ἀποκυλίω

apokyliō · roll away

Greek word · Strong’s number G617 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

apokyliō (ἀποκυλίω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “roll away”.

A stone.

How to say it

a·po·ky·li·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. Move a stone by turning it over.

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

How it is translated

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

  • rolled away ×3
  • will roll away ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

  • Matthew 28:2

    And look, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and was sitting on it.

  • Mark 16:3

    And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?”

  • Mark 16:4

    And looking up, they see that the stone had been rolled away; for it was very large.

  • Luke 24:2

    And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,