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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ἀποκυλίωG617
Pronunciationapokylíō
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 Itrolled away2×Matthew 28:2, Luke 24:2
had been rolled away1×Mark 16:4
will roll away1×Mark 16:3
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Matthew 28:2ἀπεκύλισενtorolled awayVerb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularMark 16:3ἀποκυλίσειtowill roll awayVerb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularMark 16:4ἀποκεκύλισται*tohad been rolled awayVerb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularLuke 24:2ἀποκεκυλισμένονtorolled awayVerb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 28:2
Aligned rows4
Books represented3
Matthew1Mark2Luke1
Source forms
ἀπεκύλισεν1xapekylisenMatthew 28:2
ἀποκεκυλισμένον1xapokekylismenonLuke 24:2
ἀποκεκύλισται*1xapokekylistaiMark 16:4
ἀποκυλίσει1xapokyliseiMark 16:3
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular1xMatthew 28:2
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular1xMark 16:3
Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular1xMark 16:4
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular1xLuke 24:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Rolling away the stone from Jesus's tomb, enabling resurrection access and divine power over death
Strong'sG617
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms2 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
to roll away
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 28:2Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
ἀπεκύλισεapekulisen
I roll away
Read verseMark 16:3Verb Third Person Singular Future Active Indicative
ἀποκυλίσειapokulisei
I roll away
Read verseMark 16:4Verb Third Person Singular Perfect Passive Indicative
ἀποκεκύλισταιapokekulistai
I roll away
Read verseLuke 24:2Verb Perfect Passive Participle Accusative Singular Masculine
ἀποκεκυλισμένονapokekulismenon
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 groups2Aligned forms4TensesAorist, Future, PerfectVoicesActive, Passive
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicativestates a fact or reality3×
Aorist ActiveMatt 28:21×
Future ActiveMark 16:31×
Perfect PassiveMark 16:41×
Participleverbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality1×
Perfect PassiveLuke 24:21×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
perfect2future1aorist1
Voice
passive2active2
Mood
indicative3participle1
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)