What does ἀνάλυσις (análysis) mean in the Bible?
ἀνάλυσις (análysis): Departure understood as a "loosing" or breaking free, especially from life's moorings toward death.
Greek · G359
ἀνάλυσις
Departure
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ἀνάλυσις G359
Pronunciation análysis
What does ἀνάλυσις (análysis) mean in the Bible?
ἀνάλυσις (análysis): Departure understood as a "loosing" or breaking free, especially from life's moorings toward death.
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How does the BSB render G359?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include departure (1).
Where does ἀνάλυσις (análysis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Timothy 4:6. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Timothy (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders It departure 1× 2 Timothy 4:6
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First aligned row 2 Timothy 4:6
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
2 Timothy 1
Source forms
ἀναλύσεώς 1x analyseōs 2 Timothy 4:6
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x 2 Timothy 4:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Departure understood as a "loosing" or breaking free, especially from life's moorings toward death.
Strong's G359
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 2 Timothy 4:6-8 Source Gloss
departure
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Departure understood as a "loosing" or breaking free, especially from life's moorings toward death.
(ἀναλύω), a loosing, e.g. of a vessel from its moorings, hence, departure: from life, 2Ti.4:6.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
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2 Timothy 4:6 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἀναλύσεως analusewv
departing, departure from this life
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 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 1 Case pattern Genitive (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine 2 Tim 4:6 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
New Testament Witnesses
departure, release, or loosening
Word Origins
ἀνάλυσις is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
The term reflects Paul's view of death as a transition rather than defeat. 2 Timothy 4:6-8
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