What does ἐξέρχομαι (exérchomai) mean in the Bible?
Exerchomai is a broad verb for going out, coming out, or departing. Its meaning is controlled by origin, destination, subject, and purpose.
Greek · G1831
ἐξέρχομαι
To issue (literally or figuratively)
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ἐξέρχομαι G1831
Pronunciation exérchomai
What does ἐξέρχομαι (exérchomai) mean in the Bible?
Exerchomai is a broad verb for going out, coming out, or departing. Its meaning is controlled by origin, destination, subject, and purpose.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1831?
The BSB source-word alignment has 218 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include went out (17), came (9), came out (7), come (7), he went out (7).
Where does ἐξέρχομαι (exérchomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 2:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (44), Matthew (43), Mark (39), Acts (30).
Are there verse guides for ἐξέρχομαι (exérchomai)?
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
What This Word Actually Means
Exerchomai is a broad verb for going out, coming out, or departing. Its meaning is controlled by origin, destination, subject, and purpose. Matthew cites the promise that a ruler will come from Bethlehem. Mark describes Jesus' family going out to restrain Him. Jesus instructs rejected messengers to leave a town and shake dust from their feet. Barnabas departs for Tarsus to seek Saul.
Revelation depicts deceiving spirits going out to gather the nations for battle. These are not one theological movement. The verb can mark messianic emergence, mistaken intervention, obedient withdrawal, purposeful search, or evil mobilization. A faithful study resists turning "going out" into a symbol until the passage itself does so and instead follows the narrative action and agency.
How the Bible Uses It
Exerchomai denotes departure or emergence in widely different scenes: the promised ruler comes from Bethlehem, relatives go out toward Jesus, missionaries leave rejection behind, Barnabas searches for Saul, and deceivers go out to gather nations. Agency and purpose determine the force.
- Matt.2.6
‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”
Matthew 2:6 cites Micah to say that from Bethlehem will come a ruler who shepherds Israel. The spatial origin serves a messianic claim grounded in Scripture and fulfilled in Jesus.
- Mark.3.21
When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”
Mark 3:21 says Jesus' own people went out to take charge of Him because reports led them to think He was out of His mind. Their departure reveals misunderstanding rather than faithful intervention.
- Luke.9.5
If anyone does not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that town, as a testimony against them.”
Luke 9:5 tells the Twelve to depart from a town that will not receive them and shake dust as testimony. The action marks accountable witness after a real offer, not impatient abandonment of difficult people.
- Acts.11.25
Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,
Acts 11:25 records Barnabas going to Tarsus to look for Saul. His purposeful departure serves the developing Antioch ministry and displays generous recognition of another worker's gifts.
- Rev.20.8
And will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
Revelation 20:8 says Satan will go out to deceive the nations and gather them for battle. The movement belongs to apocalyptic portrayal of a final rebellion decisively defeated by God.
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 went out 17× Matthew 8:34, Matthew 13:1, Matthew 13:3, Matthew 18:28
came 9× Mark 8:11, John 16:27, John 19:4, John 19:5
came out 7× Matthew 17:18, Mark 5:13, Luke 4:41, Luke 8:33
come 7× Matthew 15:18, Matthew 15:19, Mark 1:25, Mark 5:8
he went out 7× Matthew 20:3, Matthew 20:5, Matthew 20:6, Mark 11:11
did you go out 6× Matthew 11:7, Matthew 11:8, Matthew 11:9, Luke 7:24
they went out 6× Matthew 9:31, Matthew 26:30, Mark 3:21, Mark 14:26
[Jesus] went out 5× Mark 2:13, Luke 4:42, Luke 5:27, Luke 6:12
spread 5× Matthew 9:26, Mark 1:28, Luke 4:14, Luke 7:17
go out 4× Matthew 24:26, Luke 14:21, Luke 14:23, John 10:9
left 4× Matthew 24:1, Mark 14:16, Luke 17:29, Acts 17:33
Come out 3× Matthew 25:6, Mark 9:29, 2 Corinthians 6:17
had left 3× Mark 11:12, Luke 8:35, Luke 8:38
has gone out 3× Luke 8:46, Romans 10:18, 1 Thessalonians 1:8
Have you come out 3× Matthew 26:55, Mark 14:48, Luke 22:52
he went 3× Matthew 26:75, Mark 14:68, Luke 22:62
I left 3× Matthew 12:44, Luke 11:24, Philippians 4:15
Leave 3× Luke 13:31, Acts 7:3, Acts 22:18
was gone 3× Mark 7:30, Luke 11:14, Acts 16:19
went 3× John 8:59, John 18:29, Hebrews 11:8
[and] left 2× Acts 15:40, Acts 20:1
[and] went 2× Matthew 21:17, Acts 10:23
[and] went out 2× Matthew 25:1, Mark 1:35
[Jesus] left 2× Mark 7:31, John 4:43
comes out 2× Matthew 12:43, Luke 11:24
coming 2× Matthew 8:28, 2 Corinthians 8:17
got 2× Mark 5:2, Mark 6:54
have gone out 2× 1 John 4:1, 2 John 1:7
I came 2× John 16:28, John 17:8
Leaving 2× Matthew 15:21, Acts 21:8
out 2× Acts 1:21, Acts 12:9
they set out 2× Mark 6:12, Luke 9:6
to come out 2× Luke 8:29, Acts 16:18
to go 2× Luke 14:18, Hebrews 11:8
to leave 2× Acts 16:10, 1 Corinthians 5:10
went on 2× Mark 8:27, Luke 11:53
when you leave 2× Matthew 10:14, Luke 9:5
will come 2× Matthew 2:6, Matthew 13:49
you leave 2× Mark 6:10, Luke 9:4
you will not get out 2× Matthew 5:26, Luke 12:59
- 1× Hebrews 3:16
. . . 1× Matthew 27:32
[Abraham] left 1× Acts 7:4
[and] came 1× Mark 1:26
[and] came out 1× Luke 4:35
[and] walked out 1× Mark 2:12
[and] went on 1× 2 Corinthians 2:13
[Barnabas] went 1× Acts 11:25
[He] went out 1× John 18:1
[Jesus and His companions] had left 1× Mark 1:29
[Jesus] stepped ashore 1× Mark 6:34
[Jesus] went on 1× Mark 6:1
[Judas] had gone out 1× John 13:31
[Peter] had gone out 1× Matthew 26:71
[So] they left 1× John 4:30
[So] they went out 1× John 21:3
[that] flowed 1× Revelation 14:20
[the people] went out 1× Luke 8:35
[the spirit] came out 1× Mark 9:26
[the spirit] left her 1× Acts 16:18
[the women] left 1× Mark 16:8
After [Paul and Silas] came 1× Acts 16:40
came [to Him] 1× Matthew 15:22
came out of 1× Acts 8:7
comes 1× Matthew 24:27
descended on 1× Revelation 9:3
driven 1× Acts 28:3
flowed out 1× John 19:34
go 1× Luke 10:10
Go away 1× Luke 5:8
Going on 1× Mark 9:30
had gone 1× Mark 5:30
had gone out 1× Luke 8:2
has left 1× Mark 7:29
have come 1× John 8:42
he came out 1× Luke 1:22
he departed 1× Acts 20:11
He escaped 1× John 10:39
He had come 1× John 13:3
he left 1× Acts 14:20
he left for 1× Acts 12:17
he rode out 1× Revelation 6:2
He stepped ashore 1× Matthew 14:14
he traveled 1× Acts 18:23
he will never again leave [it] 1× Revelation 3:12
I have come 1× Mark 1:38
let us go 1× Hebrews 13:13
originate 1× 1 Corinthians 14:36
proceeded 1× Revelation 19:21
set out 1× John 20:3
she went out 1× Mark 6:24
stepped 1× Luke 8:27
stepped forward 1× John 18:4
they [too] are descended 1× Hebrews 7:5
they began to go away 1× John 8:9
they came out 1× Matthew 8:32
they come out 1× Luke 4:36
they had gone outside 1× Acts 12:10
they left [ the city ] 1× Acts 16:40
they will come forth 1× Acts 7:7
to accompany 1× Acts 16:3
to come 1× Mark 9:25
to set out 1× John 1:43
vvv 1× Acts 16:36
was coming 1× Luke 6:19
we set out 1× Acts 21:5
we went 1× Acts 16:13
went forth 1× Revelation 6:4
went out [and] 1× Matthew 12:14
were leaving 1× Matthew 9:32
when they had come 1× Matthew 27:53
will go out 1× Revelation 20:8
You came 1× John 16:30
you move on 1× Matthew 10:11
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 2:6 ἐξελεύσεται to will come Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Matthew 5:26 ἐξέλθῃς to you will not get out Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Singular Matthew 8:28 ἐξερχόμενοι to coming Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural Matthew 8:32 ἐξελθόντες to they came out Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Matthew 8:34 ἐξῆλθεν to went out Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Matthew 9:26 ἐξῆλθεν to spread Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Matthew 9:31 ἐξελθόντες to they went out Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Matthew 9:32 ἐξερχομένων to were leaving Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Plural Matthew 10:11 ἐξέλθητε to you move on Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural Matthew 10:14 ἐξερχόμενοι to when you leave Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 2:6
Aligned rows 218
Books represented 16
Matthew 43 Mark 39 Luke 44 John 30 Acts 30 Romans 1 1 Corinthians 2 2 Corinthians 3 Philippians 1 1 Thessalonians 1 Hebrews 5 James 1 1 John 2 2 John 1 3 John 1 Revelation 14
Source forms
ἐξῆλθεν 63x exēlthen Matthew 8:34, Matthew 9:26, Matthew 13:3, Matthew 17:18
ἐξῆλθον 22x exēlthon Matthew 12:44, Matthew 25:1, Matthew 26:30, Mark 1:38
ἐξελθὼν 20x exelthōn Matthew 13:1, Matthew 14:14, Matthew 15:21, Matthew 20:3
ἐξελθόντες 18x exelthontes Matthew 8:32, Matthew 9:31, Matthew 12:14, Matthew 22:10
ἐξελθεῖν 9x exelthein Mark 9:29, Luke 6:12, Luke 8:29, John 1:43
ἐξήλθατε 9x exēlthate Matthew 11:7, Matthew 11:8, Matthew 11:9, Matthew 26:55
Ἔξελθε 6x Exelthe Mark 5:8, Luke 5:8, Luke 13:31, Luke 14:21
ἔξελθε 4x exelthe Mark 1:25, Mark 9:25, Luke 4:35, Acts 22:18
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 67x Matthew 8:34, Matthew 9:26, Matthew 13:3, Matthew 17:18
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 21x Matthew 13:1, Matthew 14:14, Matthew 15:21, Matthew 18:28
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 18x Matthew 8:32, Matthew 9:31, Matthew 12:14, Matthew 22:10
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 16x Matthew 25:1, Matthew 26:30, Mark 3:21, Mark 8:11
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular 10x Mark 1:25, Mark 5:8, Mark 9:25, Luke 4:35
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular 9x Matthew 12:44, Mark 1:38, Luke 11:24, John 8:42
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural 9x Matthew 11:7, Matthew 11:8, Matthew 11:9, Matthew 26:55
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active 9x Mark 9:29, Luke 6:12, Luke 8:29, John 1:43
Using This Word Well
Be careful not to...
- Do not label every ministry departure either cowardice or divine judgment without the passage's warrant.
- Do not map Revelation's deceived nations directly onto a modern ethnic or political group.
Avoid claiming...
- Do not label every ministry departure either cowardice or divine judgment without the passage's warrant.
- Do not map Revelation's deceived nations directly onto a modern ethnic or political group.
Key Verse and Form Guides
Verse-level guides showing how this original-language form works in its specific context, including grammar, verse function, and guarded interpretation.
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Physical departure or emergence with metaphorical extension to utterances, reports, and proclamations issuing forth
Source Gloss
to issue (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.
16 of 222 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 2:6 Verb Third Person Singular Future Middle Deponent Indicative
ἐξελεύσεται exeleusetai
I go out, come out
Read verse Matthew 5:26 Verb Second Person Singular Second Aorist Active Subjunctive
ἐξέλθῃς exelqhv
I go out, come out
Read verse Matthew 8:28 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἐξερχόμενοι, exercomenoi
I go out, come out
Read verse Matthew 8:32 Verb Second Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἐξελθόντες exelqontev
I go out, come out
Read verse Matthew 8:34 Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Active Indicative
ἐξῆλθεν exhlqen
I go out, come out
Read verse Matthew 9:26 Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Active Indicative
ἐξῆλθεν exhlqen
I go out, come out
Read verse Matthew 9:31 Verb Second Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἐξελθόντες exelqontev
I go out, come out
Read verse Matthew 9:32 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Genitive Plural Masculine
ἐξερχομένων, exercomenwn
I go out, come out
Read verse Matthew 10:11 Verb Second Person Plural Second Aorist Active Subjunctive
ἐξέλθητε. exelqhte
I go out, come out
Read verse Matthew 10:14 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἐξερχόμενοι exercomenoi
I go out, come out
Read verse Matthew 11:7 Verb Second Person Plural Second Aorist Active Indicative
ἐξήλθετε exhlqete
I go out, come out
Read verse Matthew 11:8 Verb Second Person Plural Second Aorist Active Indicative
ἐξήλθετε exhlqete
I go out, come out
Read verse Matthew 11:9 Verb Second Person Plural Second Aorist Active Indicative
ἐξήλθετε exhlqete
I go out, come out
Read verse Matthew 12:14 Verb Second Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἐξελθόντες, exelqontev
I go out, come out
Read verse Matthew 12:43 Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Active Subjunctive
ἐξέλθῃ exelqh
I go out, come out
Read verse Matthew 12:44 Verb First Person Singular Second Aorist Active Indicative
ἐξῆλθον· exhlqon
I go out, come out
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 mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 5 Aligned forms 216 Tenses Aorist, Present, Future, Perfect, Imperfect, Pluperfect Voices Active, Middle
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 120×
Aorist Active Matt 8:34 · Matt 9:26 · Matt 13:3 · Matt 17:18 · Matt 20:1 · Matt 21:17 · Mark 1:26 · Mark 1:28 · Mark 1:35 · Mark 2:12 · Mark 2:13 · Mark 4:3 · Mark 6:1 · Mark 8:27 · Mark 9:26 · Mark 11:11 102×
Future Middle Matt 2:6 · John 10:9 · Rev 20:8 · Matt 13:49 · Acts 7:7 5×
Present Middle Matt 15:18 · Matt 24:27 · Jas 3:10 · Matt 15:19 · Luke 4:36 5×
Perfect Active Mark 7:29 · 1 Thess 1:8 · 1 John 4:1 3×
Imperfect Middle Luke 4:41 · Luke 6:19 · Acts 8:7 3×
Pluperfect Active Luke 8:2 · Luke 8:38 2×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 64×
Aorist Active Matt 13:1 · Matt 14:14 · Matt 15:21 · Matt 18:28 · Matt 20:3 · Matt 20:5 · Matt 20:6 · Matt 24:1 · Matt 26:75 · Mark 1:45 · Mark 6:34 · Mark 7:31 · Luke 1:22 · Luke 4:42 · Luke 14:18 · Luke 15:28 54×
Present Middle Matt 8:28 · Matt 10:14 · Matt 27:32 · Luke 9:5 · Luke 9:6 · Matt 9:32 · Luke 21:37 7×
Perfect Active Mark 7:30 · Luke 8:46 · Heb 7:5 3×
Imperative command or strong request 14×
Aorist Active Mark 1:25 · Mark 5:8 · Mark 9:25 · Luke 4:35 · Luke 5:8 · Luke 13:31 · Luke 14:21 · Luke 14:23 · Acts 7:3 · Acts 22:18 · 2 Cor 6:17 · Rev 18:4 12×
Present Middle Matt 25:6 · Luke 9:4 2×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 9×
Aorist Active Mark 9:29 · Luke 6:12 · Luke 8:29 · John 1:43 · Acts 16:3 · Acts 16:10 · Acts 16:18 · 1 Cor 5:10 · Heb 11:8 9×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 9×
Aorist Active Matt 10:11 · Matt 24:26 · Mark 6:10 · Matt 12:43 · Luke 11:24 · Rev 3:12 · Matt 5:26 · Luke 12:59 8×
Present Middle Heb 13:13 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 216 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 184 present 15 perfect 6 future 5 imperfect 4 pluperfect 2
Voice
active 193 middle 23
Mood
indicative 121 participle 64 imperative 13 infinitive 9 subjunctive 9
NT Occurrences
Matthew 2:6 ἐξελεύσεται future middle indicative prospective Matthew 5:26 ἐξέλθῃς aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 8:28 ἐξερχόμενοι present middle participle participle Matthew 8:32 ἐξελθόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 8:34 ἐξῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 9:26 ἐξῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 9:31 ἐξελθόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:32 ἐξερχομένων present middle participle participle Matthew 10:11 ἐξέλθητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 10:14 ἐξερχόμενοι present middle participle participle Matthew 11:7 ἐξήλθατε aorist active indicative completed Matthew 11:8 ἐξήλθατε aorist active indicative completed Matthew 11:9 ἐξήλθατε aorist active indicative completed Matthew 12:14 ἐξελθόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 12:43 ἐξέλθῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 12:44 ἐξῆλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 13:1 ἐξελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 13:3 ἐξῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 13:49 ἐξελεύσονται future middle indicative prospective Matthew 14:14 ἐξελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 15:18 ἐξέρχεται present middle indicative ongoing Matthew 15:19 ἐξέρχονται present middle indicative ongoing Matthew 15:21 ἐξελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 15:22 ἐξελθοῦσα aorist active participle participle Matthew 17:18 ἐξῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 18:28 ἐξελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 20:1 ἐξῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 20:3 ἐξελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 20:5 ἐξελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 20:6 ἐξελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 21:17 ἐξῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 22:10 ἐξελθόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 24:1 ἐξελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 24:26 ἐξέλθητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 24:27 ἐξέρχεται present middle indicative ongoing Matthew 25:1 ἐξῆλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 25:6 ἐξέρχεσθε present middle imperative imperative Matthew 26:30 ἐξῆλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 26:55 ἐξήλθατε aorist active indicative completed Matthew 26:71 ἐξελθόντα aorist active participle participle
+176 more occurrences
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)
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
demon expelled from possessed person, literal physical departure
person departing from a location, physical movement outward
public appearance or departure for missionary work, figurative going out
departure from one location to another, physical movement outward
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 216 lexical occurrence verses.
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For the Preacher and Teacher
Exerchomai is common enough to expose a basic rule of lexical study: a movement verb does not carry the moral meaning of the movement. Jesus comes from Bethlehem as the promised shepherd-ruler. His relatives go out with a tragically mistaken assessment. The Twelve are authorized to leave persistent rejection after bearing witness. Barnabas departs because the growing church needs Saul's service.
Satan goes out to deceive in a vision that ends with divine victory. The faithful question is therefore not, "Is going out good?" but, "Who acts, under whose authority, and toward what end?" Churches need this contextual patience. It can protect missionaries from both premature withdrawal and manipulative persistence, honor leaders who seek and empower coworkers, and prevent apocalyptic imagery from becoming a template for identifying contemporary enemies.
Anchor passage
Acts.11.25
Doctrinal connections
- Messianic fulfillment: the ruler emerging from Bethlehem fulfills prophetic promise in Jesus.
- Human misunderstanding: proximity to Jesus does not guarantee accurate perception of His mission.
- Mission and judgment: authorized departure can testify to the seriousness of rejecting the kingdom message.
- Church partnership: Barnabas actively seeks Saul for the work developing at Antioch.
- Spiritual conflict: Satan's final deception mobilizes opposition but remains under God's sovereign limit.
- Final victory: Revelation's gathered rebellion does not threaten the certainty of divine judgment.
Exerchomai combines ek with erchomai and commonly means to go or come out. It can take explicit source phrases or leave them understood. English may render it "depart," "come forth," or "go out" according to viewpoint.
From Old to New Testament
Prophetic texts speak of rulers, words, and deliverance coming forth, while Israel's messengers depart under divine commission. The New Testament centers promised emergence on Christ and frames mission departures beneath His authority.
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
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