Greek

To reach

ἐφικνέομαιStrong’s G2185

ephikneomai

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Ephikneomai is the Greek word usually translated “reach” and “reaching”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.”

2 Corinthians 10:13 KJV

Meaning

Usually translated “reach” and “reaching”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

to reach 1
reaching 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

2 Corinthians 2

1 book in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

2 Corinthians 10:14For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:

Greek dictionary

ἐφικνέομαι ephikneomai · to reach

ἐφ-ικνέομαι, -οῦμαι [in LXX: Sir.43:27, 30 R (ἀφικ- ABא)* ;] to come to, to reach: before ἄχρι, 2Co.10:13; εἰς, 2Co.10:14.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “reach” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

REACH, verb transitive

Raught, the ancient preterit, is obsolete. The verb is now regular; participle passive reached. Latin rego, to rule or govern, to make right or straight, that is, to strain or stretch, the radical sense. The English sense of reach appears in Latin porrigo and porricio. Greek, to reach to stretch, the radical sense of desiring. Latin fragro. But the primary sense is the same, to reach to extend, to shoot forth, to urge.]

To extend; to stretch; in a general sense; sometimes followed by out and forth; as, to reach out the arm.
To extend to; to touch by extending either the arm alone, or with an instrument in the hand; as, to reach a book on the shelf; I cannot reach the object with my cane; the seaman reaches the bottom of the river with a pole or a line.
To strike from a distance.
To deliver with the hand by extending the arm; to hand.

All definitions and other forms of “reach”

To extend or stretch from a distance.“REACH hither thy finger - reach hither thy hand” John 20:27
To arrive at; to come to.
To attain to or arrive at, by effort, labor or study; hence, to gain or obtain.
To penetrate to.
To extend to so as to include or comprehend in fact or principle.
To extend to.
To extend; to spread abroad.
To take with the hand.
To overreach; to deceive.

REACH, verb intransitive

To be extended.“The border shall descend, and shall reach to the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward” Numbers 34:11“And behold, a ladder set on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven” Genesis 28:12
To penetrate.“Ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth to heaven” 2 Chronicles 28:9
To make efforts to vomit. [See Retch.]

REACH, noun

In a general sense, extension; a stretching; extent.
The power of extending to, or of taking by the hand, or by any instrument managed by the hand.
Power of attainment or management, or the limit of power, physical or moral.
Effort of the mind in contrivance or research; contrivance; scheme.
A fetch; an artifice to obtain an advantage.
Tendency to distant consequences.
Extent.
Among seamen, the distance between two points on the banks of a river, in which the current flows in a straight course.
An effort to vomit.

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.