What does ἀπό · νεκρός · πορεύομαι mean in the Bible?
ἀπό · νεκρός · πορεύομαι is a Greek phrase meaning "if someone from the dead goes to them".
Greek · G575, G3498, G4198
ἐάν τις ἀπὸ νεκρῶν πορευθῇ πρὸς αὐτούς
Away from · dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun) · to travel
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ἀπό G575 away from
Pronunciation apó
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νεκρός G3498 dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun)
Pronunciation nekrós
Spiritually inoperative or powerless; used of faith, sin, and spiritual deadness in sin apart from Christ.
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πορεύομαι G4198 to travel
Pronunciation poreúomai
Means to go with directional purpose; ethically, to conduct one's life or follow someone's way.
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What does ἐάν τις ἀπὸ νεκρῶν πορευθῇ πρὸς αὐτούς (ean tis apo nekrōn poreuthē pros autous) mean in the Bible?
ἀπό · νεκρός · πορεύομαι is a Greek phrase meaning "if someone from the dead goes to them".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G575, G3498, G4198?
G575, G3498, G4198 is connected to 644 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. if someone from the dead goes to them
Source Gloss
if someone from the dead goes to them
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 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 2 Aligned forms 644
Matt 1:17 · Matt 1:21 · Matt 1:24 · Matt 2:1 · Matt 2:16 · Matt 3:4 · Matt 3:7 · Matt 3:13 · Matt 3:16 · Matt 4:17 · Matt 4:25 · Matt 5:18 · Matt 5:29 · Matt 5:30 · Matt 5:42 · Matt 6:13 643×
John 11:18 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 150 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 77 aorist 53 imperfect 13 future 6 perfect 1
Voice
middle 97 passive 53
Mood
indicative 50 participle 48 imperative 26 infinitive 19 subjunctive 7
NT Occurrences
Matthew 2:20 πορεύου present middle imperative imperative Matthew 2:8 Πορευθέντες aorist passive participle participle Matthew 2:9 ἐπορεύθησαν aorist passive indicative completed Matthew 8:9 Πορεύθητι aorist passive imperative imperative Matthew 8:9 πορεύεται present middle indicative ongoing Matthew 9:13 πορευθέντες aorist passive participle participle Matthew 10:6 πορεύεσθε present middle imperative imperative Matthew 10:7 πορευόμενοι present middle participle participle Matthew 11:4 Πορευθέντες aorist passive participle participle Matthew 11:7 πορευομένων present middle participle participle Matthew 12:1 ἐπορεύθη aorist passive indicative completed Matthew 12:45 πορεύεται present middle indicative ongoing Matthew 17:27 πορευθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 18:12 πορευθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 19:15 ἐπορεύθη aorist passive indicative completed Matthew 21:2 Πορεύεσθε present middle imperative imperative Matthew 21:6 πορευθέντες aorist passive participle participle Matthew 22:15 πορευθέντες aorist passive participle participle Matthew 22:9 πορεύεσθε present middle imperative imperative Matthew 24:1 ἐπορεύετο imperfect middle indicative background Matthew 25:16 πορευθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 25:41 Πορεύεσθε present middle imperative imperative Matthew 25:9 πορεύεσθε present middle imperative imperative Matthew 26:14 πορευθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 27:66 πορευθέντες aorist passive participle participle Matthew 28:11 Πορευομένων present middle participle participle Matthew 28:16 ἐπορεύθησαν aorist passive indicative completed Matthew 28:19 πορευθέντες aorist passive participle participle Matthew 28:7 πορευθεῖσαι aorist passive participle participle Mark 16:10 πορευθεῖσα aorist passive participle participle Mark 16:12 πορευομένοις present middle participle participle Mark 16:15 Πορευθέντες aorist passive participle participle Luke 1:39 ἐπορεύθη aorist passive indicative completed Luke 1:6 πορευόμενοι present middle participle participle Luke 2:3 ἐπορεύοντο imperfect middle indicative background Luke 2:41 ἐπορεύοντο imperfect middle indicative background Luke 4:30 ἐπορεύετο imperfect middle indicative background Luke 4:42 ἐπορεύθη aorist passive indicative completed Luke 4:42 πορεύεσθαι present middle infinitive infinitive Luke 5:24 πορεύου present middle imperative imperative
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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)
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