ἔξοδος
éxodos · G1841 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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Motion from or out of a region (in Hebrews 11:22, the only occurrence of ἔξοδος in the NT, the reference is to Israel’s departure from Egypt) (departure, the Exodus, the departure (of Israel from Egypt))
ExamplesHebrews 11:22 By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave orders concerning his bones.
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to leave this life, to die, death, departure
To depart from life, as a euphemistic expression for death
ExamplesLuke 9:31 who, appearing in glory, were speaking of His departure, which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
2 Peter 1:15 And I will also be diligent that at any time after my departure you will be able to call these things to mind.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- υἱόςson 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐμόςmy 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- μέλλωto be about to 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- λέγωto say 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- περίconcerning, about, for 3
- μετάwith, after 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- יָצָא yâtsâʼ · H3318 · to go out, to come out, to go away
- Hebrew יָצָא denotes physical or metaphorical 'going out/forth' as a broad motion verb; Greek ἔξοδος specifically names the departure itself as a noun (including the specialized sense of death as life's final exit), making this a standard verb-to-cognate-noun cross-linguistic rendering pair.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Departure, the Exodus, the departure (of Israel from Egypt)15.42
- This noun denotes a formal departure, whether Israel's exodus from Egypt or another momentous departure, used of Moses and Elijah speaking with Jesus at the transfiguration about His departure which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem — "they were speaking of His departure, which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem" (Luke 9:31), and of the writer of Hebrews' account of Joseph making mention by faith of the exodus of the sons of Israel — "Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel" (Hebrews 11:22).
- To leave this life, to die, death, departure23.101
- It also serves as a euphemism for death itself, used of Jesus' own coming departure discussed at the transfiguration, continuing the same passage cited above (Luke 9:31), where the departure in view is His death at Jerusalem.
Word family 16 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐξόδου, ἡ (ὁδός), exit, i. e. departure: Heb 11:22; metaphorically, ἡ ἔξοδος τίνος the…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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