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Greek · G3433, G672

μόλις ἀποχωρεῖ

With difficulty · to go away

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μόλιςG3433with difficulty
Pronunciationmólis
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ἀποχωρέωG672to go away
Pronunciationapochōréō
Departure involving withdrawal or separation, often implying deliberate distancing rather than mere movement away
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What does μόλις ἀποχωρεῖ (molis apochōrei) mean in the Bible?

μόλις · ἀποχωρέω is a Greek phrase meaning "scarcely departs, hardly leaves".

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What does μόλις · ἀποχωρέω mean in the Bible?

μόλις · ἀποχωρέω is a Greek phrase meaning "scarcely departs, hardly leaves".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3433, G672?

G3433, G672 is connected to 6 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. scarcely departs, hardly leaves

Strong'sG3433, G672
Lexical occurrences6 versesWord forms1 form6 references

Source Gloss

scarcely departs, hardly leaves
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 patterns1Aligned forms6
Acts 14:18 · Acts 27:7 · Acts 27:8 · Acts 27:16 · Rom 5:7 · 1 Pet 4:186×
6 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical textMorphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
ongoing1imperative1participle1
Tense
present2aorist1
Voice
active3
Mood
participle1indicative1imperative1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 7:23ἀποχωρεῖτεpresent active imperativeimperativeLuke 9:39ἀποχωρεῖpresent active indicativeongoingActs 13:13ἀποχωρήσαςaorist active participleparticiple

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)

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

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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