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Hypago means to go, depart, withdraw, or go one's way, often with attention to leaving the present place toward an implied destination. Jesus commands Satan to depart, tells a worshiper to go first toward reconciliation, requires a disciple to go an imposed second mile, sends a cleansed man to the priest, and dismisses a centurion with a word of granted faith.
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Hypago means to go, depart, withdraw, or go one's way, often with attention to leaving the present place toward an implied destination. Jesus commands Satan to depart, tells a worshiper to go first toward reconciliation, requires a disciple to go an imposed second mile, sends a cleansed man to the priest, and dismisses a centurion with a word of granted.
The BSB source-word alignment has 79 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include go (37), I am going (8), am going (4), are You going (2), Get (2).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 4:10. Its strongest book concentrations include John (32), Matthew (19), Mark (15), Revelation (6).
Hypago means to go, depart, withdraw, or go one's way, often with attention to leaving the present place toward an implied destination. Jesus commands Satan to depart, tells a worshiper to go first toward reconciliation, requires a disciple to go an imposed second mile, sends a cleansed man to the priest, and dismisses a centurion with a word of granted faith.
The verb itself does not make departure faithful or unfaithful. Context supplies the speaker's authority, destination, purpose, and result. Christian application should distinguish obedient going, safe withdrawal, mission, reconciliation, and coerced movement. Leaders may not use go language to banish questioners or survivors without due process, and calls to reconciliation must never force unsafe contact or bypass truth, protection, and accountability.
Hypago names going away or proceeding toward a task. Matthew uses it for dismissing the tempter, pursuing reconciliation, responding under coercion, obeying a healing command, and returning home in faith.
“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus told him. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
Matthew 4:10 commands Satan to depart because worship and service belong to God alone. Jesus answers temptation with decisive allegiance.
Leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
Matthew 5:24 tells a worshiper to go first and be reconciled to a brother before offering the gift. Worship does not bypass known relational wrong.
And if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.
Matthew 5:41 tells the disciple compelled to go one mile to go two. The saying addresses nonretaliatory agency under coercive imperial practice, not permission for abuse.
Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”
Matthew 8:4 tells the cleansed man to go show himself to the priest and offer Moses' gift as testimony. Restoration includes public covenant recognition.
Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! As you have believed, so will it be done for you.” And his servant was healed at that very hour.
Matthew 8:13 tells the centurion to go and grants according to his faith; the servant is healed at that hour.
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Greek word. Go away, withdraw, or depart—often implying obedience to a command or directive given.
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
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How this verb appears across 79 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
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Hypago turns movement into response. Satan must leave because Jesus' worship is undivided. A worshiper must go toward reconciliation because liturgy cannot conceal a known breach. The second-mile saying addresses an imposed demand and calls for surprising nonretaliatory agency, but it cannot be used to keep someone in abuse. The cleansed man goes toward priestly confirmation and restored social visibility, while the centurion goes home trusting Jesus' word.
Churches should help people move toward truth, repair, mission, and restored belonging when safe. They should also honor departure from danger and reject summary banishment by powerful leaders. Reconciliation requires truth, repentance, consent, protection, and appropriate consequences; going first never means going alone into preventable harm.
Matt.5.24
Hypago combines hypo with ago and commonly means go away, depart, withdraw, or proceed. The destination may be explicit or supplied by the narrative situation.
Abraham goes at God's call, Moses leads departure from slavery, prophets are sent toward hard assignments, and fugitives sometimes flee danger under God's care.