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To roll away

ἀποκυλίωStrong’s G0617

apokuliō

Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament

In short

Apokuliō is the Greek word usually translated “rolled away”, “roll away” and “has been rolled away”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.

“And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.”
Matthew 28:2 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “rolled away”, “roll away” and “has been rolled away”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • he rolled away 1
  • will roll away 1
  • has been rolled away 1
  • rolled away 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Mark 2
  • Matthew 1
  • Luke 1

3 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary

ἀποκυλίω apokuliō · to roll away

ἀπο-κυλίω (see: κυλίω), [in LXX: Gen.29:3, 8 29:10 (גָּלַל) Jdth.13:9 * ;] to roll away: Mat.28:2, Mrk.16:3, Luk.24:2.† (AS)

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

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