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ἀποχωρέω

To go away

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ἀποχωρέω G672
Pronunciation apochōréō

What does ἀποχωρέω (apochōréō) mean in the Bible?

ἀποχωρέω (apochōréō) is a Greek word meaning "to go away". ἀπο-χωρέω, -ῶ [in LXX: Jer.

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Meaning

to go away
Extended definition

Departure involving withdrawal or separation, often implying deliberate distancing rather than mere movement away

to go away, depart, withdraw: before ἀπό, Mat.7:23, Luk.9:39, Act.13:13 (absol., Luk.20:20, Tr., mg.).

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

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)

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Biblical Witnesses
Luke 9:37-45 departed apochōréō Indicative · Present Active
Jesus withdraws or goes away from the mountain after transfiguration
Matthew 7:23 depart apochōréō Imperative · Present Active
Christ commands evildoers to go away from his presence in judgment
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

ἀποχωρέω · μόλις G672, G3433
scarcely departs, hardly leaves
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Matthew 7 — Kingdom Discernment, the Narrow Way, and the Wise Builder

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

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