Strong's Lexicon
aperchomai: To go away, depart, leave
Original Word:ἀπέρχομαι
Part of Speech:Verb
Transliteration:aperchomai
Pronunciation:ä-pér-kho-mī
Phonetic Spelling:(ap-erkh'-om-ahee)
Definition:To go away, depart, leave
Meaning:I come or go away from, depart, return, arrive, go after, follow.
Word Origin:From the preposition ἀπό (apo, meaning "from") and the verb ἔρχομαι (erchomai, meaning "to come" or "to go").
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries:The Hebrew equivalent often used in similar contexts is יָצָא (yatsa, Strong's H3318), meaning "to go out" or "to depart."
Usage:The Greek verb ἀπέρχομαι (aperchomai) is used in the New Testament to describe the action of departing or going away from a place or situation. It often implies a physical movement from one location to another but can also be used metaphorically to indicate a change in state or condition. The term is frequently used in the context of Jesus' movements, the departure of individuals from a scene, or the transition from one state of being to another.
Cultural and Historical Background:In the Greco-Roman world, travel and movement were common due to trade, military campaigns, and religious pilgrimages. The concept of departing or going away was a familiar part of daily life. In the Jewish context, the idea of departing could also carry spiritual connotations, such as leaving behind old ways or moving towards a new understanding of faith. The use of ἀπέρχομαι in the New Testament reflects both the physical and spiritual journeys of individuals, particularly in the ministry of Jesus and the early church.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
apo and
erchomaiDefinitionto go away, go after
NASB Translationcame (1), depart (1), departed (3), drew (1), go (20), go away (6), go over (1), going away (1), going back (1), gone (2), gone away (4), leave (5), left (8), passed away (2), past (2), spread (1), went (16), went their way (1), went along (1), went away (37), went back (1), went off (3), withdrew* (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 565: ἀπέρχομαιἀπέρχομαι; future
ἀπελεύσομαι (
Matthew 25:46;
Romans 15:28;
Winer's Grammar, 86 (82)); 2 aorist
ἀπῆλθον (
ἀπῆλθα in
Revelation 10:9 (where
RGTrἀπῆλθον),
ἀπῆλθανLTTrWH in
Matthew 22:22;
Revelation 21:1, 4 ((but here
WH text only), etc., and
WH in
Luke 24:24); cf.
Winers Grammar, § 13, 1;
Mullach, p. 17f. (226);
Buttmann, 39 (34); (
Sophocles Lexicon, p. 38;
Tdf. Proleg., p. 123;
WHs Appendix, p. 164f; Kuenen and Cobet, N. T., p. lxiv.;
Scrivener, Introduction, p. 562; Collation, etc., p. liv. following )); perfect
ἀπεληλυθα (
James 1:24); pluperfect
ἀπεληλύθειν (
John 4:8); (from
Homer down);
to go away (from a place), to depart;
1. properly,
a. absolutely:Matthew 13:25;Matthew 19:22;Mark 5:20;Luke 8:39;Luke 17:23;John 16:7, etc. Participleἀπελθών with indicative or subjunctive of other verbs in past time to go (away) and etc.:Matthew 13:28, 46;Matthew 18:30;Matthew 25:18, 25;Matthew 26:36;Matthew 27:5;Mark 6:27 (),;Luke 5:14.b. with specification of the place into which, or of the person to whom or from whom one departs:εἰς with the accusative of place,Matthew 5:30LTTrWH;;Mark 6:36;Mark 9:43;John 4:8;Romans 15:28, etc.;εἰςὁδόνἐθνῶν,Matthew 10:5;εἰςτόπέραν,Matthew 8:18;Mark 8:13; (δἰὑμῶν ...εἰςΜακεδονίαν,2 Corinthians 1:16, Lachmann text);ἐπί with the accusative of place, Luke (Luke 23:33RGT);;ἐπί with the accusative of the business which one goes to attend to:ἐπί (the true reading forRGεἰς)τήνἐμπορίαναὐτοῦ,Matthew 22:5;ἐκεῖ,Matthew 2:22;ἔξω with the genitive,Acts 4:15;πρόςτινα,Matthew 14:25 (Rec.);Revelation 10:9;ἀπότίνος,Luke 1:38;Luke 8:37. Hebraistically (cf.אַחֲרֵיהָלַך)ἀπέρχεσθαιὀπίσωτίνος,to go away in order to follow anyone, go after him figuratively, i. e.to follow his party, follow him as a leader:Mark 1:20;John 12:19; in the same sense,ἀπέρχεσθαιπρόςτινα,John 6:68;Xenophon, an. 1, 9, 16 (29); used also of those who seek anyone for vile purposes,Jude 1:7. Lexicographers (followingSuidas, 'ἀπέλθῃ.ἀντίτοῦἐπανελθη') incorrectly ascribe toἀπέρχεσθαι also the idea ofreturning, going back — misled by the fact that a going away is often at the same time a going back. But where this is the case, it is made evident either by the connection, as inLuke 7:24, or by some adjunct, asεἰςτόνοἶκοναὐτοῦ,Matthew 9:7;Mark 7:30 (οἴκαδε,Xenophon, Cyril 1, 3, 6);πρόςἑαυτόν (Treg.πρόςαὐτόν) home,Luke 24:12 (RG, butLTr bracketsTWH reject the verse);John 20:10 (hereTTrπρόςαὐτούς,WHπρόςαὐτόν (seeαὑτοῦ));εἰςτάὀπίσω,John 6:66 (to return home);John 18:6 (to draw back, retreat).2. tropically: of departing evils and sufferings,Mark 1:42;Luke 5:13 (ἡλέπραἀπῆλθενἀπ'αὐτοῦ);Revelation 9:12;Revelation 11:14; of good things taken away from one,Revelation 18:14 (RG); of an evanescent state of things,Revelation 21:1 (Rec.παρῆλθε), 4; of a report going forth or spreadεἰς,Matthew 4:24 (Treg. marginal readingἐξῆλθεν).
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
come, depart, go away, pass away.Fromapo anderchomai; to go off (i.e. Depart), aside (i.e. Apart) or behind (i.e. Follow), literally or figuratively -- come, depart, go (aside, away, back, out,... Ways), pass away, be past.
see GREEKapo
see GREEKerchomai
Forms and Transliterations
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