ἀναχωρέω anachōreō

Greek word for “to leave” · Strong’s G402 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

ἀνα-χωρέω, -ῶ; 1. to go back.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for anachōreō in context, with how often each is used:

• withdrew 10
• having withdrawn 2
• when were withdrawing 1
• do go away 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 2 (4), Matthew 4 (1), Matthew 9 (1), Matthew 12 (1), Matthew 14 (1), Matthew 15 (1), Matthew 27 (1), Mark 3 (1), John 6 (1), Acts 23 (1)

Forms

• ἀνεχώρησεν 9
• ἀνεχώρησαν 1
• Ἀναχωρησάντων 1
• ἀναχωρεῖτε 1
• ἀναχωρήσας 1
• ἀναχωρήσαντες 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with anachōreō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ὄναρ onar “dream” 3
• ἐκεῖθεν ekeithen “from there” 3
• Ἡρώδης Hērōdēs “Herod” 3
• Γαλιλαία Galilaia “Galilee” 3
• κατά kata “according to” 5
• ἀκολουθέω akoloutheō “to follow” 3
• χρηματίζω chrēmatizō “to announce” 2
• Αἴγυπτος Aiguptos “Egypt” 2
• μέρος meros “part” 2
• Ἰουδαία Ioudaia “Judea” 2
• παραλαμβάνω paralambanō “to take” 2
• παιδίον paidion “child” 2

Key verses

The verses using anachōreō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 2:12 — And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
• Matthew 2:13 — And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee…
• Matthew 2:22 — But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a…
• Matthew 4:12 — Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
• Matthew 9:24 — He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
• Matthew 12:15 — But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
• Matthew 14:13 — When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the…
• Matthew 15:21 — Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
• Matthew 27:5 — And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
• Mark 3:7 — But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judæa,
• John 6:15 — When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
• Acts 26:31 — And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.