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μὴ ἀπέλθητε μηδὲ διώξητε

Not · to go away · but not, not even; in a continued negation, nor · to pursue

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μή G3361 not
Pronunciation mḗ
Subjective negation: denies what one thinks or believes, not absolute fact; used with non-indicative moods
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ἀπέρχομαι G565 to go away
Pronunciation apérchomai
Departure with directional completion; often followed by another verb to express sequential action in narrative.
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μηδέ G3366 but not, not even; in a continued negation, nor
Pronunciation mēdé
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διώκω G1377 to pursue
Pronunciation diṓkō
Pursue with intensity; in NT often means persecute actively or seek eagerly after virtues.
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What does μὴ ἀπέλθητε μηδὲ διώξητε (mē apelthēte mēde diōxēte) mean in the Bible?

μή · ἀπέρχομαι · μηδέ · διώκω is a Greek word meaning "do not go away and do not pursue/run after".

Full entry for μὴ ἀπέλθητε μηδὲ διώξητε (G3361, G565, G3366, G1377) · Browse the biblical lexicon

Meaning

do not go away and do not pursue/run after
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Matt 1:19 · Matt 1:20 · Matt 2:12 · Matt 3:9 · Matt 3:10 · Matt 5:13 · Matt 5:17 · Matt 5:18 · Matt 5:20 · Matt 5:26 · Matt 5:29 · Matt 5:30 · Matt 5:34 · Matt 5:39 · Matt 5:42 · Matt 6:1 945×
Matt 7:9 · Matt 7:10 · Matt 9:15 · Matt 11:23 · Mark 2:19 · Luke 5:34 · Luke 10:15 · Luke 17:9 · Luke 18:7 · Luke 22:35 · John 3:4 · John 4:12 · John 4:33 · John 6:67 · John 7:31 · John 7:35 57×
Matt 18:10 · Matt 24:4 · Mark 13:5 · Mark 13:36 · Luke 11:35 · Luke 21:8 · Acts 5:26 · Acts 13:40 · Acts 23:10 · Acts 27:17 · Acts 27:29 · Acts 27:42 · 1 Cor 8:9 · 1 Cor 9:27 · 1 Cor 10:12 · 2 Cor 2:7 34×
1036 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 117 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 61 prospective 3 resultant 2 subjunctive 8 infinitive 12 participle 31
Tense
aorist 108 present 4 future 3 perfect 1 pluperfect 1
Voice
active 110 middle 7
Mood
indicative 66 participle 31 infinitive 12 subjunctive 8
NT Occurrences
Matthew 2:22 ἀπελθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 4:24 ἀπῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 5:30 ἀπέλθῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 8:18 ἀπελθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 8:19 ἀπέρχῃ present middle subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 8:21 ἀπελθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 8:32 ἀπῆλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 8:33 ἀπελθόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:7 ἀπῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 10:5 ἀπέλθητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 13:25 ἀπῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 13:28 ἀπελθόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 13:46 ἀπελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 14:15 ἀπελθόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 14:16 ἀπελθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 16:21 ἀπελθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 16:4 ἀπῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 18:30 ἀπελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 19:22 ἀπῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 20:5 ἀπῆλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 21:29 ἀπῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 21:30 ἀπῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 22:22 ἀπῆλθαν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 22:5 ἀπῆλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 25:10 ἀπερχομένων present middle participle participle Matthew 25:18 ἀπελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 25:25 ἀπελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 25:46 ἀπελεύσονται future middle indicative prospective Matthew 26:36 ἀπελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 26:42 ἀπελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 26:44 ἀπελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 27:5 ἀπελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 27:60 ἀπῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 28:10 ἀπέλθωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 28:8 ἀπελθοῦσαι aorist active participle participle Mark 1:20 ἀπῆλθον aorist active indicative completed Mark 1:35 ἀπῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 1:42 ἀπῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 3:13 ἀπῆλθον aorist active indicative completed Mark 5:17 ἀπελθεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive +77 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)

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 14 — Pursue Love, Desire Gifts, and Let All Things Be Done for Edification and Order Acts 22 — Paul’s Defense: Christ Appears, Sends, and Preserves His Witness Acts 26 — Paul Before Agrippa: The Risen Christ Sends Light to Jews and Gentiles Acts 9 — The Risen Christ Converts His Fiercest Persecutor John 15 — The True Vine, Abiding Fruitfulness, Christlike Love, and the World’s Hatred John 16 — The Spirit’s Convicting Witness, the Disciples’ Sorrow Turned to Joy, and Christ’s Victory over the World John 18 — The Arrested King: Betrayal, Sovereign Surrender, Denial, Trial, and the Kingdom Not of This World John 20 — The Risen Lord: Empty Tomb, Eyewitness Faith, Peace, Mission, Spirit, Thomas, and the Purpose of the Gospel John 6 — The Bread of Life, the Words of Eternal Life, and the Crisis of True Discipleship Luke 21 — The Widow’s Gift, Jerusalem’s Fall, and Watchfulness before the Son of Man Matthew 16 — The Confession of the Christ, the Church Christ Builds, and the Cross-Shaped Way of Discipleship Matthew 23 — Woes upon Hypocritical Leadership and the Lament over Jerusalem Matthew 5 — Kingdom Blessedness, Fulfilled Law, and Heart-Level Righteousness Philippians 3 — Counting All Things Loss and Pressing On Toward Christ Romans 12 — Living Sacrifices, Renewed Minds, Humble Service, and Love Without Hypocrisy Romans 14 — Receiving One Another, Honoring the Lord, and Pursuing Peace in Matters of Conscience Romans 9 — God’s Faithfulness, Sovereign Mercy, and Israel’s Stumbling Over Christ

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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