What does εὐθέως · πορεύομαι mean in the Bible?
e. at once or soon".
Greek · G2112, G4198
εὐθέως πορευθεὶς
Immediately · to travel
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εὐθέως G2112 immediately
Pronunciation euthéōs
Emphasizes immediacy without delay, often marking sudden transitions in narrative action or divine response.
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πορεύομαι G4198 to travel
Pronunciation poreúomai
Means to go with directional purpose; ethically, to conduct one's life or follow someone's way.
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What does εὐθέως πορευθεὶς (eutheōs poreutheis) mean in the Bible?
εὐθέως · πορεύομαι is a Greek phrase meaning "directly, i.e. at once or soon".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2112, G4198?
G2112, G4198 is connected to 35 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. directly, i.e. at once or soon
Source Gloss
directly, i.e. at once or soon
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 35
Matt 4:20 · Matt 4:22 · Matt 8:3 · Matt 13:5 · Matt 14:22 · Matt 14:31 · Matt 20:34 · Matt 21:2 · Matt 24:29 · Matt 25:15 · Matt 26:49 · Matt 26:74 · Matt 27:48 · Luke 5:13 · Luke 12:36 · Luke 12:54 35×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 150 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 77 aorist 53 imperfect 13 future 6 perfect 1
Voice
middle 97 passive 53
Mood
indicative 50 participle 48 imperative 26 infinitive 19 subjunctive 7
NT Occurrences
Matthew 2:20 πορεύου present middle imperative imperative Matthew 2:8 Πορευθέντες aorist passive participle participle Matthew 2:9 ἐπορεύθησαν aorist passive indicative completed Matthew 8:9 Πορεύθητι aorist passive imperative imperative Matthew 8:9 πορεύεται present middle indicative ongoing Matthew 9:13 πορευθέντες aorist passive participle participle Matthew 10:6 πορεύεσθε present middle imperative imperative Matthew 10:7 πορευόμενοι present middle participle participle Matthew 11:4 Πορευθέντες aorist passive participle participle Matthew 11:7 πορευομένων present middle participle participle Matthew 12:1 ἐπορεύθη aorist passive indicative completed Matthew 12:45 πορεύεται present middle indicative ongoing Matthew 17:27 πορευθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 18:12 πορευθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 19:15 ἐπορεύθη aorist passive indicative completed Matthew 21:2 Πορεύεσθε present middle imperative imperative Matthew 21:6 πορευθέντες aorist passive participle participle Matthew 22:15 πορευθέντες aorist passive participle participle Matthew 22:9 πορεύεσθε present middle imperative imperative Matthew 24:1 ἐπορεύετο imperfect middle indicative background Matthew 25:16 πορευθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 25:41 Πορεύεσθε present middle imperative imperative Matthew 25:9 πορεύεσθε present middle imperative imperative Matthew 26:14 πορευθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 27:66 πορευθέντες aorist passive participle participle Matthew 28:11 Πορευομένων present middle participle participle Matthew 28:16 ἐπορεύθησαν aorist passive indicative completed Matthew 28:19 πορευθέντες aorist passive participle participle Matthew 28:7 πορευθεῖσαι aorist passive participle participle Mark 16:10 πορευθεῖσα aorist passive participle participle Mark 16:12 πορευομένοις present middle participle participle Mark 16:15 Πορευθέντες aorist passive participle participle Luke 1:39 ἐπορεύθη aorist passive indicative completed Luke 1:6 πορευόμενοι present middle participle participle Luke 2:3 ἐπορεύοντο imperfect middle indicative background Luke 2:41 ἐπορεύοντο imperfect middle indicative background Luke 4:30 ἐπορεύετο imperfect middle indicative background Luke 4:42 ἐπορεύθη aorist passive indicative completed Luke 4:42 πορεύεσθαι present middle infinitive infinitive Luke 5:24 πορεύου present middle imperative imperative
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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)
Word Origins
εὐθέως πορευθεὶς is built from this root:
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