anachōreō · withdraw

What it means

anachōreō (ἀναχωρέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “withdraw”.

Go away, leave.

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 for another place, often due to danger.

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

How it is translated

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

• withdrew ×9
• had withdrawn ×2
• Go away ×1
• he left ×1
• withdrawing ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×10
• Mark×1
• John×1
• Acts×2

• Matthew 2:12

  And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another way.

• Matthew 2:13

  And when they had withdrawn, look, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child to destroy him.”

• Matthew 2:14

  And he got up, took the child and his mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,

• Matthew 2:22

  But hearing that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there; and having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee,

• Matthew 4:12

  Now when he heard that John had been handed over, he withdrew into Galilee.

• Matthew 9:24

  said, “Go away, for the girl has not died, but is sleeping.” And they were laughing at him.

• Matthew 12:15

  But Jesus, knowing this, withdrew from there. And many followed him, and he healed them all,

• Matthew 14:13

  Hearing this, Jesus withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself; and when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

• Matthew 15:21

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

• Matthew 27:5

  And throwing the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, he left, and he went away and hanged himself.

• Mark 3:7

  And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed; and from Judea

• John 6:15

  So Jesus, knowing that they were about to come and seize him to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself alone.

• Acts 23:19

  And the commander, taking him by the hand and withdrawing privately, asked him, “What is it that you have to report to me?”

• Acts 26:31

  and when they had withdrawn, they were speaking to one another, saying, “This man is doing nothing deserving death or chains.”