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To depart

ἐκπορεύωStrong’s G1607

ekporeuō

Appears in 34 verses of the New Testament

In short

Ekporeuō is the Greek word usually translated “coming out”, “going forth” and “goes out”. It appears in 34 verses of the New Testament.

“Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,”
Matthew 3:5 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “coming out”, “going forth” and “goes out”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • coming out 3
  • going forth 3
  • goes out 3
  • go forth 3
  • were going out 2
  • when is going forth 2
  • goes forth 2
  • when were going out 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Mark 11
  • Revelation 8
  • Matthew 6
  • Luke 3
  • Acts 3
  • John 2

7 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἐκπορεύω ekporeuō · to depart

ἐκ-πορεύω [in LXX chiefly for יָצָא ;] to make to go out; pass. and mid., to go forth: Luk.3:7, Act.25:4; of demons leaving one possessed, Mat.17:21 (WH om.), Act.19:12; of excrement, Mk 719; before ἀπό, Mat.20:29, Mrk.10:46; ἐκ, Mrk.13:1 (of the dead rising, Jhn.5:29); ἐκεῖθεν, Mrk.6:11; ἔξω, Mrk.11:19; είς, Mrk.10:17, Jhn.5:29; ἐπί, with accusative of person(s), Rev.16:14; πρός, with accusative of person(s), Mat.3:5, Mrk.1:5; εἰσπορ- (which see) καὶ ἐ., Act.9:28; metaphorically, to come forth, proceed: of feelings, etc., Mrk.7:23; before ἐκ, Mat.15:11, 18 Mrk.7:15, 20-21, Luk.4:22, Eph.4:2 …

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.