Come
δεῦροStrong’s G1204deuro
Appears in 9 verses of the New Testament
In short
Deuro is the Greek word usually translated “come”, “come here” and “present”. It appears in 9 verses of the New Testament.
“Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.”
Meaning
Usually translated “come”, “come here” and “present”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- come 6
- come here 2
- present 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
- Revelation 2
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- Luke 1
- John 1
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 10:21Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
- Luke 18:22Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
- John 11:43And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
- Acts 7:3And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
- Acts 7:34I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
- Romans 1:13Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
Greek dictionary
δεῦρο deuro · come
δεῦρο adv., [in LXX chiefly for לֵךְ, לֵכָה ;] 1. of place; (a) hither, with verbs of motion; (b) (in cl. chiefly poët.) as an imperat., here! come!: Mat.19:21, Mrk.10:21, Luk.18:22, Jhn.11:43, Act.7:3" (LXX) , 34 (LXX), Rev.17:1 21:9. 2. Of time, hitherto, now: Rev.1:13.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “come” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
COME, verb intransitive
- To move towards; to advance near, in any manner, and from any distance.
- To draw nigh; to approach; to arrive; to be present“COME thou and all thy house into the ark” Genesis 7:1“All my time will I wait, till my change come” Job 14:14“When shall I come and appear before God?” Psalms 42:2“Then shall the end come” Matthew 24:14“Thy kingdom come; thy will be done” Matthew 6:10
- To advance and arrive at some state or condition; as, the ships came to action; the players came to blows; is it come to this?“His sons come to honor and he knoweth it not” Job 14:21
- To happen or fall out; as, how comes that? Let come what will.“After all that has come on us for our evil deeds” Ezra 9:13“All things come alike to all” Ecclesiastes 9:2
All definitions and other forms of “come”
- To advance or move into view; to appear; as, blood or color comes and goes in the face.
- To sprout, as plants; to spring. Isaiah 37:3
- To become.
- To appear or be formed, as butter; to advance or change from cream to butter; a common use of the word; as, the butter comes.
- come in the imperative, is used to excite attention, or to invite to motion or joint action; come let us go.“The Lord will come down on mount Sinai” Exodus 19:11“Your principalities shall come down” Jeremiah 13:18“COME down from thy glory” Jeremiah 48:18
COME, noun
A sprout.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.