Greek · G444, G589

ἄνθρωπος ἀποδημῶν

A human · to go abroad

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ἄνθρωπος G444 a human

Pronunciation ánthrōpos

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ἀποδημέω G589 to go abroad

Pronunciation apodēméō

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What does ἄνθρωπος ἀποδημῶν (anthropos apodemōn) mean in the Bible?

ἄνθρωπος · ἀποδημέω is a Greek phrase meaning "a man traveling away from home".

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What does ἄνθρωπος · ἀποδημέω mean in the Bible?

ἄνθρωπος · ἀποδημέω is a Greek phrase meaning "a man traveling away from home".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G444, G589?

G444, G589 is connected to 550 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. a man traveling away from home

Strong's G444, G589

Lexical occurrences 550 verses Word forms 9 forms 550 references

Source Gloss

a man traveling away from home

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

This word appears as a noun across 9 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 9 Aligned forms 550 Case pattern Genitive (228) Number pattern Singular (348)

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 4:4 · Matt 7:9 · Matt 8:9 · Matt 11:19 · Matt 12:10 · Matt 12:11 · Matt 12:12 · Matt 12:35 · Matt 13:28 · Matt 13:31 · Matt 13:44 · Matt 16:26 · Matt 17:14 · Matt 19:5 · Matt 19:6 · Matt 21:28 122×

Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 7:12 · Matt 8:27 · Matt 12:36 · Matt 16:13 · Mark 8:27 · Luke 6:22 · Luke 6:26 · Luke 6:31 · Luke 11:44 · Luke 18:10 · John 3:19 · John 6:14 · Acts 4:13 · Acts 14:15 · Acts 16:17 · Acts 16:20 28×

Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 8:20 · Matt 9:6 · Matt 10:23 · Matt 10:36 · Matt 11:19 · Matt 12:8 · Matt 12:32 · Matt 12:40 · Matt 12:43 · Matt 12:45 · Matt 13:37 · Matt 13:41 · Matt 16:13 · Matt 16:27 · Matt 16:28 · Matt 17:9 129×

Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 4:19 · Matt 5:13 · Matt 5:16 · Matt 6:1 · Matt 6:2 · Matt 10:17 · Matt 10:32 · Matt 10:33 · Matt 15:9 · Matt 16:23 · Matt 17:22 · Matt 19:12 · Matt 21:25 · Matt 21:26 · Matt 22:16 · Matt 23:4 99×

Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 6:5 · Matt 6:14 · Matt 6:15 · Matt 6:16 · Matt 6:18 · Matt 9:8 · Matt 12:31 · Matt 19:26 · Matt 23:5 · Matt 23:28 · Mark 10:27 · Luke 1:25 · Luke 2:14 · Luke 2:52 · Luke 12:36 · Luke 16:15 44×

Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 12:13 · Matt 13:24 · Matt 13:45 · Matt 13:52 · Matt 18:7 · Matt 18:12 · Matt 18:23 · Matt 19:3 · Matt 20:1 · Matt 22:2 · Matt 26:24 · Mark 3:3 · Mark 3:5 · Mark 14:21 · Luke 6:48 · Luke 6:49 26×

Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 9:9 · Matt 9:32 · Matt 10:35 · Matt 11:8 · Matt 15:11 · Matt 15:18 · Matt 15:20 · Matt 22:11 · Matt 26:72 · Matt 26:74 · Matt 27:32 · Mark 2:27 · Mark 7:15 · Mark 7:18 · Mark 7:20 · Mark 7:23 62×

Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 5:19 · Matt 13:25 · Mark 8:24 · Luke 5:10 · Luke 7:31 · Luke 11:46 · Luke 13:4 · John 6:10 · Acts 5:34 · Acts 16:35 · Acts 16:37 · Acts 18:13 · Acts 22:15 · Acts 24:16 · Rom 5:12 · Rom 5:18 31×

Vocative · Singular · Masculine Luke 5:20 · Luke 12:14 · Luke 22:58 · Luke 22:60 · Rom 2:1 · Rom 2:3 · Rom 9:20 · 1 Tim 6:11 · Jas 2:20 9×

Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 6 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect

completed 5 participle 1

Tense

aorist 5 present 1

Voice

active 6

Mood

indicative 5 participle 1

NT Occurrences

Matthew 21:33 ἀπεδήμησεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 25:14 ἀποδημῶν present active participle participle Matthew 25:15 ἀπεδήμησεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 12:1 ἀπεδήμησεν aorist active indicative completed Luke 15:13 ἀπεδήμησεν aorist active indicative completed Luke 20:9 ἀπεδήμησεν aorist active indicative completed

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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