ἐξέρχομαιexérchomai

to issue (literally or figuratively)

Greek (New Testament) · G1831

Meanings

to go, or come out of: Matthew 10:11, Mark 1:35, John 13:30, and elsewhere; with infinitive, Matthew 11:8, Mark 3:21, Luke 7:25, Luke 7:26, Acts 20:8; id. followed by ἐπί, Matthew 26:55, and elsewhere; εἰς, Mark 1:38; ἵνα, Revelation 6:2; ἐ. followed by ἐκ (classical Greek with genitive loc.), Mark 5:2, John 4:30, and elsewhere; ἔξω, with genitive, Matthew 21:17, Mark 14:68, Acts 16:13, Hebrews 13:13; ἀπό, Mark 11:12, Luke 9:5, Philippians 4:15; ἐκεῖθεν, Matthew 15:21, Mark 6:1, Luke 9:4, and elsewhere; of demons expelled, followed by ἐκ (ἀπό), with genitive of person, Mark 1:25, Mark 1:26, Mark 5:8, Luke 4:35, and elsewhere; of prisoners released, Matthew 5:26, Acts 16:40; participle, ἐξελθών, with indicative, of verb of departure, Matthew 8:32, Matthew 15:21, Matthew 24:1, Mark 16:8, Luke 22:39, Acts 12:9, Acts 12:17 and elsewhere Metaph.

(a) of persons: 2 Corinthians 6:17, 1 John 2:19; of birth or origin, Matthew 2:6 (LXX), Hebrews 7:5 (cf. Genesis 35:11); of escape from danger, ἐκ τ. χειρὸς αὐτῶν, John 10:39; of public appearance, 1 John 4:1

(b) of things: Matthew 24:27; especially of utterances, reports, proclamations: φωνή, Revelation 16:17, Revelation 19:5; φήμη, Matthew 9:26, Luke 4:14; ἀκοή, Mark 1:28; λόγος, John 21:23; δόγμα, Luke 2:1 (cf. δι-εξέρχομαι).

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 216 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 2:6 ‘And you, O Bethlehem in the land of Judah, are not least among the ruling cities of Judah, for a ruler will come from you who will be the shepherd for my people Israel.’”
  • Matthew 5:26 And if that happens, you surely won’t be free again until you have paid the last penny.
  • Matthew 8:28 When Jesus arrived on the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gadarenes, two men who were possessed by demons met him. They came out of the tombs and were so violent that no one could go through that area.
  • Matthew 8:32 “All right, go!” Jesus commanded them. So the demons came out of the men and entered the pigs, and the whole herd plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drowned in the water.
  • Matthew 8:34 Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus, but they begged him to go away and leave them alone.
  • Matthew 9:26 The report of this miracle swept through the entire countryside.
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.