What does ἀποχωρέω (apochōréō) mean in the Bible?
ἀποχωρέω (apochōréō): Departure involving withdrawal or separation, often implying deliberate distancing rather than mere movement away
Greek · G672
ἀποχωρέω
To go away
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ἀποχωρέω G672
Pronunciation apochōréō
What does ἀποχωρέω (apochōréō) mean in the Bible?
ἀποχωρέω (apochōréō): Departure involving withdrawal or separation, often implying deliberate distancing rather than mere movement away
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G672?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include depart (1), departs (1), left (1).
Where does ἀποχωρέω (apochōréō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 7:23. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), 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 depart 1× Matthew 7:23
departs 1× Luke 9:39
left 1× Acts 13:13
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 7:23
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Luke 1 Acts 1
Source forms
ἀποχωρεῖ 1x apochōrei Luke 9:39
ἀποχωρεῖτε 1x apochōreite Matthew 7:23
ἀποχωρήσας 1x apochōrēsas Acts 13:13
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 13:13
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural 1x Matthew 7:23
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Luke 9:39
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Departure involving withdrawal or separation, often implying deliberate distancing rather than mere movement away
Strong's G672
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 9:37-45 Source Gloss
to go away
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 7:23 Verb Second Person Plural Present Active Imperative
ἀποχωρεῖτε apocwreite
I go away, depart
Read verse Luke 9:39 Verb Third Person Singular Present Active Indicative
ἀποχωρεῖ apocwrei
I go away, depart
Read verse Acts 13:13 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀποχωρήσας apocwrhsav
I go away, depart
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 3 Aligned forms 3 Tenses Present, Aorist Voices Active
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Tenses
Voices
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×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 2 aorist 1
Voice
active 3
Mood
participle 1 indicative 1 imperative 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)
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Jesus withdraws or goes away from the mountain after transfiguration
Christ commands evildoers to go away from his presence in judgment
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἀποχωρέω is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
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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