Strong's Greek · G402

G402 anachōréō

ἀναχωρέω

depart, give place, go (turn) aside, withdraw self

When anachōréō is spoken over you, Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against Scripture with people you trust, and return to it in a year.

Definition

to retire

Derivation

from G303 (ἀνά) and G5562 (χωρέω);

Appears 14 times in Scripture

Matthew 12:15

Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them all,

Matthew 2:22

But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,

Matthew 2:12

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

Matthew 2:14

So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,

Matthew 4:12

When Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, He withdrew to Galilee.

Matthew 15:21

Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.

Matthew 2:13

When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”

Matthew 14:13

When Jesus heard about John, He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. But the crowds found out about it and followed Him on foot from the towns.

Mark 3:7

So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,

Matthew 27:5

So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

When anachōréō is spoken over you

Words like this one get spoken over people: in a prayer line, in a message from a friend, in a moment nobody planned. The lexicon gives you what anachōréō means. What God is saying to you through it is yours to record and weigh.

Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against verses like Matthew 12:15 with people you trust, and return to it in a year to see what came of it.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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