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ἀναχωρέω
anachōréō · Greek · Strong's G402 · 13 occurrences
The KJV renders 29 different Hebrew and Greek words as “depart”
What it means
to retire
from G303 (ἀνά) and G5562 (χωρέω);
How the KJV renders it
depart, give place, go aside, withdraw self
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“depart”
also renders katérchomai (G2718), diérchomai (G1330), apérchomai (G565), anágō (G321), diachōrízomai (G1316), hypágō (G5217), metabaínō (G3327), apochōréō (G672), exérchomai (G1831), apallássō (G525), metaírō (G3332), ekporeúomai (G1607), éxeimi (G1826), parágō (G3855), apochōrízō (G673), aphístēmi (G868), poreúomai (G4198), apolýō (G630), analýō (G360), chōrízō (G5563), gâlâh (H1540), hâlak (H1980), mûwsh (H4185), nâdad (H5074), çûwr (H5493), ʻădâʼ (H5709), râshaʻ (H7561), shâʻâh (H8159)
“withdraw self”
“go aside”
“give place”
also renders eíkō (G1502)
Where it appears
13 occurrences in the Greek text.
Acts 23:19 · V-AAP-NSM
The commanding officer took him by the hand, and going aside, asked him privately, “What is it that you have to tell me?”
Acts 26:31 · V-AAP-NPM
When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
Matthew 2:12 · V-AAI-3P
Being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.
Matthew 2:13 · V-AAP-GPM
Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.”
Matthew 2:14 · V-AAI-3S
He arose and took the young child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt,
Matthew 2:22 · V-AAI-3S
But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee,
Matthew 4:12 V-AAI-3SMatthew 9:24 V-PAM-2PMatthew 12:15 V-AAI-3SMatthew 14:13 V-AAI-3SMatthew 15:21 V-AAI-3SMatthew 27:5 V-AAI-3SMark 3:7 V-AAI-3S
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