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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ἔξοδοςG1841
Pronunciationéxodos
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 Itdeparture2×Luke 9:31, 2 Peter 1:15
exodus1×Hebrews 11:22
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 9:31
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
Luke1Hebrews12 Peter1
Source forms
ἔξοδον2xexodonLuke 9:31, 2 Peter 1:15
ἐξόδου1xexodouHebrews 11:22
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular2xLuke 9:31, 2 Peter 1:15
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1xHebrews 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'sG1841
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkLuke 9:28–36Source Gloss
departure
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 9:31Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἔξοδονexodon
an exit, departure, death
Read verseHebrews 11:22Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἐξόδουexodou
an exit, departure, death
Read verse2 Peter 1:15Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἔξοδονexodon
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 patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FeminineHeb 11:221×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineLuke 9:31 · 2 Pet 1:152×
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 9:28–36ἔξοδοςéxodos
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