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To depart

ἀναλύωStrong’s G0360

analuō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Analuō is the Greek word usually translated “may return” and “depart”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.”
Luke 12:36 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “may return” and “depart”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • he may return 1
  • to depart 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1
  • Philippians 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἀναλύω analuō · to depart

ἀνα-λύω [in LXX: I Est.3:3, Tob.2:9, Jdth.13:1, Sir.3:15, Wis.3:1-19 2:1-24,3 Mac.10 * ;] 1. to unloose. 2. to unloose for departure, depart (MM, VGT, see word): from life, Php.1:23 3. to return, Luk.12:36.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “depart” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

DEPART, verb intransitive

  1. To go or move from.“DEPART from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire” Matthew 25:41
  2. To go from; to leave; to desist, as from a practice.
  3. To leave; to deviate from; to forsake; not to adhere to or follow; as, we cannot depart from our rules.“I have not departed from thy judgments” Psalms 119:102
  4. To desist; to leave; to abandon; as, he would not depart from his purpose, resolution, or demand.
All definitions and other forms of “depart”
  1. To be lost; to perish; to vanish; as, his glory has departed.
  2. To die; to decease; to leave this world.“Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word” Luke 2:29
  3. To cease.
  4. To deviate; to vary from.
  5. To vary; to deviate from the title or defense in pleading.
  6. To part with.

DEPART, verb transitive

To divide or separate; to part.

    DEPART, noun

    1. The act of going away; death.
    2. Division; separation.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.