What does ἀδελφός · ἥκω mean in the Bible?
ἀδελφός · ἥκω is a Greek phrase meaning "your brother has arrived/come".
Greek · G80, G2240
ὁ ἀδελφός σου ἥκει
A brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like ) · to come/be present
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ἀδελφός G80 a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like )
Pronunciation adelphós
Brother encompasses literal kinship, fellow-nationals, neighbors, and crucially, fellow-Christians in Christian community.
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ἥκω G2240 to come/be present
Pronunciation hḗkō
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What does ὁ ἀδελφός σου ἥκει (ho adelphos sou hēkei) mean in the Bible?
ἀδελφός · ἥκω is a Greek phrase meaning "your brother has arrived/come".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G80, G2240?
G80, G2240 is connected to 342 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. your brother has arrived/come
Source Gloss
your brother has arrived/come
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 10 Aligned forms 342 Case pattern Vocative (111) Number pattern Plural (221)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 5:23 · Matt 10:2 · Matt 10:21 · Matt 12:50 · Matt 18:15 · Matt 18:21 · Matt 22:24 · Mark 3:35 · Mark 6:3 · Mark 12:19 · Mark 13:12 · Luke 15:27 · Luke 15:32 · Luke 17:3 · Luke 20:28 · John 1:40 43×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 12:46 · Matt 12:47 · Matt 12:48 · Matt 12:49 · Matt 13:55 · Matt 22:25 · Matt 23:8 · Mark 3:31 · Mark 3:32 · Mark 3:33 · Mark 3:34 · Mark 12:20 · Luke 8:19 · Luke 8:20 · Luke 8:21 · Luke 20:29 39×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 20:24 · Matt 25:40 · Luke 21:16 · Acts 1:15 · Acts 3:22 · Acts 7:37 · Acts 10:23 · Acts 14:2 · Acts 15:33 · Acts 15:40 · Acts 16:2 · Acts 28:21 · Rom 9:3 · 1 Cor 16:11 · 1 Cor 16:12 · Phil 1:14 21×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 7:3 · Matt 7:5 · Matt 14:3 · Mark 6:17 · Mark 6:18 · Luke 3:1 · Luke 3:19 · Luke 6:41 · Luke 6:42 · John 11:19 · 1 Cor 6:5 · 1 Cor 6:6 · 1 Cor 16:12 · 2 Thess 3:6 · Jas 4:11 · 1 Pet 5:12 17×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 28:10 · Acts 1:14 · Acts 7:13 · Acts 11:29 · Acts 12:17 · Acts 15:3 · Acts 15:22 · Acts 15:23 · Acts 18:18 · Rom 8:29 · 1 Cor 15:6 · Eph 6:23 · Col 1:2 · 1 Thess 5:27 · 1 Tim 4:6 · Heb 2:12 17×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 5:22 · Matt 5:24 · Matt 7:4 · Matt 18:35 · Matt 22:24 · Matt 22:25 · Mark 12:19 · Luke 6:42 · Luke 12:13 · Luke 20:28 · Rom 14:13 · 1 Cor 7:14 · Col 4:9 14×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 4:18 · Matt 4:21 · Matt 10:21 · Matt 17:1 · Matt 18:15 · Mark 1:16 · Mark 1:19 · Mark 3:17 · Mark 5:37 · Mark 13:12 · Luke 6:14 · John 1:41 · Acts 12:2 · Rom 14:10 · 1 Cor 8:13 · 2 Cor 2:13 41×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 1:2 · Matt 1:11 · Matt 4:18 · Matt 4:21 · Matt 5:47 · Matt 19:29 · Mark 10:29 · Mark 10:30 · Luke 14:12 · Luke 14:26 · Luke 16:28 · Luke 18:29 · Luke 22:32 · John 20:17 · John 21:23 · Acts 7:23 39×
Vocative · Plural · Masculine Acts 1:16 · Acts 2:29 · Acts 2:37 · Acts 3:17 · Acts 6:3 · Acts 7:2 · Acts 13:15 · Acts 13:26 · Acts 13:38 · Acts 15:7 · Acts 15:13 · Acts 22:1 · Acts 23:1 · Acts 23:5 · Acts 23:6 · Acts 28:17 105×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Luke 6:42 · Acts 9:17 · Acts 21:20 · Acts 22:13 · Phlm 1:7 · Phlm 1:20 6×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 27 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
future 17 present 7 imperfect 1 perfect 1 aorist 1
Voice
active 27
Mood
indicative 26 subjunctive 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 8:11 ἥξουσιν future active indicative prospective Matthew 23:36 ἥξει future active indicative prospective Matthew 24:14 ἥξει future active indicative prospective Matthew 24:50 ἥξει future active indicative prospective Mark 8:3 ἥκασιν perfect active indicative resultant Luke 12:46 ἥξει future active indicative prospective Luke 13:29 ἥξουσιν future active indicative prospective Luke 13:35 ἥξει future active indicative prospective Luke 15:27 ἥκει present active indicative ongoing Luke 19:43 ἥξουσιν future active indicative prospective John 2:4 ἥκει present active indicative ongoing John 4:47 ἥκει present active indicative ongoing John 6:37 ἥξει future active indicative prospective John 8:42 ἥκω present active indicative ongoing Acts 28:23 ἧκον imperfect active indicative background Romans 11:26 Ἥξει future active indicative prospective Hebrews 10:37 ἥξει future active indicative prospective Hebrews 10:7 ἥκω present active indicative ongoing Hebrews 10:9 ἥκω present active indicative ongoing 2 Peter 3:10 ἥξει future active indicative prospective 1 John 5:20 ἥκει present active indicative ongoing Revelation 2:25 ἥξω aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Revelation 3:3 ἥξω future active indicative prospective Revelation 3:3 ἥξω future active indicative prospective Revelation 3:9 ἥξουσιν future active indicative prospective Revelation 15:4 ἥξουσιν future active indicative prospective Revelation 18:8 ἥξουσιν future active indicative prospective
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
ὁ ἀδελφός σου ἥκει 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