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Strong G402ἀναχωρέω

to leave

Transliteration
anachōreō
Pronunciation
an-akh-o-reh'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G303 and G5562; to retire: - depart give place go (turn) aside withdraw self.

Detailed 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)

In the Bible

Strong G402 appears in 14 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • depart8
  • go2
  • withdraw2
  • give1
  • turn1

First verses

  1. Matthew 2:12
    And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
  2. Matthew 2:13
    And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
  3. Matthew 2:14
    When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
  4. Matthew 2:22
    But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
  5. Matthew 4:12
    Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
  6. Matthew 9:24
    He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
  7. Matthew 12:15
    But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
  8. Matthew 14:13
    When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
  9. Matthew 15:21
    Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
  10. Matthew 27:5
    And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
  11. Mark 3:7
    But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea,
  12. John 6:15
    When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
  13. Acts 23:19
    Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?
  14. Acts 26:31
    And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀναχωρ-έω,
Locrian dialect, Cretan dialect ἀνχ-, go back, πόλινδε ἂψ ἀναχωρήσουσιν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.210, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.461.)]
b walk backwards, of oxen feeding, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.183.)]
2 in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”)], mostly, retire, withdraw from battle, ἀλλά σ᾽ ἔγωγ᾽ ἀναχωρήσαντα κελεύω ἐς πληθὺν ἰέναι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.30; τόφρ᾽ ἀναχωρείτω 11.189, compare 4.305, 20.335, etc.: in Prose, μάχης οὔσης εἰς τοὐπίσω ἀ. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.6; φυγῇ ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 221a)]; generally, retire, withdraw, μεγάροιο μυχόνδε[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.270; ὀπίσω ἀ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.94, etc.; ἐς τοὔπισθεν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1208)]; ἀνεκεχωρήκεσαν they had retired or returned, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.15, compare “IG” 9(1).334 (_Locrian dialect_))]: with Preps. denoting motion to or from, ἐς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.143; ἐπ᾽ οἴκου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.30)]; ὑπὸ Βοιωτῶν ἐς Ἀθήνας were forced by them to retire to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.61; ἀπό 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Smp.” [prev. cited])]
II come back or revert to the rightful heir, ἡ βασιληΐη ἀνεχώρησε ἐς τὸν παῖδα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.4; ἡ ποινὴ ἀ. εἰς ἡμᾶς 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.3, compare “Leg.Gort.” 11.10.)]
III metaphorically, withdraw, retire, ἐξ αἰσθήσεων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 83a)]; ἀ. ἐκ τῶν πραγμάτων retire from public life, from the world, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 29.25.5, compare 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 9.4.2, NT.Matt.2.14, +others)]: absolutely, withdraw, retire, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 175a, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 524)]; ἀνακεχωρηκυῖα χώρα inland spot, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.7.4; ἀ. ἀπὸ θαλάσσης 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.11.16; ἀνακεχωρηκός ῥῆμα, ὄνομα)]obsolete, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 10.7)]; recondite, ἱστορία[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.157S.)]
IV ={συγχωρέω}, πάντες ἀνεχώρησαν συμπεραίνεσθαι τὸ μίασμα [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Historia Arcana” 10.)]
IV.2 strike, refuse to work, [Refs (PTeb. 26.18, 41.4, +others; ἀνακεχωρηκότα σώματα [prev. work]5.6.)]