Come

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: come, came, coming, comes. 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 “come” or one of its forms.

• בּוֹא bô852
• ἔρχομαι érchomai446
• הָיָה hâyâh218
• יָצָא yâtsâ170
• הָלַךְ hâlak101
• עָלָה âlâh90
• יָרַד yârad72
• γίνομαι gínomai63
• προσέρχομαι prosérchomai58
• ἐξέρχομαι exérchomai56
• καταβαίνω katabaínō35
• קָרַב qârab32

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

• בּוֹא bôcome in, come, go in, gotranslated this way 852 times of its 2,442 uses · Strong’s H935Verb  ·  Translated: come 358, came 298, bring 209, brought 201

  Genesis 6:13 Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.

  Exodus 2:16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.

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• הָיָה hâyâhfall out, come to pass, become, betranslated this way 218 times of its 2,848 uses · Strong’s H1961Verb  ·  Translated: will be 206, become 178, came 169, was 151

  Genesis 7:6 Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.

  Exodus 8:17 This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.

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• יָצָא yâtsâgo or come outtranslated this way 170 times of its 1,035 uses · Strong’s H3318Verb  ·  Translated: brought 108, went 103, go 82, came 78

  Genesis 8:16 “Come out of the ark, you and your wife, along with your sons and their wives.

  Exodus 13:3 So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.

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• הָלַךְ hâlakgo, come, walktranslated this way 101 times of its 1,461 uses · Strong’s H1980Verb  ·  Translated: go 338, went 173, walk 116, Come 84

  Genesis 19:32 Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”

  Numbers 10:29 Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.”

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• עָלָה âlâhgo up, ascend, climbtranslated this way 90 times of its 873 uses · Strong’s H5927Verb  ·  Translated: go 118, went 107, brought 56, come 42

  Genesis 24:16 Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.

  Exodus 8:3 The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.

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• יָרַד yâradcome or go down, descendtranslated this way 72 times of its 372 uses · Strong’s H3381Verb  ·  Translated: went 56, go 55, come 35, came 26

  Genesis 11:5 Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.

  Exodus 3:8 I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey— the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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• קָרַב qârabcome near, approachtranslated this way 32 times of its 276 uses · Strong’s H7126Verb  ·  Translated: present 65, bring 18, approached 16, presented 14

  Exodus 3:5 “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

  Leviticus 10:4 Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come here; carry the bodies of your cousins outside the camp, away from the front of the sanctuary.”

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• דּוֹר dôrperiod, generation, dwellingtranslated this way 31 times of its 150 uses · Strong’s H1755Noun  ·  Translated: generation 53, generations to come 30, generations 28, descendants 5

  Exodus 12:14 And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.

  Leviticus 3:17 This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”

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• נָגַשׁ nâgashdraw near, approachtranslated this way 23 times of its 123 uses · Strong’s H5066Verb  ·  Translated: approached 24, approach 12, come near 9, Bring 9

  Genesis 27:21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau, or not?”

  Exodus 24:2 Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.”

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• שׁוּב shûbturn back, returntranslated this way 19 times of its 1,007 uses · Strong’s H7725Verb  ·  Translated: return 218, returned 105, restore 62, turn 56

  Genesis 43:10 If we had not delayed, we could have come and gone twice by now.”

  1 Samuel 15:30 “I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”

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• עָבַר âbarpass over, through, by, pass ontranslated this way 15 times of its 542 uses · Strong’s H5674Verb  ·  Translated: pass 62, crossed 57, cross 52, passed 35

  Genesis 32:10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.

  Numbers 5:14 and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself— or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—

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• אָתָה âthâhcometranslated this way 12 times of its 20 uses · Strong’s H857Verb  ·  Translated: come 5, came 2, Bring 2

  Deuteronomy 33:2 He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.

  Job 37:22 Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.

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• מִן minout of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that nottranslated this way 9 times of its 983 uses · Strong’s H4480Preposition  ·  Translated: from 368, of 68, from me 36, some of 33

  Numbers 13:33 We even saw the Nephilim there— the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”

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• קוּם qûmarise, stand up, standtranslated this way 8 times of its 594 uses · Strong’s H6965Verb  ·  Translated: rise 68, got 61, set 44, Get 42

  Exodus 1:8 Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.

  Judges 9:32 Now then, tonight you and the people with you are to come and lie in wait in the fields.

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• אֵל êlmotion totranslated this way 8 times of its 4,199 uses · Strong’s H413Preposition  ·  Translated: to 1,941, to me 285, to you 149, to him 137

  Genesis 15:4 Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”

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• אַחֲרוֹן achărôncoming aftertranslated this way 7 times of its 49 uses · Strong’s H314Adjective  ·  Translated: last 11, end 9, come 5, Western 4

  Deuteronomy 29:22 Then the generation to come — your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land — will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.

  Psalm 78:6 that the coming generation would know them— even children yet to be born— to arise and tell their own children

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• נָגַע nâgatouch, reach, striketranslated this way 7 times of its 144 uses · Strong’s H5060Verb  ·  Translated: touches 35, touched 20, touch 19, Whoever touches 6

  Judges 20:41 Then the men of Israel turned back on them, and the men of Benjamin were terrified when they realized that disaster had come upon them.

  1 Samuel 14:9 If they say, ‘Wait until we come to you,’ then we will stay where we are and will not go up to them.

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• קָדַם qâdamcome or be in front, meettranslated this way 7 times of its 26 uses · Strong’s H6923Verb  ·  Translated: come 5, confronted 4, confront 3, meet 2

  2 Kings 19:32 So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.

  Psalm 59:10 My God of loving devotion will come to meet me; God will let me stare down my foes.

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• יָהַב yâhabgivetranslated this way 5 times of its 33 uses · Strong’s H3051Verb  ·  Translated: Give 10, Ascribe 10, Come 5, bring 2

  Genesis 11:3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.

  Exodus 1:10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”

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• קָרָא qârâencounter, befalltranslated this way 5 times of its 127 uses · Strong’s H7122Verb  ·  Translated: meet 58, against 11, confront 8, met 6

  Genesis 42:38 But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”

  Deuteronomy 22:6 If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.

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• סוּר sûrturn asidetranslated this way 5 times of its 294 uses · Strong’s H5493Verb  ·  Translated: removed 46, remove 38, turn away 23, turn aside 16

  Judges 4:18 Jael went out to greet Sisera and said to him, “Come in, my lord. Come in with me. Do not be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.

  Ruth 4:1 Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.

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• יָדַע yâdaknowtranslated this way 5 times of its 914 uses · Strong’s H3045Verb  ·  Translated: know 453, known 53, knows 48, knew 38Full study and all 863 verses →
• שָׁלוֹם shâlômcompleteness, soundness, welfare, peacetranslated this way 5 times of its 223 uses · Strong’s H7965Noun  ·  Translated: peace 135, safely 10, prosperity 8, well 5

  2 Kings 9:17 Now the watchman standing on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu’s troops approaching, and he called out, “I see a company of troops!” “Choose a rider,” Joram commanded. “Send him out to meet them and ask, ‘Have you come in peace?’”

  2 Kings 9:18 So a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”

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• אַחֲרִית achărîthafter-part, endtranslated this way 4 times of its 61 uses · Strong’s H319Noun  ·  Translated: end 21, future 6, latter 5, come 4

  Genesis 49:1 Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:

  Numbers 24:14 Now I am going back to my people, but come, let me warn you what this people will do to your people in the days to come.”

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• קָבַץ qâbatsgather, collecttranslated this way 4 times of its 126 uses · Strong’s H6908Verb  ·  Translated: gather 42, gathered 25, assembled 10, assemble 9

  Genesis 49:2 Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.

  Joshua 9:2 they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.

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• מָצָא mâtsâattain to, findtranslated this way 4 times of its 436 uses · Strong’s H4672Verb  ·  Translated: found 197, find 87, finds 13, present 7

  Deuteronomy 31:17 On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’

  Nehemiah 9:32 So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.

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• נָפַל nâphalfall, lietranslated this way 4 times of its 432 uses · Strong’s H5307Verb  ·  Translated: fall 104, fell 77, fallen 54, falls 21

  Judges 18:1 In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

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• עַל alheighttranslated this way 4 times of its 4,859 uses · Strong’s H5921Preposition  ·  Translated: on 777, over 297, in 218, against 216Full study and all 3,996 verses →
• חוּשׁ chûshhaste, make hastetranslated this way 4 times of its 18 uses · Strong’s H2363Verb  ·  Translated: hurry 4, come quickly 3Full study and all 18 verses →
• חָיָה châyâhlivetranslated this way 4 times of its 265 uses · Strong’s H2421Verb  ·  Translated: live 96, lived 24, was 17, revive 14Full study and all 254 verses →
• קָהַל qâhalassemble as a קָהָלtranslated this way 4 times of its 38 uses · Strong’s H6950Verb  ·  Translated: assembled 15, gathered 7, assemble 5, came together 4Full study and all 38 verses →
• צָלַח tsâlachrushtranslated this way 4 times of its 65 uses · Strong’s H6743Verb  ·  Translated: prosper 13, succeed 8, success 5, prospered 5Full study and all 64 verses →
• סְלִק seliqcome uptranslated this way 4 times of its 8 uses · Strong’s H5559Verb  ·  Translated: came 4, turned 1, carried 1, lift 1Full study and all 7 verses →
• קָרָה qârâhencounter, meet, befalltranslated this way 3 times of its 25 uses · Strong’s H7136Verb  ·  Translated: happened 4, met 4, happen 3, laid its beams 2Full study and all 25 verses →
• פָּנִים pânîmface, beforetranslated this way 3 times of its 1,836 uses · Strong’s H6440Noun  ·  Translated: before 448, face 222, presence 147, before you 123Full study and all 1,671 verses →
• עַד adas far as, even to, up to, until, whiletranslated this way 3 times of its 1,111 uses · Strong’s H5704Preposition  ·  Translated: until 348, to 278, far 48, forever 43Full study and all 1,024 verses →
• לָבַט lâbaṭthrust down, out, or awaytranslated this way 3 times of its 3 uses · Strong’s H3832Verb  ·  Translated: come to ruin 3Full study and all 3 verses →
• עָשָׂה âsâhdo, maketranslated this way 3 times of its 2,478 uses · Strong’s H6213Verb  ·  Translated: done 292, made 265, make 143, did 112Full study and all 2,206 verses →
• נְפַק nephaqgo, or come, out, forthtranslated this way 3 times of its 11 uses · Strong’s H5312Verb  ·  Translated: taken 3, went 2Full study and all 9 verses →

Greek words (New Testament)

• ἔρχομαι érchomaiI come, gotranslated this way 446 times of its 619 uses · Strong’s G2064Verb  ·  Translated: come 193, came 128, coming 65, comes 53Full study and all 584 verses →
• γίνομαι gínomaiI come into being, am borntranslated this way 63 times of its 544 uses · Strong’s G1096Verb  ·  Translated: become 58, came 42, became 34, happened 28Full study and all 515 verses →
• προσέρχομαι prosérchomaiI come near, consent totranslated this way 58 times of its 85 uses · Strong’s G4334Verb  ·  Translated: came 52, went 13, come 4, draw near 3Full study and all 84 verses →
• ἐξέρχομαι exérchomaiI go out, come outtranslated this way 56 times of its 215 uses · Strong’s G1831Verb  ·  Translated: went 56, came 26, left 23, come 23Full study and all 209 verses →
• καταβαίνω katabaínōI go down, come downtranslated this way 35 times of its 79 uses · Strong’s G2597Verb  ·  Translated: come 16, went 11, came 8, coming 7Full study and all 79 verses →
• ἥκω hḗkōI have come, am presenttranslated this way 23 times of its 25 uses · Strong’s G2240Verb  ·  Translated: come 23, returned 1, here 1Full study and all 24 verses →
• εἰσέρχομαι eisérchomaiI go in, come in, entertranslated this way 20 times of its 189 uses · Strong’s G1525Verb  ·  Translated: enter 54, entered 38, went 22, come 11Full study and all 178 verses →
• παρουσία parousíapresence, a coming, arrival, adventtranslated this way 18 times of its 24 uses · Strong’s G3952Noun  ·  Translated: coming 18, arrival 3, presence 2, arrived 1Full study and all 24 verses →
• παραγίνομαι paragínomaiI appear, come, arrive attranslated this way 14 times of its 35 uses · Strong’s G3854Verb  ·  Translated: came 8, arrived 7, come 4, arrival 4Full study and all 35 verses →
• συνέρχομαι synérchomaiI come or go with, accompany, assembletranslated this way 14 times of its 30 uses · Strong’s G4905Verb  ·  Translated: come together 6, accompanied 5, gathered 4, came together 3Full study and all 30 verses →
• μέλλω méllōI am about totranslated this way 13 times of its 101 uses · Strong’s G3195Verb  ·  Translated: going 10, come 8, will 8, is about 7Full study and all 99 verses →
• ἐκπορεύομαι ekporeúomaiI journey out, come forthtranslated this way 13 times of its 32 uses · Strong’s G1607Verb  ·  Translated: come 6, went 3, comes 3, leaving 3Full study and all 32 verses →
• εἰμί eimíI am, existtranslated this way 13 times of its 2,236 uses · Strong’s G1510Verb  ·  Translated: is 523, are 214, was 183, am 83Full study and all 1,922 verses →
• δεῦτε deûtecome hither, come, hithertranslated this way 12 times of its 14 uses · Strong’s G1205Verb  ·  Translated: Come 12, follow 2Full study and all 12 verses →
• δεῦρο deûrocome, now, the presenttranslated this way 7 times of its 9 uses · Strong’s G1204Verb  ·  Translated: come 7, go 1, now 1Full study and all 9 verses →
• ἀναβαίνω anabaínōI go up, mount, ascendtranslated this way 7 times of its 82 uses · Strong’s G305Verb  ·  Translated: went 27, going 8, ascended 6, go 4Full study and all 78 verses →
• κατέρχομαι katérchomaiI come downtranslated this way 7 times of its 15 uses · Strong’s G2718Verb  ·  Translated: went 6, came 6, landed 2, come 1Full study and all 15 verses →
• ἐπέρχομαι epérchomaiI approach, overtake, attacktranslated this way 6 times of its 10 uses · Strong’s G1904Verb  ·  Translated: come 3, coming 2, happen 2, attacks 1Full study and all 10 verses →
• πάρειμι páreimiI am present, am neartranslated this way 6 times of its 22 uses · Strong’s G3918Verb  ·  Translated: present 5, come 5Full study and all 21 verses →
• ἐφίστημι ephístēmiI stand by, am urgent, befall one, impendtranslated this way 6 times of its 20 uses · Strong’s G2186Verb  ·  Translated: came 4, stood 3, stood beside 2Full study and all 20 verses →
• καταντάω katantáōI come down, arrive at, reachtranslated this way 5 times of its 13 uses · Strong’s G2658Verb  ·  Translated: came 4, reached 2, reach 2Full study and all 13 verses →

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.