What does ἔξοδος (éxodos) mean in the Bible?
ἔξοδος (éxodos): Departure emphasizing exit or going out; in NT especially applied to death as a departure from life.
Greek · G1841
ἔξοδος
Departure
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ἔξοδος G1841
Pronunciation éxodos
What does ἔξοδος (éxodos) mean in the Bible?
ἔξοδος (éxodos): Departure emphasizing exit or going out; in NT especially applied to death as a departure from life.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1841?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include departure (2), exodus (1).
Where does ἔξοδος (éxodos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 9:31. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Peter (1), Hebrews (1), Luke (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 departure 2× Luke 9:31, 2 Peter 1:15
exodus 1× Hebrews 11:22
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 9:31
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Luke 1 Hebrews 1 2 Peter 1
Source forms
ἔξοδον 2x exodon Luke 9:31, 2 Peter 1:15
ἐξόδου 1x exodou Hebrews 11:22
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x Luke 9:31, 2 Peter 1:15
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Hebrews 11:22
Evidence Summary
Messiah
Greek word. Departure emphasizing exit or going out; in NT especially applied to death as a departure from life.
Strong's G1841
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 9:28–36 Source Gloss
departure
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 9:31 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἔξοδον exodon
an exit, departure, death
Read verse Hebrews 11:22 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἐξόδου exodou
an exit, departure, death
Read verse 2 Peter 1:15 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἔξοδον exodon
an exit, departure, death
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 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Heb 11:22 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Luke 9:31 · 2 Pet 1:15 2×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
departure
Additional Occurrences
Luke 9:28–36 ἔξοδος éxodos
Departure
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἔξοδος is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Refers to Christ’s redemptive death accomplishing a new exodus. Luke 9:28–36
Canonical Themes
Messiah
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