ἥκω

ἥκω — hḗkō

ἥκω; imperfect ἧκον (Act 28:23, where L T Tr WH ἦλθον); future ἥξω; 1 aorist ᾖξα (Luk 13:35 R G; Rev 2:25; Rev 3:9 Rec.); perfect ἦκα (often in the Sept., as Gen 42:7; Gen 42:9; Gen 45:16; (Gen 47:4); Jos 9:12 (7); Job 16:22, etc.; in the N. T. once, Mar 8:3 Rst L T Tr text, see, WHs Appendix, p. 169; the older and more elegant writers (Aeschylus, Herodotus, Thucydides, others) use only the present imperfect and future; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 743f; Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii. 205; (Veitch, under the word); Winers Grammar, 87 (83); (Buttmann, 59 (51))); the Sept. for בּוא; to have come, have arrived, be present (Winers Grammar, 274 (258); Buttmann, 203 (176)); hence, imperfect with force of pluperfect (cf. Matthiae, ii., p. 1136; Krüger, § 53, 1, 4): absolutely of persons, Mat 24:50; Mar 8:3; Luk 12:46; Luk 15:27; Joh 8:42; Heb 10:7; Heb 10:9; Heb 10:37; 1Jn 5:20; Rev 2:25; Rev 3:9; Rev 15:4; followed by ἀπό with the genitive of place, Mat 8:11; Luk 13:29; by ἐκ with the genitive of place, Rom 11:26; with addition of εἰς with accusative of place, Joh 4:47; μακρόθεν, Mar 8:3; πρός τινα, Act 28:23 Rec.; metaphorically, to come to one i. e. seek an intimacy with one, become his follower: Joh 6:37; ἐπί τινα, to come upon one (unexpectedly), Rev 3:3. of time and events: absolutely, Mat 24:14; Joh 2:4; 2Pe 3:10; Rev 18:8; ἕως ἄν ἥξῃ (L T WH Tr in brackets ἥξει; see above and Buttmann, 231 (199)) (namely, ὁ καιρός), ὅτε εἴπητε, Luk 13:35; ἐπί τινα, metaphorically, to come upon one, of things to be endured (as evils, calamitous times): Mat 23:36; Luk 19:43. (Compare: ἀνήκω,