STRONGS G864:
ἀφικνέομαι,
-οῦμαι: 2 aorist
ἀφικόμην; (
ἱκνέομαι to come); very often in Greek writings from Homer down;
to come from (
ἀπό)
a place (but often the preposition has almost lost its force);
to come to, arrive at; in the
N. T. once, tropically:
Romans 16:19 (
ὑμῶν ὑπακοὴ εἰς πάντας ἀφίκετο your obedience has reached the ears of
[A. V. is come abroad unto] all men; Sir. 47:16
εἰς νήσους ἀφίκετο τὸ ὄνομά σου. Josephus, Antiquities 19, 1, 16
εἰς τὸ θέατρον...
ἀφίκετο ὁ λόγος).
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