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ἐκδημέω

ekdēmeō · be away from home

Greek word · Strong’s number G1553 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

ekdēmeō (ἐκδημέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “be away from home”.

Be absent or traveling far away.

How to say it

ek·dē·me·ō

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 be far from one's home.

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

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Where it appears

  • 2 Corinthians 5:6

    So, always being of good courage and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord

  • 2 Corinthians 5:8

    and we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:9

    Therefore we also make it our aim, whether at home or away, to be pleasing to him.