Quick Definition
ἀφικνέομαι v. I arrive at, reach
Strong's Definition
from 575 and the base of 2425; to go (i.e. spread) forth (by rumor)
KJV Usage: come abroad
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. ἀφικόμην | ἱκνέομαι (come to) · ἱκανόω
28.23 · Know · Known [the content of knowledge]
to become known (a figurative extension of meaning of ἀφικνέομαι ‘to move up to a point,’ not occurring in the NT) to become known as the result of information reaching its destination
1 ROM 16:19 It would be possible to treat ἀφικνέομαι in ROM 16:19 as simply a matter of the movement of information. It would also be possible to handle ἀφικνέομαι in the domain of Communication (33), involving the reception of information or messages. This is a typical instance of semantic overlapping, depending upon the degree to which one wishes to recognize figurative extensions of meaning.
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀφικνέομαι aphikneomai 1x
to come, arrive at; to reach as a report, Rom. 16:19*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀφ-ικνέομαι, -οῦμαι,
[in LXX for בּוֹא, etc.;] perfective of ἱκνέομαι,
to come (M, Pr., 247), to arrive at, come to, reach: metaph. (MM, s.v.), Ro 16:19.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀφικνέομαι. BGU ILI. 614?° (a.p. 217) εἰς τοὺς τόπο[υς] ἀφι[κέσθαι..., and 1. ?’; P Giss I. 347 (A.D. 265-6) εἴστω μέντοι, ὅτι ἐὰν μὴ ἀφίκηται σὺν τῇ [... Α προσκύνημα from El-Kab in Egypt, Preisigke 158, has ᾿Ανδρόμαχος Μακεδὼν ἀφίκετο πρὸς ᾿Αμενώθην χρηστὸν θεόν. Πε records his immediate cure: so 26. 1049 (Abydos) Πειθαγόρας ΠΕειθαγόρου ὅτ᾽ ἀφίκετο ἐπὶ σωτηρίαι, 26. 1052, α΄. It is almost a technical word in describing these “pilgrimages ”’ to sacred places. So in verse, Kazbel 981°, from the island of Philae (i/a.D.) :— Νῆσον ἔ[π7᾿ Αἰγύπτ[ο]ιο πέρας, περικαλλέα, σεμνήν Το Αἰθιόπων πρόσθεν, med eeyse εἴδομεν ἐν Νείλωι ποταμῶι νέας ὠκυπορούσας. In ordinary use it is hardly known, and in NT it only appears metaphorically, in Rom 1615. In Prezsigke 1052 (Abydos) Κι λεαίνετος ἐπὶ σωτηρίαι ἹΡόδων ἀφίκετο, it seems as if the meaning is ‘‘arrived from Rhodes,” involving a reanimation of the ἀπό in a new sense (instead of the perfectivizing force): cf. the problem of ἄφιξις below.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀφικνέομαι (aphikneomai) — to reach. ἀφικνέομαι, Ionic dialect ἀπ- [Refs 5th c.BC+]: imperfect ἀφικνεῖτο[Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ἀφίξομαι[Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect 2nd pers.singular ἀπίξεαι[Refs 5th c.BC+], 3rd.pers.singular ἀπίξεται[Refs 3rd c.BC+]: perfect ἀφῖγμαι[Refs 8th c.BC+], Attic dialect 2nd pers.singular ἀφῖξαι[Refs 4th c.BC+], 3rd.pers.singular ἀφῖκται[Refs 5th c.BC+]pluperfect ἀφῖκτο[Refs], Ionic dialect 3rd.pers.plural ἀπίκατο[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἀφῑκόμην[Refs 8th c.BC+]; infinitive ἀφικέσθα; Doric dialect imperative ἀφίκευσο[Refs 3rd c.BC+]: aorist 1 participle ἀφιξάμενος[Refs]:—arrive at, come to, reach: Constr., in [Refs 8th c.BC+] came up to them, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅτε μ᾽ ἄλγος ἀφίκετο came to me, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; similarly, τοῦτον νῦν ἀφίκεσθε come up to this throw ! [Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently also with Preps., ἀ. ἐς.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; less frequently ἐπί.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; still more rarely κατά.., ποτί..,[Refs 8th c.BC+]: absolutely, arrive, ὁπποίης ἐπὶ νηὸς ἀφίκεο[Refs 8th c.BC+]the stranger, newcomer, [Refs] —Phrases:
1. ἀ. ἐπὶ or εἰς πάντα, to try every means, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. come into a certain condition, ἀ. ἐς πᾶν κακοῦ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς τοσοῦτο τύχης, ἐς τοῦτο δυστυχίας, come into such a..,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς ὀλίγον ἀ. νικηθῆναι come within little of being conquered, [Refs]; εἰς τὸ ἴσον ἀ. τινί attain equality with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; elliptically, ἐς ἄνδρ᾽ ἀφίκου reachedst man's estate, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. of intercourse with others, ἀ. τινὶ ἐς λόγους hold converse with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς ἔχθεα, ἐς ἔριν ἀ. τινί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διὰ μάχης, δι᾽ ἔχθρας ἀ. τινί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. b less frequently with dative person, ἀ. τινί come at his call, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. εἰς τόξευμα ἀ. come within shot, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. of things, ἐς ὀξὺ ἀ. uncertain reading for ἀπηγμένα, -μένας in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. the sense of return is sometimes implied in the context, but is not inherent in the word, as [Refs 8th c.BC+]