verb
exeiamō
Strong’sG1826
I go out, depart
stem exei-4 times in the New Testament3 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἔξ-ειμι
(< εἶμι),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1826 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidex'-i-mee
to issue, i.e. leave (a place), escape (to the shore)
Fromfrom G1537 and εἶμι (to go);
King Jamesdepart, get (to land), go out.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(εἰμί
B sum), only used in impersonal forms (see. ἔξεστι), except in αἰ ἐλεύθεροι μὴ ἐξεῖεν if [a woman] shall leave no free-born issue, Refs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| exeialeἐξῄεσαν | was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural | departed | 1× |
| exeiarōἐξιέναι | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | get | 2× |
| exeiarōntoiuἘξιόντων | happening now · of, belonging topresent active participle genitive plural masculine | going out | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | exeiamō | exeiame | exeiami | exeiama | exeiamē | exeiamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | exeiasō | exeiase | exeiasi | exeiasa | exeiasē | exeiaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | exeiatō | exeiate | exeiati | exeiata | exeiatē | exeiatelē |
| we 1st person plural | exeianō | exeiane | exeiani | exeiana | exeianē | exeianelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | exeiavō | exeiave | exeiavi | exeiava | exeiavē | exeiavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | exeialō | exeiale1×ἐξῄεσαν | exeiali | exeiala | exeialē | exeialelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | exeiameiō | exeiameia | exeiameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | exeiaseiō | exeiaseia | exeiaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | exeiateiō | exeiateia | exeiateiē |
| we 1st person plural | exeianeiō | exeianeia | exeianeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | exeiaveiō | exeiaveia | exeiaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | exeialeiō | exeialeia | exeialeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | exeiasōr | exeiasar | exeiasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | exeiatōr | exeiatar | exeiatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | exeiavōr | exeiavar | exeiavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | exeialōr | exeialar | exeialēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | exeiamoiō | exeiamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | exeiasoiō | exeiasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | exeiatoiō | exeiatoia |
| we 1st person plural | exeianoiō | exeianoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | exeiavoiō | exeiavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | exeialoiō | exeialoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | exeiarō2×ἐξιέναι | exeiari | exeiara | exeiarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | exeiarōntos1× | exeiarintos | exeiarantos | exeiarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
exei is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
exeiale“departed”was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Acts 17:15“departed”… hina hōs tachuotateim erchaleia pros auton exeiale.… Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as …
exeiarō“get”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive2×
Acts 20:7… arton tos Paulos dialegote autoi, mellarōntos exeiarō ta epaurion, parateinate tē ton logon …… bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to …
Acts 27:43… kolumbarō aporiptarantoin prōtoin epi tan gēan exeiarō,… swim to jump overboard first and get to land.
exeiarōntoiu“going out”happening now · of, belonging topresent active participle genitive plural masculine1×
Acts 13:42“going out”Exeiarōntoiu de autoiu parakalale eis tem metaxu …As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.