ἄφιξις, ἀφιξεως, ἡ (ἀφικνέομαι), in Greek writings generally arrival; more rarely departure, as Herodotus 9, 17; Demosthenes 1463, 7; (1484, 8); Josephus, Antiquities 4, 8, 47; 3Ma_7:18; and so in Act_20:29.

ἄφιξις aphixis 1x arrival; departure, Act_20:29

** ἄφ -ιξις , -εως , ἡ , ( < ἀφικνέομαι ), [in LXX : 3Ma_7:18 * ;] in cl . usually, arrival; rarely, departure: Act_20:29 (so in Papyri, cf. MM , s.v. ; M , Pro_26:1-28 , n .).†

ἄφιξις [page 98] One early citation may be made from P Petr II. 13 (18 a ) .6 (B.C. 258 3) ἵνα ἀναχωσθῆι καὶ ὁμαλισθῇ πρὸς [τὴ ]ν τοῦ βασιλέως ἄφιξιν , where the word certainly means arrival (the reference is to the filling up and levelling of some excavated place in view of a visit from King Ptolemy II.) : so also in Aristeas (ed. Wendland) 173 ὡς δὲ παρεγενήθημεν εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν , προσηγγέλη τῷ βασιλεῖ περὶ τῆς ἀφίξεως ήμῶν , and Magn 17 .11 ὡς δὲ περὶ ὀγδοιήκονθ᾽ ἕτη μετὰ τὴν ἄφιξιν ἐφά [νησαν οἱ λευκοὶ ] κόρακες , and as late as iv/A.D. in P Lips I. 64 .35 πρὸς ( l. πρὸ ) τῆς ἀφίξεως τοῦ δικαστηρίου and .47 , and in the Christian letter P Oxy VI. 939 .26 ff. (= Selections , p. 130) παραμυθούμ [ε ]θ̣α̣ δ̣ε̣̣ αὐτὴν ἑκάρτης ὥρας ἐκδεχόμενοι τὴν [σ ]ὴν ἄφιχιν , we comfort her by hourly expecting your arrival (Edd.). But Josephus Antt. ii. 18 fin. , μὴ προδηλώσαντες τῷ πατρὶ τὴν ἐκεῖσε ἄφιξιν not included among Grimm s citations can hardly mean anything but departure, or at least journey : Whiston renders removal. It must be admitted that Jos. uses the word also for arrival, as Apion i. 18 (127), 25 (223) and 27 (275). See Proleg. p. 26 n 1 on the question of Act_20:29 .

ἄφιξις [Etym: ἀφικνέομαι] "an arrival", Hdt. , Dem. "departure", NTest.

ἄφ-ιξις, -εως, ἡ (ἀφικνέομαι), [in LXX: 3Ma.7:18 * ;] in cl. usually, arrival; rarely, departure: Act.20:29 (so in π., cf. MM, see word; M, Pro.26:1-28, n.).† (AS)