Strong’s G1831 · Greek

ἐξέρχομαι
exérchomai

Definition

to issue (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

from G1537 (ἐκ) and G2064 (ἔρχομαι);

Where the KJV renders it

  • come (forth
  • out)
  • depart (out of)
  • escape
  • get out
  • go (abroad
  • away
  • forth
  • out
  • thence)
  • proceed (forth)
  • spread abroad

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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