What does πάλιν · ἔρχομαι mean in the Bible?
πάλιν · ἔρχομαι is a Greek phrase meaning "come again, come back".
Greek · G3825, G2064
πάλιν ἔρχομαι
Again · to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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πάλιν G3825 again
Pronunciation pálin
Temporal repetition or rhetorical continuation; distinguishes literal recurrence from logical progression in argument.
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ἔρχομαι G2064 to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Pronunciation érchomai
Movement with emphasis on arrival or outcome; distinct from πορεύομαι's focus on the journey itself.
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What does πάλιν ἔρχομαι (palin erchomai) mean in the Bible?
πάλιν · ἔρχομαι is a Greek phrase meaning "come again, come back".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3825, G2064?
G3825, G2064 is connected to 139 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. come again, come back
Source Gloss
come again, come back
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 139
Matt 4:7 · Matt 4:8 · Matt 5:33 · Matt 13:45 · Matt 13:47 · Matt 18:19 · Matt 19:24 · Matt 20:5 · Matt 21:36 · Matt 22:1 · Matt 22:4 · Matt 26:42 · Matt 26:43 · Matt 26:44 · Matt 26:72 · Matt 27:50 139×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 628 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 356 present 216 future 21 perfect 20 imperfect 8 pluperfect 7
Voice
active 383 middle 245
Mood
indicative 354 participle 156 infinitive 51 subjunctive 47 imperative 20
NT Occurrences
Matthew 2:11 ἐλθόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 2:2 ἤλθομεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 2:23 ἐλθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 2:8 ἐλθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 2:9 ἐλθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 3:11 ἐρχόμενος present middle participle participle Matthew 3:14 ἔρχῃ present middle indicative ongoing Matthew 3:16 ἐρχόμενον present middle participle participle Matthew 3:7 ἐρχομένους present middle participle participle Matthew 4:13 ἐλθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 5:17 ἦλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 5:17 ἦλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 5:24 ἐλθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 6:10 ἐλθέτω aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 7:15 ἔρχονται present middle indicative ongoing Matthew 7:25 ἦλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 7:27 ἦλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 8:14 ἐλθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 8:28 ἐλθόντος aorist active participle participle Matthew 8:29 ἦλθες aorist active indicative completed Matthew 8:7 ἐλθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 8:9 Ἔρχου present middle imperative imperative Matthew 8:9 ἔρχεται present middle indicative ongoing Matthew 9:1 ἦλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 9:10 ἐλθόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:13 ἦλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 9:15 ἐλεύσονται future middle indicative prospective Matthew 9:18 ἐλθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:18 ἐλθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:23 ἐλθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:28 ἐλθόντι aorist active participle participle Matthew 10:13 ἐλθάτω aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 10:23 ἔλθῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 10:34 ἦλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 10:34 ἦλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 10:35 ἦλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 11:14 ἔρχεσθαι present middle infinitive infinitive Matthew 11:18 ἦλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 11:19 ἦλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 11:3 ἐρχόμενος present middle participle participle
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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
πάλιν ἔρχομαι is built from this root:
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