What does ἐφικνέομαι (ephiknéomai) mean in the Bible?
ἐφικνέομαι (ephiknéomai) is a Greek word meaning "to reach".
Greek · G2185
ἐφικνέομαι
To reach
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ἐφικνέομαι G2185
Pronunciation ephiknéomai
What does ἐφικνέομαι (ephiknéomai) mean in the Bible?
ἐφικνέομαι (ephiknéomai) is a Greek word meaning "to reach".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2185?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include that reaches (1), we had not come (1).
Where does ἐφικνέομαι (ephiknéomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Corinthians 10:13. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It that reaches 1× 2 Corinthians 10:13
we had not come 1× 2 Corinthians 10:14
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 2 Corinthians 10:13
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
2 Corinthians 2
Source forms
ἐφικέσθαι 1x ephikesthai 2 Corinthians 10:13
ἐφικνούμενοι 1x ephiknoumenoi 2 Corinthians 10:14
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle 1x 2 Corinthians 10:13
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x 2 Corinthians 10:14
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to reach
Strong's G2185
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to reach
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
2 Corinthians 10:13 Verb Second Aorist Middle Deponent Infinitive
ἐφικέσθαι efikesqai
I come to, reach as far as
Read verse 2 Corinthians 10:14 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἐφικνούμενοι efiknoumenoi
I come to, reach as far as
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Aorist, Present Voices Middle
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Aorist Middle 2 Cor 10:13 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Present Middle 2 Cor 10:14 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 1 present 1
Voice
middle 2
Mood
infinitive 1 participle 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἐφικνέομαι is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain