ἀποκυλίωapokylíō

to roll away: Matthew 28:2, Mark 16:3, Luke 24:2.

Greek (New Testament) · G617

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 28:2 Suddenly there was a great earthquake! For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, rolled aside the stone, and sat on it.
  • Mark 16:3 On the way they were asking each other, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”
  • Mark 16:4 But as they arrived, they looked up and saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been rolled aside.
  • Luke 24:2 They found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.

Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.