βροτοῖσιν.. Refs 6th c.BC+, etc.
I.3 with dative person, come into one's head, occur to one, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὅ τι ἂν ἐπέλθῃ Latin quicquid in buccam venerit, Refs 5th c.BC+ with infinitive, Refs 6th c.BC+.
I.4 come in, of revenues, etc., ἐπερχόμενοι τόκοι, ἐπιβολαί, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II of Time, come on, ἐπήλυθον ὧραι the season came round again, Refs 8th c.BC+, etc.; also, come on, be at hand, Refs 6th c.BC+; τὸ παρὸν τό τ᾽ ἐπερχόμενον πῆμα and that which is coming, the future, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 come in after or over another, of a second wife, Refs 5th c.BC+
III go over or on a space, traverse, mostly of persons, with accusative, Refs 8th c.BC+; go the round of, visit, Refs 5th c.BC+ (Lyric poetry); πόλιν, of a god, Refs 1st c.AD+; of an officer, Refs 5th c.BC+; walk on ice, Refs overflows it, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 go through or over, discuss, recount, with accusative, Refs 8th c.BC+; review, Refs 4th c.BC+, +others; followed by an interrogative, Refs; πῶς δεῖ.. ἐπέλθωμεν συντόμως Refs
III.3 accomplish, Refs 5th c.BC+.
IV come up to, imitate, Refs 5th c.BC+.

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

come1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
epeiserchetiἐπεισελεύσεταιwill happen · he/she/itfuture middle indicative 3rd person singularcome1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfecthas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularepeiserchomōepeiserchomeepeiserchomēepeiserchomelē
you 2nd person singularepeiserchosōepeiserchoseepeiserchosēepeiserchoselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularepeiserchotōepeiserchoteepeiserchotēepeiserchotelē
we 1st person pluralepeiserchonōepeiserchoneepeiserchonēepeiserchonelē
ye 2nd person pluralepeiserchovōepeiserchoveepeiserchovēepeiserchovelē
they 3rd person pluralepeisercholōepeisercholeepeisercholēepeisercholelē

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who personwill happen futurehappened aorist
I 1st person singularepeiserchemiepeiserchema
you 2nd person singularepeiserchesiepeiserchesa
he/she/it 3rd person singularepeisercheti1×ἐπεισελεύσεταιepeisercheta
we 1st person pluralepeisercheniepeiserchena
ye 2nd person pluralepeisercheviepeisercheva
they 3rd person pluralepeisercheliepeiserchela
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
I 1st person singularepeiserchomeiōepeiserchomeiē
you 2nd person singularepeiserchoseiōepeiserchoseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularepeiserchoteiōepeiserchoteiē
we 1st person pluralepeiserchoneiōepeiserchoneiē
ye 2nd person pluralepeiserchoveiōepeiserchoveiē
they 3rd person pluralepeisercholeiōepeisercholeiē

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who personhappened aorist
I 1st person singularepeiserchemeia
you 2nd person singularepeisercheseia
he/she/it 3rd person singularepeisercheteia
we 1st person pluralepeisercheneia
ye 2nd person pluralepeisercheveia
they 3rd person pluralepeisercheleia
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularepeiserchosōrepeiserchosēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularepeiserchotōrepeiserchotēr
ye 2nd person pluralepeiserchovōrepeiserchovēr
they 3rd person pluralepeisercholōrepeisercholēr

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who personhappened aorist
you 2nd person singularepeiserchesar
he/she/it 3rd person singularepeiserchetar
ye 2nd person pluralepeiserchevar
they 3rd person pluralepeiserchelar
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now present
I 1st person singularepeiserchomoiō
you 2nd person singularepeiserchosoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singularepeiserchotoiō
we 1st person pluralepeiserchonoiō
ye 2nd person pluralepeiserchovoiō
they 3rd person pluralepeisercholoiō

acts on or for itself middle voice

Who personhappened aorist
I 1st person singularepeiserchemoia
you 2nd person singularepeiserchesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularepeiserchetoia
we 1st person pluralepeiserchenoia
ye 2nd person pluralepeiserchevoia
they 3rd person pluralepeisercheloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voiceepeiserchorōepeiserchorē
acts on or for itself middle voiceepeisercheriepeiserchera
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voiceepeiserchorōntosepeiserchorēntos
acts on or for itself middle voiceepeisercherintosepeisercherantos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
epeiserchstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

epeiserch is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

epeisercheti“come”will happen · he/she/itfuture middle indicative 3rd person singular1×

Luke 21:35hōs pagidas; epeisercheti gar epi pantoin toin kathorōntoin epi …For it will come upon all who dwell on the …