What does πατήρ · ἐξέρχομαι mean in the Bible?
πατήρ · ἐξέρχομαι is a Greek phrase meaning "his father, having come out".
Greek · G3962, G1831
ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ ἐξελθὼν
A "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote) · to issue (literally or figuratively)
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πατήρ G3962 a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
Pronunciation patḗr
Denotes biological parent, ancestor, originator, authority figure, or God—context determines whether literal or metaphorical application.
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ἐξέρχομαι G1831 to issue (literally or figuratively)
Pronunciation exérchomai
Physical departure or emergence with metaphorical extension to utterances, reports, and proclamations issuing forth
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What does ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ ἐξελθὼν (ho patēr autou exelthōn) mean in the Bible?
πατήρ · ἐξέρχομαι is a Greek phrase meaning "his father, having come out".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3962, G1831?
G3962, G1831 is connected to 413 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. his father, having come out
Source Gloss
his father, having come out
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 10 Aligned forms 413 Case pattern Nominative (130) Number pattern Singular (360)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 5:48 · Matt 6:4 · Matt 6:6 · Matt 6:8 · Matt 6:14 · Matt 6:15 · Matt 6:18 · Matt 6:26 · Matt 6:32 · Matt 7:11 · Matt 10:21 · Matt 11:26 · Matt 11:27 · Matt 15:13 · Matt 16:17 · Matt 18:35 110×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 6:23 · Luke 6:26 · Luke 11:47 · John 4:20 · John 6:31 · John 6:49 · John 6:58 · Acts 7:11 · Acts 7:15 · Acts 7:39 · Acts 7:45 · Acts 7:51 · Acts 7:52 · Acts 15:10 · Rom 9:5 · 1 Cor 10:1 20×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 2:22 · Matt 4:21 · Matt 5:45 · Matt 7:21 · Matt 10:20 · Matt 10:29 · Matt 10:32 · Matt 10:33 · Matt 10:35 · Matt 11:27 · Matt 12:50 · Matt 13:43 · Matt 16:27 · Matt 18:10 · Matt 18:14 · Matt 18:19 100×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 23:30 · Matt 23:32 · Luke 1:17 · Luke 1:72 · Luke 11:48 · John 7:22 · Acts 3:13 · Acts 5:30 · Acts 7:32 · Acts 7:38 · Acts 7:45 · Acts 22:14 · Rom 15:8 · Heb 11:23 14×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 6:1 · Matt 6:6 · Matt 6:18 · Matt 15:5 · Mark 7:11 · Mark 7:12 · Luke 1:62 · Luke 9:42 · Luke 12:53 · Luke 15:12 · Luke 15:29 · John 4:21 · John 4:23 · John 8:38 · John 10:38 · John 14:10 33×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Acts 7:44 · Heb 1:1 · Heb 8:9 3×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 3:9 · Matt 4:22 · Matt 5:16 · Matt 8:21 · Matt 10:37 · Matt 11:27 · Matt 15:4 · Matt 15:6 · Matt 19:5 · Matt 19:19 · Matt 19:29 · Matt 23:9 · Matt 26:53 · Mark 1:20 · Mark 5:40 · Mark 7:10 93×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 1:55 · Acts 3:25 · Acts 7:12 · Acts 7:19 · Acts 13:17 · Acts 13:32 · Acts 13:36 · Acts 26:6 · Acts 28:25 · Rom 11:28 · 1 Cor 4:15 · Heb 12:9 12×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Matt 6:9 · Matt 11:25 · Matt 26:39 · Matt 26:42 · Luke 10:21 · Luke 11:2 · Luke 15:12 · Luke 15:18 · Luke 15:21 · Luke 16:24 · Luke 16:27 · Luke 16:30 · Luke 22:42 · Luke 23:34 · Luke 23:46 · John 11:41 24×
Vocative · Plural · Masculine Acts 7:2 · Acts 22:1 · 1 John 2:13 · 1 John 2:14 4×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 216 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 184 present 15 perfect 6 future 5 imperfect 4 pluperfect 2
Voice
active 193 middle 23
Mood
indicative 121 participle 64 imperative 13 infinitive 9 subjunctive 9
NT Occurrences
Matthew 2:6 ἐξελεύσεται future middle indicative prospective Matthew 5:26 ἐξέλθῃς aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 8:28 ἐξερχόμενοι present middle participle participle Matthew 8:32 ἐξελθόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 8:34 ἐξῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 9:26 ἐξῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 9:31 ἐξελθόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 9:32 ἐξερχομένων present middle participle participle Matthew 10:11 ἐξέλθητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 10:14 ἐξερχόμενοι present middle participle participle Matthew 11:7 ἐξήλθατε aorist active indicative completed Matthew 11:8 ἐξήλθατε aorist active indicative completed Matthew 11:9 ἐξήλθατε aorist active indicative completed Matthew 12:14 ἐξελθόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 12:43 ἐξέλθῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 12:44 ἐξῆλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 13:1 ἐξελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 13:3 ἐξῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 13:49 ἐξελεύσονται future middle indicative prospective Matthew 14:14 ἐξελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 15:18 ἐξέρχεται present middle indicative ongoing Matthew 15:19 ἐξέρχονται present middle indicative ongoing Matthew 15:21 ἐξελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 15:22 ἐξελθοῦσα aorist active participle participle Matthew 17:18 ἐξῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 18:28 ἐξελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 20:1 ἐξῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 20:3 ἐξελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 20:5 ἐξελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 20:6 ἐξελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 21:17 ἐξῆλθεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 22:10 ἐξελθόντες aorist active participle participle Matthew 24:1 ἐξελθὼν aorist active participle participle Matthew 24:26 ἐξέλθητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 24:27 ἐξέρχεται present middle indicative ongoing Matthew 25:1 ἐξῆλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 25:6 ἐξέρχεσθε present middle imperative imperative Matthew 26:30 ἐξῆλθον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 26:55 ἐξήλθατε aorist active indicative completed Matthew 26:71 ἐξελθόντα aorist active participle participle
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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
ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ ἐξελθὼν is a primary word - no further derivation.
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