Lexical Definition

‎ἥκω‎ hḗkō (hay'-ko) to come/be present ^G:V
a primary verb

come.

• to arrive, i.e. be present (literally or figuratively)

Abbott-Smith

ἥκω [in LXX chiefly for בּוא;]
pf. with pres. meaning (hence impf. = plpf.), to have come, be present: Mt 24:50, Mk 8:3 (late pf., ἧκα, v. Swete, in l.; WH, App., 169), Lk 12:46 15:27, Jo 8:42, He 10:7, 9, 37, I Jn 5:20, Re 2:25 3:3, 9 15:4; seq. ἀπό, c. gen. loc., Mt 8:11, Lk 13:29; ἐκ, Ro 11:26; id. seq. εἰς, Jo 4:47; μακρόθεν, Mk 8:3; ἐπί, c. acc., Re 3:3. Metaph., of discipleship: Jo 6:37; of time and events: absol., Mt 24:14, Jo 2:4, II Pe 3:10, Re 18:8; seq. ἐπί c acc. pers., Mt 23:36, Lk 19:43 (cf. ἀν-, καθ-ήκω).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἥκω,

[Refs 8th c.BC+]imperfect ἧκον (see. below): future ἥξω (see. below); Doric dialect ἡξῶ [Refs 3rd c.BC+] P. (in Doric dialect and [Refs 8th c.BC+]: all other tenses late; aorist 1 participle ἥξας [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect ἧκα [Refs 2nd c.BC+], 1st pers. plural ἥκαμεν [Refs 2nd c.BC+] falsa lectio in [Refs 1st c.AD+], 2nd pers. plural ἥκατε [Refs 1st c.BC+], 3rd.pers. plural ἥκασι [LXX+NT]; infinitive ἡκέναι [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: pluperfect ἥκεσαν [Refs 1st c.AD+]: —middle, present subjunctive ἥκηται [Refs 2nd c.AD+]future ἥξομαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—to have come, be present, properly in a perfect sense, with imperfect ἧκον as pluperfect, I had come, and future ἥξω as future perfect, I shall have come, μάλα τηλόθεν ἥκω [Refs 8th c.BC+]: imperfect ἧκον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ἥξω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἧκε imperative, [ἥκω πρὸς τὴν κυρίαν Ἶσιν “OGI” 186.6 (Egypt, 1st c.BC),cf. NT.John.6.37; πρὸς πόλιν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 734 ">NT+5th c.BC+]; ἐπί τινα to set upon, attack, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἥ. ἐπὶ τὸ στράτευμα to have come to fetch the army, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς ταὐτὸν ἥ. to have come to the same point, to agree, [Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb of motion, ἥ. ἐνθάδε, δεῦρο[ἥκω παρά σε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310e ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐρωτώμενοι ὅ τι ἥκοιεν for what they had come, [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, μανθάνειν γὰρ ἥκομεν we are here to learn, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 to have reached a point, ἐς τοσήνδ᾽ ὕβριν[Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; Geometry texts, pass through a point, διὰ τῶν πόλων [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2.b διὰ μάχης, δι᾽ ὀργῆς ἥκειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.c with an adverb followed by genitive, οὕτω πόρρω σοφίας ἥκεις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὖ ἥκειν τινός to be well off for a thing, have plenty of it, τοῦ βίου, χρημάτων, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πιθανότητος Demetr.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ὁμοίως ἥ. τινός not to be equally well off in respect of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πῶς ἀγῶνος ἥκομε; how have we sped in the contest? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὧδε γένους ἥ. τινί to be this degree of kin to him, [ἥκων 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 4.34: \_absolutely\_, εὖ ἥκειν">Refs 2nd c.AD+] to be flourishing, [Refs 5th c.BC+] thou art in great power, [Refs]
__3 to have come back, returned, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐτίκα ἥξω I shall be back in a moment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἧκέ νυν ταχύ come back soon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 with participle, ἥκω φέρων I have come bringing (i.e. with), [Refs 5th c.BC+]future participle, like{ἔρχομαι}, ἥκω φράσων, ἀγγελῶν, etc., I am going, I intend to say, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 to have come to be, θεοῖς ἔχθιστος ἥκω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; take one's origin, ἀπὸ πολιτειῶν τοιούτων ἥκετε, ἐν αἷς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of things, in various uses: of meats, to have come to table, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of reports, ἐμοὶ ἀγγελίη ἥκει παρὰ βασιλέος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of events, πῆμα ἥκει τινί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵν᾽ ἥκειτὰ μαντεύματα what they have come to, [Refs] codices; ἥξει πόλεμος Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Time, ἥκει ἦμαρ, νύξ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 concern, relate to, ποῖ λόγος ἥκε; to what do the words relate? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἐμὲ τὸ ἐλλεῖπον ἥξει will fall upon me, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently in participle, τὰ εἰς τοὺς κινδύνους ἥκοντα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ εἰς πλοῦτον ἥ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ πρὸς ἔπαινον, εἰς φιλανθρωπίαν ἥ., [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.3 depend upon, ὅσα τῆς Φωκέων σωτηρίας ἐπὶ τὴν πρεσβείαν ἧκε [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.4 with infinitive, ἧκέ μοι γένει.. πενθεῖν it has come to me by birth.., my birth lays it on me.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καλῶς αὐτοῖς κατθανεῖν ἧκον βίου it being well for them at their age to die, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.5 with participle, ὃ καὶ νῦν ἥκει γινόμενον which commonly happens even now, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.2Kgs.20.14 ☩ Mark.8.3 ☩ John.6.37}