To go out/away
ἔξειμιStrong’s G1826exeimi
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Exeimi is the Greek word usually translated “when are departing”, “were departing” and “depart”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.”
Meaning
Usually translated “when are departing”, “were departing” and “depart”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- when are departing 1
- they were departing 1
- to depart 1
- to go out 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 4
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 17:15And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.
- Acts 20:7And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
- Acts 27:43But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
Greek dictionary
ἔξειμι exeimi · to go out/away
ἔξ-ειμι (εἶμι), to go forth: Act.13:42 Act.17:15 Act.20:7; before ἐπί, with accusative, Act.27:43.† (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
- To go or move from.“DEPART from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire” Matthew 25:41
- To go from; to leave; to desist, as from a practice.
- 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
- To desist; to leave; to abandon; as, he would not depart from his purpose, resolution, or demand.
All definitions and other forms of “depart”
- To be lost; to perish; to vanish; as, his glory has departed.
- To die; to decease; to leave this world.“Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word” Luke 2:29
- To cease.
- To deviate; to vary from.
- To vary; to deviate from the title or defense in pleading.
- To part with.
DEPART, verb transitive
To divide or separate; to part.
DEPART, noun
- The act of going away; death.
- 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.