Greek verb · G1553
ἐκδημέω
ekdemeoek-day-meh'-o
be away
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ekdēméō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1553is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1553
to emigrate, i.e. (figuratively) vacate or quit
The King James renders it: be absent.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ekdemeo is rendered "be away". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Three of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Corinthians 5:6Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:6ἐκδημοῦμεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's three uses are in 2 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- being away1
- to be absent1
- we are absent1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἔκδηλος | ekdelos | clearly evident | Uses1 |
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐκδημῆσαι1
- ἐκδημοῦμεν1
- ἐκδημοῦντες1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person plural1V-PAI-1P
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PAP-NPM
2 Corinthians
three uses
Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.
- ἐκδημοῦμενekdemoumenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we are absent
We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
- ἐκδημῆσαιekdemesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be absent
So we aspire to please Him, whether we are here in this body or away from it.
- ἐκδημοῦντεςekdemountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: being away
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.