Anachōreō ἀναχωρέω

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Anachōreō
ἀναχωρέω
Transliterationanachōreō
Strong's numberG402
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto leave
Occurrences14 in 14 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (10)

Anachōreō (Greek ἀναχωρέω, Strong's G402) is a Greek verb meaning “to leave”. It occurs 14 times in 14 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ἀνα-χωρέω, -ῶ
[in LXX for בָּרַח, נוּם, etc. ;]
1. to go back.
2. to withdraw: Mat.9:24; frequently in sense of avoiding danger (MM, VGT, see word), Mat.2:12 (but see Thayer), Mat.2:13-14, 22 4:12 12:15 14:13 15:21 27:5, Mrk.3:7, Jhn.6:15, Act.23:19 26:31.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVdeparted (8), aside (2), himself (2), give place (1), went (1)
BSBwithdrew (5), he withdrew (3), they withdrew (1), had gone (1), go away (1), left (1), drew (1), their way out (1)

Verses

Every verse with Anachōreō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

John

Acts

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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