ἐκπορεύω

Matthew 3:5 ἐξεπορεύετο were going out

People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan.

Here: The imperfect tense shows a continuing, repeated movement: people kept streaming out over a period of time, not one single trip. The 'out' (ek-) means leaving the towns and settled land for the wilderness where John was.

Matthew 4:4 ἐκπορευομένῳ coming out

But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Here: 'Going out / coming forth'. The picture is speech leaving a mouth, as with a vow 'going out' of the lips in the Torah. Being a present participle, it presents God's speaking as something that goes on, not one past act.

Matthew 15:11 ἐκπορευόμενον going forth

A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”

Here: 'Coming out', again in the present tense of habit. In verses 18–19 Jesus explains that what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart: evil plans, murders, adulteries, thefts, false testimony, slanders.

Matthew 15:18 ἐκπορευόμενα going forth

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.

Here: Present participle, "the things going out": what keeps coming out of a person. It is the counterpart of eisporeuomenon ("going in") in v.17, so the verse sets going in against coming out.

Matthew 20:29 ἐκπορευομένων when were going out

As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him.

Here: A present participle meaning 'as they were going out.' The action is still happening: the group is in the middle of leaving the town when the next thing happens, which sets up the blind men calling out at the roadside (20:30).

Mark 1:5 ἐξεπορεύετο were going out

People went out to him from all of Jerusalem and the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

Mark 6:11 ἐκπορευόμενοι departing

If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”

Here: A present participle, 'as you are going out'. The gesture is done on the way out, at the edge of the house or town, where people can see it.

Mark 7:15 ἐκπορευόμενά proceeding

Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”

Here: Present participle, "going out": the mirror of eisporeuomenon. To a Jewish ear, "what goes out of a person" could at first suggest the bodily discharges that make a person impure in Leviticus 15. Verses 21–23 redirect it to what comes from the heart.

Mark 7:19 ἐκπορεύεται goes out,

because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)

Mark 7:20 ἐκπορευόμενον, going forth,

He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.

Here: 'Going out', in the present tense, so it pictures an ongoing flow. It is the same verb Jesus has just used for food passing out of the body into the latrine (v. 19). The repetition is pointed: what goes out the bottom does not matter; what goes out from the heart does.

Mark 7:21 ἐκπορεύονται go forth

For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

Here: The present tense describes something ongoing: these things keep coming out. It is the same 'going out' verb as in verses 15, 19, 20 and 23. Food 'goes out' into the latrine (v.19) and does no harm. These things 'go out' from the heart and defile.

Mark 7:23 ἐκπορεύεται go forth

All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”

Mark 10:17 ἐκπορευομένου when is going forth

As Jesus started on His way, a man ran up and knelt before Him. “Good Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Here: Present participle: 'as he was going out.' Jesus is in the middle of leaving, probably the house of 10:10, to set off again. The man catches him just as he is starting out.

Mark 10:46 ἐκπορευομένου when was going out

Next, they came to Jericho. And as Jesus and His disciples were leaving Jericho with a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting beside the road.

Here: 'As he was going out.' This begins a time clause loosely attached to the main sentence. The present form shows the departure in progress: the encounter happens while the procession is on the move, not after it has stopped.

Mark 11:19 ἐξεπορεύοντο they were going

And when evening came, Jesus and His disciples went out of the city.

Mark 13:1 ἐκπορευομένου when is going forth

As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, look at the magnificent stones and buildings!”

Luke 3:7 ἐκπορευομένοις coming out

Then John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Here: "Going out" from the towns and villages into the wilderness by the Jordan. The present tense suggests a steady stream of people. Getting to John took deliberate effort.

Luke 4:22 ἐκπορευομένοις are proceeding

All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His lips. “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” they asked.

Here: 'Going out, proceeding'. The present tense makes the words vivid, still flowing out as he speaks. The phrasing has a biblical ring (compare Deut 8:3, 'every word that proceeds from the mouth of God').

Luke 4:37 ἐξεπορεύετο was spreading

And the news about Jesus spread throughout the surrounding region.

John 5:29 ἐκπορεύσονται, will come forth —

and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

Here: Future tense: 'they will come out', from the tombs named in verse 28. The picture is concrete: the dead walking out of their burial places, as Lazarus will later do at Jesus' call (John 11:43–44).

John 15:26 ἐκπορεύεται, goes forth,

When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.

Here: Present tense: "goes out" or "comes out". It is an ordinary verb of movement, used for people leaving a place and for words coming out of a mouth. Here it sits next to "I will send" and describes the Spirit's coming from the Father's presence.

Acts 9:28 ἐκπορευόμενος going out

So Saul stayed with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.

Acts 19:12 ἐκπορεύεσθαι coming out

so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.

Here: 'Were going out.' The spirits left the people. The verb pictures them physically leaving their hold on the person.

Acts 25:4 ἐκπορεύεσθαι· to set out;

But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.

Ephesians 4:29 ἐκπορευέσθω should go forth

Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.

Here: A present-tense command in the third person: 'let it not be going out'. It describes a settled habit of speech, not a single slip. Jesus uses the same verb in Matthew 15:11 and 18 for what 'comes out of the mouth' and defiles a person.

Revelation 1:16 ἐκπορευομένη is going forth

He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

Here: 'Going out, issuing forth'. The present tense pictures it as ongoing: the sword keeps coming from his mouth. Revelation uses this verb for things that come out of mouths as weapons (fire in 9:17–18 and 11:5; the sword in 19:15).

Revelation 4:5 ἐκπορεύονται come

From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God.

Here: Present tense: the lightning and thunder "keep coming out". John moves into the present to make the scene vivid and continuous. The same verb is used of lightning going out from the fire in Ezekiel 1:13 (Greek version).

Revelation 9:17 ἐκπορεύεται proceed

Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.

Here: Present tense and singular: 'goes out'. John shifts into the present, so the reader watches it happening. The singular verb treats fire, smoke and sulfur as one combined blast.

Revelation 9:18 ἐκπορευομένου is proceeding

A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.

Here: "Going out / pouring out". The present tense shows the stream as ongoing. The form is singular, agreeing with the nearest noun, "sulfur", but it describes all three. The supplied lemma is the active ἐκπορεύω; in the NT the word always appears in middle forms.

Revelation 11:5 ἐκπορεύεται goes out

If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.

Here: Present tense: fire 'goes out', as a standing pattern. Revelation uses the same verb for the sword coming out of Christ's mouth (1:16; 19:15).

Revelation 16:14 ἐκπορεύεται go forth

These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.

Here: The spirits go out as envoys, just as they came out of the three mouths in verse 13. In Greek a neuter plural subject normally takes a singular verb, so the singular form is ordinary grammar.

Revelation 19:15 ἐκπορεύεται goes forth

And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

Here: Present tense, so it is a lasting feature of the figure, as in 1:16. The sword is always coming from his mouth. It is not drawn once.

Revelation 22:1 ἐκπορευόμενον flowing

Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

Here: "Going out, issuing forth." The present tense pictures a flow that never stops. The Greek version of Genesis 2:10 uses the same verb for the river that "goes out" of Eden.