Come
δεῦτεStrong’s G1205deute
Appears in 13 verses of the New Testament
In short
Deute is the Greek word usually translated “come”. It appears in 13 verses of the New Testament.
“And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
Meaning
Usually translated “come”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- come 13
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 6
- Mark 3
- John 2
- Luke 1
- Revelation 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 11:28Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
- Matthew 21:38But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
- Matthew 22:4Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
- Matthew 25:34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
- Matthew 28:6He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
- Mark 1:17And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
Greek dictionary
δεῦτε deute · come
δεῦτε adv., as pl. of δεῦρο, 1. (b), which see, [in LXX chiefly for לְכוּ ;] come on! come here! come!: with imperat., Mat.25:34 28:6, Jhn.4:29 21:12, Rev.19:17; with subjc., Mat.21:38, Mrk.12:7; before ὀπίσω, Mat.4:19, Mrk.1:17; πρός, Mat.11:28; εἰς, Mat.22:4, Mrk.6:31.† (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.