Quick Definition
come, now, the present
Strong's Definition
here; used also imperative hither!; and of time, hitherto
Derivation: of uncertain affinity;
KJV Usage: come (hither), hither(-to)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δεῦρο, adverb, from Homer down;
1. of place,
a. hither; to this place.
b. in urging and calling, "Here! Come!" (the Sept. especially for μΕκ and μΐλΘδ): Mat_19:21; Mar_10:21; Luk_18:22; Joh_11:43 (δεῦρο ἔξω come forth). Act_7:34; Rev_17:1; Rev_21:9; δεῦρο εἰς γῆν, ἥν κτλ., Act_7:3 (δεῦρο εἰς τόν οἶκον σου, 1Ki_1:53; eis Ptolemaida, 1Ma_12:45).
2. of time, hitherto, now: ἄχρι τοῦ δεῦρο up to this time, Rom_1:13 (μέχρι δεῦρο (Plato, legg. 7, p. 811 c.); Athen. 1, 62, p. 34 c.; Plutarch, vit. Num_4:1-49; Pomp. 24).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δεῦρο deuro 9x
here; used also as a sort of imperative, come, Come here! Mat_19:21 ; Mar_10:21 ; used of time, ἄχρι τοῦ δεῦρο , i.e. χρόνου , to the present time, Rom_1:13
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δεῦρο ,
adv. ,
[in LXX chiefly for μΕκΣ , H3922 ;]
1. of place;
(a) hither , with verbs of motion;
(b) (in cl . chiefly poλt.) as an imperat., here! come!: Mat_19:21 , Mar_10:21 , Luk_18:22 , Joh_11:43 , Act_7:3 ( LXX ), Act_7:34 ( LXX ), Rev_17:1 ; Rev_21:9 .
2. Of time, hitherto, now: Rev_1:13 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δεῦρο [page 143]
For the temporal use of δεῦρο , as in Rom_1:13 , cf. P Lond 358 .16 ( c. A.D. 150) (= II. p. 172) μέχρι τοῦ δεῦρο πέρας οὐδέπω ἐπετέθη τῷ πράγματι , BGU I. 180 .9 (ii/iii A.D.) μέχρι τοῦ δευρε [ί , P Strass I. 56 .12 (ii/iiiA.D.), and ib. 73 .16 (iii/A.D.) μέχρι δεῦρο , P Gen I. 47 .6 (A.D. 346) μέχρι δεῦρου . In P Lond 409 .26 ( c. A.D. 346) (= II. p. 289) α̣͗χρεις δευ̣ͅρ̣ο we have a close approach to the Pauline phrase. A form δεῦρε is found in the Attic inscriptions of B.C. 500 450 (see Meisterhans Gr. p. 146) : it belongs to the same impulse that produced the plural δεῦτε , through the common imperative use. In P Oxy X. 1297 .15 (iv/A.D.) δεῦ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔνεγκεν τοὺς ἄμη̣τ̣ας , come here with him and bring the milk cakes, we have an instance of the imperatival δεῦρο , in an apocopated form. See Proleg. p. 172.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
δεῦρο [Etym: deriv. uncertain] of Place, "hither", Lat. huc, with Verbs of motion, Hom. , etc.; in a pregn. sense with Verbs of Rest, "to (have come hither and) be here", πάρεστι δεῦρο Soph. used in calling to one, "here ! on ! come on !" Lat. adesdum, ἄγε δεῦρο, δεῦρ᾽ ἄγε, δεῦρ᾽ ἴθι, δεῦρ᾽ ἴτω always with a Verb sg. (δεῦτε being used with pl.), Hom. ; but with a pl. in Trag. in arguments, μέχρι δ. τοῦ λόγου "up to this point" of the argument, Plat. of Time, "until now, up to this time, hitherto", Trag. , Plat. : also, δεῦρ᾽ ἀεί Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
δεῦρο
adv., [in LXX chiefly for לֵךְ, לֵכָה ;]
__1. of place;
__(a) hither, with verbs of motion;
__(b) (in cl. chiefly poët.) as an imperat., here! come!: Mat.19:21, Mrk.10:21, Luk.18:22, Jhn.11:43, Act.7:3" (LXX) , 34 (LXX), Rev.17:1 21:9.
__2. Of time, hitherto, now: Rev.1:13.†
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