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Lexicon :: Strong's G617 - apokyliō

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ἀποκυλίω
Transliteration
apokyliō (Key)
Pronunciation
ap-ok-oo-lee'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

†ἀποκυλίω apokylíō, ap-ok-oo-lee'-o; from G575 and G2947; to roll away:—roll away (back).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G617 in the following manner: roll away (3x), roll back (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G617 in the following manner: roll away (3x), roll back (1x).

  1. to roll off or away

    This word is used in the Gospels to refer to the stone that was in front of the tomb of Jesus. In Palestine, graves were usually in a depression and the stone was rolled down an incline to cover the mouth of the tomb. For a small grave, about twenty men were required to roll a stone down hill to cover the door of the tomb. The Bible tells us that the stone covering the door of the tomb was a large stone. The women would have needed more men than even a full Roman guard of sixteen men to roll away the stone. This was a major task.
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ἀποκυλίω apokylíō, ap-ok-oo-lee'-o; from G575 and G2947; to roll away:—roll away (back).
STRONGS G617:
ἀποκυλίω: future ἀποκυλίσω; 1 aorist ἀπεκύλισα; perfect passive [3 person singular ἀποκεκύλισται Mark 16:4 R G L but T Tr WH, ἀνακεκ.], participle ἀποκεκυλισμένος; to roll off or away: Matthew 28:2; Mark 16:3; Luke 24:2. (Genesis 29:3, 8, 10; Judith 13:9; Josephus, Antiquities 4, 8, 37; 5, 11, 3; Lucian, rhet. praec. 3.)
But see ἀνακυλίω.

Related entry:
ἀνακυλίω;
1. to roll up.
2. to roll back: ἀνακεκύλισται ὁ λίθος, Mark 16:4 T Tr WH.
(Alexis in Athen. 6 p. 237 c.; Lucian de luctu 8; Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Plutarch, others)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
29:3; 29:8; 29:10
Matthew
28:2
Mark
16:3; 16:4; 16:4
Luke
24:2

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Strong's Number G617 matches the Greek ἀποκυλίω (apokyliō),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:2 - And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:3 - And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:4 - And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:2 - And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
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