exerchomai · go out

What it means

exerchomai (ἐξέρχομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “go out”.

Come out.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To leave the place where one was and go outside or elsewhere.
2. For a spirit to come out of a person.
3. To come from somewhere; for news to spread.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Go out. It is ἔρχομαι, “come, go”, with the prefix ἐκ, “from, out of”.

• To go out of a place Matthew 26:75Matthew 13:3Luke 15:28
• An unclean spirit that comes out of a person Mark 1:25Mark 1:26
• To come from: to proceed from Matthew 2:6John 8:42

How we translate it

“Went out” 67 times, “came out” 26, “go out” 22, “come out” 18, “going out” 15. It is translated “go out” or “come out” consistently, according to where the speaker stands; when it means origin, “come” or “came forth” (Matthew 2:6; John 8:42).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• went out ×67
• came out ×26
• go out ×22
• come out ×18
• going out ×15
• coming out ×8
• had gone out ×8
• come ×6
• came forth ×5
• get out ×4
• others ×37

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×43
• Mark×39
• Luke×44
• John×29
• Acts×30
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×2
• 2 Corinthians×3
• Philippians×1
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• Hebrews×5
• James×1
• 1 John×2
• 2 John×1
• 3 John×1
• Revelation×13

• Matthew 2:6

  ‘And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you will come a leader who will shepherd my people Israel.’”

• Matthew 5:26

  Truly I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny.

• Matthew 8:28

  And when he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two men possessed by demons met him, coming out of the tombs, so violent that no one could pass along that road.

• Matthew 8:32

  And he said to them, “Go.” So they came out and went into the pigs; and look, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.

• Matthew 8:34

  And look, the whole town came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged him to move away from their region.

• Matthew 9:26

  And this report went out into all that land.

• Matthew 9:31

  But they went out and spread the news about him in all that land.

• Matthew 9:32

  As they were going out, look, people brought to him a mute man possessed by a demon.

• Matthew 10:11

  And whatever town or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you leave.

• Matthew 10:14

  And whoever does not receive you or listen to your words, as you go out of that house or town, shake off the dust from your feet.

• Matthew 11:7

  As these were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind?

• Matthew 11:8

  But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? Look, those who wear soft clothes are in the houses of kings.

• Matthew 11:9

  But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

• Matthew 12:14

  But the Pharisees went out and took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.

• Matthew 12:43

  When the unclean spirit goes out of the man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it.

• Matthew 12:44

  Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came out.’ And when it comes, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order.

• Matthew 13:1

  On that day Jesus, going out of the house, was sitting beside the sea.

• Matthew 13:3

  And he told them many things in parables, saying, “Look, the sower went out to sow.

• Matthew 13:49

  So it will be at the end of the age: the angels will go out and separate the evil from among the righteous

• Matthew 14:14

  And going ashore, he saw a large crowd, and he was moved with compassion for them and healed their sick.

• Matthew 15:18

  But the things that come out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and those defile the person.

• Matthew 15:19

  For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

• Matthew 15:21

  And going out from there, Jesus withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.

• Matthew 15:22

  And look, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is badly demon-possessed.”

• Matthew 17:18

  And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was healed from that hour.

• Matthew 18:28

  But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him, he was choking him, saying, ‘Pay back whatever you owe!’

• Matthew 20:1

  For the kingdom of heaven is like a man, a master of a house, who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

• Matthew 20:3

  And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing in the marketplace idle;

• Matthew 20:5

  And they went. Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour and did the same.

• Matthew 20:6

  And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing there, and he says to them, ‘Why have you been standing here all the day idle?’

• Matthew 21:17

  And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

• Matthew 22:10

  And those slaves went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both evil and good; and the wedding feast was filled with guests.

• Matthew 24:1

  And Jesus went out from the temple and was going away, and his disciples came up to point out to him the buildings of the temple.

• Matthew 24:26

  So if they say to you, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.

• Matthew 24:27

  For just as the lightning comes out from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

• Matthew 25:1

  “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who, taking their lamps, went out to meet the bridegroom.

• Matthew 25:6

  But in the middle of the night there was a shout: ‘Look, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’

• Matthew 26:30

  And after singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

• Matthew 26:55

  At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs, to arrest me? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me.

• Matthew 26:71

  And when he went out to the gateway, another girl saw him and says to those there, “This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.”

And 176 more times.