ἀναχωρέωanachōréō
to retire
Greek (New Testament) · G402
Meanings
1. to go back.
2. to withdraw: Matthew 9:24; frequently in sense of avoiding danger, Matthew 2:12, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 2:14, Matthew 2:22, Matthew 4:12, Matthew 12:15, Matthew 14:13, Matthew 15:21, Matthew 27:5, Mark 3:7, John 6:15, Acts 23:19, Acts 26:31.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 14 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 2:12 When it was time to leave, they returned to their own country by another route, for God had warned them in a dream not to return to Herod.
- Matthew 2:13 After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,” the angel said. “Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”
- Matthew 2:14 That night Joseph left for Egypt with the child and Mary, his mother,
- Matthew 2:22 But when he learned that the new ruler of Judea was Herod’s son Archelaus, he was afraid to go there. Then, after being warned in a dream, he left for the region of Galilee.
- Matthew 4:12 When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he left Judea and returned to Galilee.
- Matthew 9:24 “Get out!” he told them. “The girl isn’t dead; she’s only asleep.” But the crowd laughed at him.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.