ἐπέρχομαι,
impf. ἐπηρχόμην Th. 4.120 (unless fr. ἐπάρχομαι: Att. impf. is ἐπῇα (but v. ἔρχομαι) and fut. ἔπειμι): aor. 2 ἐπῆλθον, -ήλῠθον: pf. -ελήλυθα:
I come upon:
1 of persons, approach, c. dat., Il. 12.200, 218, etc.; esp. come suddenly upon, Od. 19.155, Hdt. 6.95: c. acc., ἐ. πόλιν E. HF 593 codd. (nisi leg. ἐς-); come to for advice, μάντεις, μοῦσαν, Id. Supp. 155, Hel. 165, cf. Pl. Lg. 772d: with Preps., ἐ. ἐς ποταμόν Od. 7.280, cf. S. Aj. 438: metaph., ἐ. ἐς λόγου στάσιν Id. Tr. 1180; ἐ. ἐς πόλεμον Th. 3.47; ἐ. ἐνθάδε Il. 24.651. freq. in hostile sense, go or come against, attack, abs., 12.136, al., Th. 1.90, etc.: c. dat., Il. 20.91, E. Ba. 736, Th. 6.34, etc.: rarely c. acc., τμήδην αὐχέν’ ἐπῆλθε Il. 7.262; τὴν τῶν πέλας ἐ. invade it, Th. 2.39: hence, visit, reprove, ταῦτα μέν σε πρῶτ’ ἐπῆλθον E. IA 349, cf. Andr. 688: with a Pr, invade, ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν PFay. 12.12 (ii B.C.). come forward to speak, E. Or. 931, Th. 1.119, Pl. Lg. 850c; ἐ. ἐπὶ τὸν δῆμον, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐφόρους, Hdt. 5.97, 9.7; ἐπὶ τὸ κοινόν Th. 1.90; τοῖς Αακεδαιμονίοις ib. 91. in Law, proceed against, ἐπί τινα PEleph. 3.3 (iii B.C.); ἐπί τινα περί τινος PAmh. 2.96.8 (iii A.D.); τινὶ περί τινος POxy. 489.11 (ii A.D.); ἐπὶ πιττάκιον impugn, BGU 1167.14 (i B.C.): also in aor. 1 ἐπελεύσασθαι PStrassb. 35.25 (ii B.C.), etc. (ἐπιπορεύομαι (q. v.) is more common in the pres. in the Hellenistic period.)
2. of events, conditions, etc., come upon, esp. come suddenly upon, c. acc., μιν.. ἐπήλυθε νήδυμος ὕπνος Od. 4.793, al., cf. Hdt. 2.141; ἔρως γὰρ ἄνδρας οὐ μόνους ἐπέρχεται E. Fr. 431: c. dat., τοῖσιν ἐπήλυθε νήδυμος ὕπνος Od. 12.311, cf. 5.472; μοι νοῦσος ἐπήλυθεν 11.200; βροτοῖσιν.. ὅταν κλύδων κακῶν ἐπέλθῃ A. Pers. 600, cf. Ag. 1256; ἐπῆλθέ μοι πάθος Pl. Lg. 811d, etc.
3. c. dat. pers., come into one’s head, occur to one, ἵμερος ἐπειρέσθαι μοι ἐπῆλθε Hdt. 1.30; ὅ τι ἂν ἐπέλθῃ Lat. quicquid in buccam venerit, Isoc. 12.24: impers. c. inf., καί οἱ ἐπῆλθε πταρεῖν Hdt. 6.107, cf. S. Tr. 134 (lyr.); ἐμοὶ τοιαῦτ’ ἄττα ἐ. λέγειν Pl. Grg. 485e, etc.; also ἐπέρχεταί με λέγειν Id. Phd. 88d.
4. come in, of revenues, etc., ἐπερχόμενοι τόκοι, ἐπιβολαί, BGU 155.11 (ii A.D.), 1049.16 (iv A.D.).
II of Time,
1. come on, ἐπήλυθον ὧραι the season came round again, Od. 2.107, etc.; also, come on, be at hand, νὺξ δ’ ἄρ’ ἐπῆλθε 14.457; γῆρας ἐ. Thgn. 528, 728; ἕκαθεν ἐπελθὼν ὁ μέλλων χρόνος Pi. O. 10(11).7; τὸ παρὸν τό τ’ ἐπερχόμενον πῆμα and that which is coming, the future, A. Pr. 98.
2. come in after or over another, of a second wife, Hdt. 5.41.
III
1. go over or on a space, traverse, mostly of persons, c. acc., πολλὴν γαῖαν Od. 4.268; ἀγρόν 16.27; ἄγκεα πολλά Il. 18.321, cf. Od. 14.139, Hdt. 1.30; go the round of, visit, δόμους S. El. 1297; ναοὺς χοροῖς Id. Ant. 153 (lyr.); πόλιν, of a god, Maced. Pac. 29; of an officer, πύλας φυλακάς τ’ ἐπῆλθον E. Ph. 699; τὰς ξυνωμοσίας ἐπελθών Th. 8.54; walk on ice, Id. 3.23; also of water, ἐπέρχεται ὁ Νεῖλος τὸ Δέλτα overflows it, Hdt. 2.19, cf. A. Supp. 559 (lyr.), Th. 3.89.
2. go through or over, discuss, recount, c. acc., Hes. Fr. 160.4 codd. Str., Ar. Eq. 618; review, τὰ εἰρημένα περί τινος Arist. EN 1172b8; also ἐ. περί τινος Id. Ph. 189b31, al.; folld. by an interrog., πειρατέον ἐπελθεῖν τίνες.. Id. Pol. 1289b24; πῶς δεῖ.. ἐπέλθωμεν συντόμως ib. 1317a15.
3. accomplish, πολέμῳ καὶ διαχειρίσει πραγμάτων Th. 1.97. come up to, imitate, πάτρῳ Pi. P. 6.46.
G1904 — ἐπέρχομαι
future ἐπελεύσομαι; 2 aorist ἐπῆλθον (3 person plural Ἐπῆλθαν, [Act 14:19] L T Tr WH); the Sept. chiefly for בּוא;
1. to come to, to arrive;
a. universally, followed by ἀπό with a genitive of place, [Act 14:19].
b. of time; to come on, be at hand, be future: ἐν τοῖς αἰῶσι τοῖς ἐπερχομένοις, [Eph 2:7] ([Isa 41:4], [Isa 41:22], [Isa 41:23]; in Greek writings from Homer down); of that which time will bring, to impend: ἡ ταλαιπωρία ἡ ἐπερχομενη, [Jam 5:1]: τίνι, [Luk 21:26] ([Isa 63:4]; also of things favorable, ἡ εὐλογία, Sir. 3:8).
2. to come upon, overtake, one; so even in Homer, as of sleep, τινα, Odyssey 4, 793; 10, 31; τίνι, 12, 311: of disease, 11, 200: ἐπί τινα, a. of calamities: [Luk 21:35] R G; [Act 8:24]; [Act 13:40] (L T Tr text WH omit; Tr marginal reading brackets ἐφ' ὑμᾶς) ([Gen 42:21]; [Mic 3:11]; [Zep 2:2]; [2Ch 20:9]; [Jer 5:12] (here ἥξει)).
b. of the Holy Spirit, descending and operating in one: [Luk 1:35]; [Act 1:8].
c. of an enemy attacking one: ἐπελθών νικήσῃ αὐτόν, [Luk 11:22]; (Homer, Iliad 12, 136; [1Sa 30:23]; with the dative of person Herodian, 1, 8, 12 (6 Bekker)).
* ἐπ - εισ - έρχομαι ,
[in LXX : 1Ma 16:16 ( c . dat .) * ;]
to come in upon: seq . ἐπί [Luk 21:35]. †
ἐπ - έρχομαι ,
[in LXX for H935, H5674, etc.;]
1. to come to, arrive, come on: seq . ἀπό , c . gen . loc ., [Act 14:19] ( ἐπῆλθαν ; cf. M , Pr., 65; Deiss., BS , 191); of time, [Eph 2:7].
2. to come upon (as in Hom .): of calamities, [Luk 21:26], [Act 8:24]; [Act 13:40], [Jas 5:1]; of an enemy, [Luk 11:22]; of the Holy Spirit, [Luk 1:35], [Act 1:8], [in LXX : γίγνομαι ἐπί , Jdg 14:6 , [1Ki 11:6], a[1].]. †