Greek · G1831 · unreviewed

ἐξέρχομαι

To issue (literally or figuratively)

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ἐξέρχομαι G1831

Pronunciation exérchomai

What does ἐξέρχομαι (exérchomai) mean in the Bible?

ἐξέρχομαι (exérchomai) is a Greek word meaning "to issue (literally or figuratively)". ἐξέρχομαι, [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for יצא, also for עלה ,בּוֹא, etc.

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Meaning

to issue (literally or figuratively)

Extended definition

Physical departure or emergence with metaphorical extension to utterances, reports, and proclamations issuing forth

depon., to go, or come out of: Mat.10:11, Mrk.1:35, Jhn.13:30, al.; with inf., Mat.11:8, Mrk.3:21, Luk.7:25, 26 Act.20:8; id. before ἐπί, Mat.26:55, al.; εἰς, Mrk.1:38; ἵνα, Rev.6:2; ἐ. before ἐκ (cl. with genitive loc.), Mrk.5:2, Jhn.4:30, al.; ἔξω, with genitive, Mat.21:17, Mrk.14:68, Act.16:13, Heb.13:13; ἀπό, Mrk.11:12, Luk.9:5, Php.4:15; ἐκεῖθεν, Mat.15:21, Mrk.6:1, Luk.9:4, al.; of demons expelled, before ἐκ (ἀπό), with genitive of person(s), Mrk.1:25, 26 5:8, Luk.4:35, al.; of prisoners released, Mat.5:26, Act.16:40; ptcp., ἐξελθών, with indic., of verb of departure (cf. Dalman, Words, 20f.), Mat.8:32 15:21 24:1, Mrk.16:8, Luk.22:39, Act.12:9, 17 al. Metaphorical,

aof persons: 2Co.6:17, 1Jn.2:19; of birth or origin, Mat.2:6 (LXX), Heb.7:5 (cf . Gen.35:11); of escape from danger, ἐκ τ. χειρὸς αὐτῶν, Jhn.10:39; of public appearance, 1Jn.4:1;

bof things: Mat.24:27; esp. of utterances, reports, proclamations: φωνή, Rev.16:17 19:5; φήμη, Mat.9:26, Luk.4:14; ἀκοή, Mrk.1:28; λόγος, Jhn.21:23; δόγμα, Luk.2:1 (cf. δι-εξέρχομαι).

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Grammatical Forms

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

Tenses

Aorist Present Future Perfect Imperfect Pluperfect

Voices

Active Middle

Indicative states a fact or reality 120×

Aorist Active Matt 8:34 · Matt 9:26 · Matt 13:3 · Matt 17:18 · Matt 20:1 · Matt 21:17 · Mark 1:26 · Mark 1:28 · Mark 1:35 · Mark 2:12 · Mark 2:13 · Mark 4:3 · Mark 6:1 · Mark 8:27 · Mark 9:26 · Mark 11:11 102×

Future Middle Matt 2:6 · John 10:9 · Rev 20:8 · Matt 13:49 · Acts 7:7 5×

Present Middle Matt 15:18 · Matt 24:27 · Jas 3:10 · Matt 15:19 · Luke 4:36 5×

Perfect Active Mark 7:29 · 1 Thess 1:8 · 1 John 4:1 3×

Imperfect Middle Luke 4:41 · Luke 6:19 · Acts 8:7 3×

Pluperfect Active Luke 8:2 · Luke 8:38 2×

Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 64×

Aorist Active Matt 13:1 · Matt 14:14 · Matt 15:21 · Matt 18:28 · Matt 20:3 · Matt 20:5 · Matt 20:6 · Matt 24:1 · Matt 26:75 · Mark 1:45 · Mark 6:34 · Mark 7:31 · Luke 1:22 · Luke 4:42 · Luke 14:18 · Luke 15:28 54×

Present Middle Matt 8:28 · Matt 10:14 · Matt 27:32 · Luke 9:5 · Luke 9:6 · Matt 9:32 · Luke 21:37 7×

Perfect Active Mark 7:30 · Luke 8:46 · Heb 7:5 3×

Imperative command or strong request 14×

Aorist Active Mark 1:25 · Mark 5:8 · Mark 9:25 · Luke 4:35 · Luke 5:8 · Luke 13:31 · Luke 14:21 · Luke 14:23 · Acts 7:3 · Acts 22:18 · 2 Cor 6:17 · Rev 18:4 12×

Present Middle Matt 25:6 · Luke 9:4 2×

Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 9×

Aorist Active Mark 9:29 · Luke 6:12 · Luke 8:29 · John 1:43 · Acts 16:3 · Acts 16:10 · Acts 16:18 · 1 Cor 5:10 · Heb 11:8 9×

Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 9×

Aorist Active Matt 10:11 · Matt 24:26 · Mark 6:10 · Matt 12:43 · Luke 11:24 · Rev 3:12 · Matt 5:26 · Luke 12:59 8×

Present Middle Heb 13:13 1×

Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 216 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect

completed 102 ongoing 5 prospective 5 resultant 5 imperative 13 background 4 subjunctive 9 infinitive 9 participle 64

Tense

aorist 184 present 15 perfect 6 future 5 imperfect 4 pluperfect 2

Voice

active 193 middle 23

Mood

indicative 121 participle 64 imperative 13 infinitive 9 subjunctive 9

NT Occurrences

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

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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 4:31-37 come out exérchomai Indicative · Present Middle

demon expelled from possessed person, literal physical departure

Luke 15:11-32 went exérchomai Participle · Aorist Active

person departing from a location, physical movement outward

3 John 1:7 went forth exérchomai

public appearance or departure for missionary work, figurative going out

Luke 13:31-35 go exérchomai Imperative · Aorist Active

departure from one location to another, physical movement outward

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.

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.

John 16 — The Spirit’s Convicting Witness, the Disciples’ Sorrow Turned to Joy, and Christ’s Victory over the World John 18 — The Arrested King: Betrayal, Sovereign Surrender, Denial, Trial, and the Kingdom Not of This World John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness Mark 5 — The Authority of Jesus over Demons, Disease, and Death Matthew 17 — The Glory of the Son, the Coming of Elijah, the Failure of Little Faith, and the Son’s Humble Freedom Matthew 9 — Authority to Forgive, Mercy for Sinners, and Compassion for the Harvest

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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