What does ἀποκυλίω (apokylíō) mean in the Bible?
ἀποκυλίω (apokylíō): Rolling away the stone from Jesus's tomb, enabling resurrection access and divine power over death
Greek · G617
ἀποκυλίω
To roll away
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ἀποκυλίω G617
Pronunciation apokylíō
What does ἀποκυλίω (apokylíō) mean in the Bible?
ἀποκυλίω (apokylíō): Rolling away the stone from Jesus's tomb, enabling resurrection access and divine power over death
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G617?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include rolled away (2), had been rolled away (1), will roll away (1).
Where does ἀποκυλίω (apokylíō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 28:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (2), Luke (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It rolled away 2× Matthew 28:2, Luke 24:2
had been rolled away 1× Mark 16:4
will roll away 1× Mark 16:3
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 28:2 ἀπεκύλισεν to rolled away Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Mark 16:3 ἀποκυλίσει to will roll away Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Mark 16:4 ἀποκεκύλισται* to had been rolled away Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular Luke 24:2 ἀποκεκυλισμένον to rolled away Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 28:2
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Mark 2 Luke 1
Source forms
ἀπεκύλισεν 1x apekylisen Matthew 28:2
ἀποκεκυλισμένον 1x apokekylismenon Luke 24:2
ἀποκεκύλισται* 1x apokekylistai Mark 16:4
ἀποκυλίσει 1x apokylisei Mark 16:3
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Matthew 28:2
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Mark 16:3
Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x Mark 16:4
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 24:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Rolling away the stone from Jesus's tomb, enabling resurrection access and divine power over death
Strong's G617
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to roll away
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 28:2 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
ἀπεκύλισε apekulisen
I roll away
Read verse Mark 16:3 Verb Third Person Singular Future Active Indicative
ἀποκυλίσει apokulisei
I roll away
Read verse Mark 16:4 Verb Third Person Singular Perfect Passive Indicative
ἀποκεκύλισται apokekulistai
I roll away
Read verse Luke 24:2 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Accusative Singular Masculine
ἀποκεκυλισμένον apokekulismenon
I roll away
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 mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 4 Tenses Aorist, Future, Perfect Voices Active, Passive
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 3×
Aorist Active Matt 28:2 1×
Future Active Mark 16:3 1×
Perfect Passive Mark 16:4 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Perfect Passive Luke 24:2 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
perfect 2 future 1 aorist 1
Voice
passive 2 active 2
Mood
indicative 3 participle 1
NT Occurrences
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
ἀποκυλίω is built from these roots:
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