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Greek · G672, G3433

μόγις ἀποχωρεῖ

To go away · with difficulty

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ἀποχωρέω G672 to go away
Pronunciation apochōréō
Departure involving withdrawal or separation, often implying deliberate distancing rather than mere movement away
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μόλις G3433 with difficulty
Pronunciation mólis
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What does μόγις ἀποχωρεῖ (mogis apochōrei) mean in the Bible?

ἀποχωρέω · μόλις is a Greek phrase meaning "scarcely departs, hardly leaves".

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Questions this entry answers

What does ἀποχωρέω · μόλις mean in the Bible?

ἀποχωρέω · μόλις is a Greek phrase meaning "scarcely departs, hardly leaves".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G672, G3433?

G672, G3433 is connected to 3 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. scarcely departs, hardly leaves

Strong's G672, G3433
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Word forms 3 forms 3 references

Source Gloss

scarcely departs, hardly leaves
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 3 Aligned forms 3 Tenses Present, Aorist Voices Active
Tenses
Present Aorist
Voices
Active
Imperative command or strong request 1×
Present Active Matt 7:23 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Present Active Luke 9:39 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Aorist Active Acts 13:13 1×
3 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
ongoing 1 imperative 1 participle 1
Tense
present 2 aorist 1
Voice
active 3
Mood
participle 1 indicative 1 imperative 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 7:23 ἀποχωρεῖτε present active imperative imperative Luke 9:39 ἀποχωρεῖ present active indicative ongoing Acts 13:13 ἀποχωρήσας aorist active participle participle

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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