To come
παραγίνομαιStrong’s G3854paraginomai
Appears in 38 verses of the New Testament
In short
Paraginomai is the Greek word usually translated “having come”, “having arrived” and “arrived”. It appears in 38 verses of the New Testament.
“Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,”
Meaning
Usually translated “having come”, “having arrived” and “arrived”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- having come 10
- having arrived 7
- arrived 2
- comes 2
- i came 2
- comes up 1
- she came 1
- is come 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 21
- Luke 8
- Matthew 3
- John 2
- Mark 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
8 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 3:1In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
- Matthew 3:13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
- Mark 14:43And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
- Luke 7:4And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:
- Luke 7:20When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
- Luke 8:19Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press.
Greek dictionary
παραγίνομαι paraginomai · to come
παρα-γίνομαι (Ion. and late for -γίγν-), [in LXX chiefly for בּוֹא ;] 1. to be beside or at hand (Hom., Hdt., al.), hence, to stand by, support (Æsch., Thuc., al.) : with dative of person(s), 2Ti.4:16. …
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.