Word study
Arrival
2 Hebrew and 6 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with “arrival”. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
At a glance
How often each original word is translated “arrival” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- בּוֹא bôcome in, come, go in, gotranslated this way 6 times of its 2,442 uses · Strong’s H935Verb · Translated: come 358, came 298, bring 209, brought 201Full study and all 2,217 verses →
Genesis 43:25 Since the brothers had been told that they were going to eat a meal there, they prepared their gift for Joseph’s arrival at noon.
- פָּנִים pânîmface, beforetranslated this way 1 time of its 1,836 uses · Strong’s H6440Noun · Translated: before 448, face 222, presence 147, before you 123Full study and all 1,671 verses →
Genesis 30:30 Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”
Greek words (New Testament)
- παραγίνομαι paragínomaiI appear, come, arrive attranslated this way 4 times of its 35 uses · Strong’s G3854Verb · Translated: came 8, arrived 7, come 4, arrival 4Full study and all 35 verses →
Acts 9:39 So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
1 Corinthians 16:3 Then, on my arrival, I will send letters with those you recommend to carry your gift to Jerusalem.
- παρουσία parousíapresence, a coming, arrival, adventtranslated this way 3 times of its 24 uses · Strong’s G3952Noun · Translated: coming 18, arrival 3, presence 2, arrived 1Full study and all 24 verses →
2 Corinthians 7:6 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
2 Thessalonians 2:8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
- ἔρχομαι érchomaiI come, gotranslated this way 2 times of its 619 uses · Strong’s G2064Verb · Translated: come 193, came 128, coming 65, comes 53Full study and all 584 verses →
- καταβαίνω katabaínōI go down, come downtranslated this way 1 time of its 79 uses · Strong’s G2597Verb · Translated: come 16, went 11, came 8, coming 7Full study and all 79 verses →
Acts 8:15 On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.
- εἴσοδος eísodosentering, entrance, entrytranslated this way 1 time of its 5 uses · Strong’s G1529Noun · Translated: arrival 1, welcome 1, visit 1, enter 1Full study and all 5 verses →
Acts 13:24 Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
- ἐπιβαίνω epibaínōI step on, mount, boardtranslated this way 1 time of its 6 uses · Strong’s G1910Verb · Translated: boarded 2, riding 1, arrived 1, go 1Full study and all 6 verses →
Acts 25:1 Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
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Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.