Dictionary entry

G02240

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

ἥκω

I. "to have come, be present, be here", Lat. adesse, properly in a perf. sense, with the imperf. ἧκον as plup., "I had come", and fut. ἥξω as fut. perf. "I shall have come", directly opp. to οἴχομαι "to be gone", while ἔρχομαι "to come or go" serves as pres. to both, Hom., etc.:—"to return", Xen.

2. "to have reached a point", ἐς τοσήνδ᾽ ὕβριν Soph.; ἐς τοσοῦτον ἀμαθίας Plat.

3. δι᾽ ὀργῆς ἥκειν to be angry, Soph.; cf. διά A. IV.

4. like ἔχω B. II, εὖ ἥκειν τινός "to be" well "off for" a thing, "have plenty of" it, as, εὖ ἡκ.τοῦ βίου Hdt.; καλῶς αὐτοῖς ἧκον βίου "as they had come" to a good age, Eur.; ὧδε γένους ἡκ. τινί "to be" this degree of kin to him, id=Eur.:—also, εὖ ἥκειν, absol., "to be" well "off", flourishing, Hdt.:—c. gen. only, σὺ δὲ δυνάμιος ἥκεις μεγάλης thou art in great power, id=Hdt.

II. of things, "to be brought", id=Eur., etc.; ἵν᾽ ἥκει τὰ μαντεύματα what they "have come to", Soph.

2. "to concern, relate", or "belong to", εἴς ἐμ᾽ ἥκει τὰ πράγματα Ar.

3. "to depend upon", ἐπί τι Dem.