Greek verb · G402
ἀναχωρέω
anachoreoan-akh-o-reh'-o
to go back.; to withdraw
14 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: anachōréō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G402is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G402
to retire
The King James renders it: depart, give place, go (turn) aside, withdraw self.
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
anachoreo is rendered "to go back.; to withdraw". It stands 14 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Ten of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to go back.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 2:12And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.
Matthew 2:12ἀνεχώρησαν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to go back., and to withdraw.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to go back. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 2:12And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod… |
| to withdrawMat.9:24; frequently in sense of avoiding danger (MM, VGT, see word), Mat.2:12 (but see Thayer), Mat.2:13-14, 22 4:12 12:15 14:13 15:21... | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 2:12And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod… |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀνάχυσις | anachysis | outpouring | Uses1 |
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 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
- ἀνεχώρησεν9
- ἀναχωρεῖτε1
- ἀναχωρήσαντες1
- Ἀναχωρησάντων1
- ἀναχωρήσας1
- ἀνεχώρησαν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular9V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1V-AAP-GPM
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-AAP-NPM
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-AAP-NSM
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person plural1V-PAM-2P
Matthew
ten uses
And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.
- ἀνεχώρησανanechoresanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they withdrew
When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”
- Ἀναχωρησάντωνanachoresantonverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: When were withdrawing
So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,
- ἀνεχώρησενanechoresenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: withdrew
But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
- ἀνεχώρησενanechoresenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he withdrew
When Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, He withdrew to Galilee.
- ἀνεχώρησενanechoresenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He withdrew
“Go away,” He told them. “The girl is not dead, but asleep.” And they laughed at Him.
- ἀναχωρεῖτεanachoreiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do go away
Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them all,
- ἀνεχώρησενanechoresenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He withdrew
When Jesus heard about John, He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. But the crowds found out about it and followed Him on foot from the towns.
- ἀνεχώρησενanechoresenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: withdrew
Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
- ἀνεχώρησενanechoresenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: withdrew
So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
- ἀνεχώρησενanechoresenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he withdrew
Mark
one use
So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,
- ἀνεχώρησενanechoresenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: withdrew
John
one use
Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.
- ἀνεχώρησενanechoresenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: withdrew
Acts
two uses
The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside, and asked, “What do you need to tell me?”
- ἀναχωρήσαςanachoresasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having withdrawn
On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
- ἀναχωρήσαντεςanachoresantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having withdrawn
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.