Departure
ἔξοδοςStrong’s G1841exodos
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Exodos is the Greek word usually translated “going out”, “exodus” and “departure”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.”
Meaning
Usually translated “going out”, “exodus” and “departure”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- going out 1
- exodus 1
- departure 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
- Hebrews 1
- 2 Peter 1
3 books in all.
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Greek dictionary
ἔξοδος exodos · departure
ἔξ-οδος, -ου, ὁ (ὁδός), [in LXX chiefly for מוֹצָא also חוּץ, etc. ;] a going out, departure: Heb.11:22; of death, Luk.9:31, 2Pe.1:15.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “departure” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEPARTURE, noun
- The act of going away; a moving from or leaving a place; as a departure from London.
- Death; decease; removal from the present life.“The time of my departure is at hand” 2 Timothy 4:6
- A forsaking; abandonment; as a departure from evil.
- A desisting; as a departure from a purpose.
All definitions
- Ruin; destruction. Ezekiel 26:18
- A deviation from the title or defense in pleading.
- In navigation, the distance of two places on the same parallel, counted in miles of the equator.
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.