What does ἔκβασις (ékbasis) mean in the Bible?
ἔκβασις (ékbasis): Escape route or outcome; specifically the way God provides deliverance from temptation or trial.
Greek · G1545
ἔκβασις
An exit (literally or figuratively)
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ἔκβασις G1545
Pronunciation ékbasis
What does ἔκβασις (ékbasis) mean in the Bible?
ἔκβασις (ékbasis): Escape route or outcome; specifically the way God provides deliverance from temptation or trial.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1545?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include an escape (1), outcome (1), they had left (1).
Where does ἔκβασις (ékbasis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Corinthians 10:13. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (2), 1 Corinthians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It an escape 1× 1 Corinthians 10:13
outcome 1× Hebrews 13:7
they had left 1× Hebrews 11:15
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Usage map
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First aligned row 1 Corinthians 10:13
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
1 Corinthians 1 Hebrews 2
Source forms
ἔκβασιν 2x ekbasin 1 Corinthians 10:13, Hebrews 13:7
ἐξέβησαν 1x exebēsan Hebrews 11:15
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x 1 Corinthians 10:13, Hebrews 13:7
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 1x Hebrews 11:15
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Escape route or outcome; specifically the way God provides deliverance from temptation or trial.
Strong's G1545
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 1 Corinthians 10:12-13 Source Gloss
an exit (literally or figuratively)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Corinthians 10:13 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἔκβασιν, ekbasin
a way out, escape, result
Read verse Hebrews 13:7 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἔκβασιν ekbasin
a way out, escape, result
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 10:13 · Heb 13:7 2×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
A means of escape from temptation provided by God with the trial
The result or conclusion of the conduct and faith of spiritual leaders
Word Origins
ἔκβασις is built from these roots:
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
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain