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δεῦτε

Come hither!

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δεῦτε G1205
Pronunciation deûte

What does δεῦτε (deûte) mean in the Bible?

δεῦτε (deûte) is a Greek word meaning "come hither!". δεῦτε adv.

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Meaning

come hither!
Extended definition

Imperative call to immediate action or movement, often introducing urgent invitations or commands to follow.

adv., as pl. of δεῦρο, 1. (b), which see, [in LXX chiefly for לְכוּ ;] come on! come here! come!: with imperat., Mat.25:34 28:6, Jhn.4:29 21:12, Rev.19:17; with subjc., Mat.21:38, Mrk.12:7; before ὀπίσω, Mat.4:19, Mrk.1:17; πρός, Mat.11:28; εἰς, Mat.22:4, Mrk.6:31.

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Matt 4:19 · Matt 11:28 · Matt 21:38 · Matt 22:4 · Matt 25:34 · Matt 28:6 · Mark 1:17 · Mark 6:31 · Mark 12:7 · John 4:29 · John 21:12 · Rev 19:17 12×
12 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 12 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
imperative 12
Tense
present 12
Voice
active 12
Mood
imperative 12
NT Occurrences
Matthew 4:19 Δεῦτε present active imperative imperative Matthew 11:28 Δεῦτε present active imperative imperative Matthew 21:38 δεῦτε present active imperative imperative Matthew 22:4 δεῦτε present active imperative imperative Matthew 25:34 Δεῦτε present active imperative imperative Matthew 28:6 δεῦτε present active imperative imperative Mark 1:17 Δεῦτε present active imperative imperative Mark 6:31 Δεῦτε present active imperative imperative Mark 12:7 δεῦτε present active imperative imperative John 4:29 Δεῦτε present active imperative imperative John 21:12 Δεῦτε present active imperative imperative Revelation 19:17 Δεῦτε present active imperative imperative

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Witnesses
Mark 1:16–20 Δεῦτε deûte
Come!
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

δεῦτε · ὀπίσω G1205, G3694
come after me, follow me
δεῦτε · ὀπίσω · ἐγώ G1205, G3694, G1473
come after me, follow me
δεῦτε · ὁράω G1205, G3708
come, see
δεῦτε · ἀριστάω G1205, G709
come, eat breakfast
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness Mark 1 — The Beginning of the Gospel: The Servant-King Appears with Authority Matthew 11 — The Messiah Question, the Rejected Generation, and Rest for the Weary Matthew 28 — The Resurrection of Jesus and the Great Commission of the Risen King Matthew 4 — The Tested Son, the Kingdom Proclaimed, and the First Disciples Called

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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