Greek · G3433, G672

μόλις ἀποχωρεῖ

With difficulty · to go away

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μόλις G3433 with difficulty

Pronunciation mólis

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ἀποχωρέω G672 to go away

Pronunciation apochōréō

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's G3433, G672

Lexical occurrences 6 verses Word forms 1 form 6 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 patterns 1 Aligned forms 6

Acts 14:18 · Acts 27:7 · Acts 27:8 · Acts 27:16 · Rom 5:7 · 1 Pet 4:18 6×

Discourse Aspect

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

Aspect

ongoing 1 imperative 1 participle 1

Tense

present 2 aorist 1

Voice

active 3

Mood

participle 1 indicative 1 imperative 1

NT Occurrences

Matthew 7:23 ἀποχωρεῖτε present active imperative imperative Luke 9:39 ἀποχωρεῖ present active indicative ongoing Acts 13:13 ἀποχωρήσας aorist active participle participle

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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