ekdémeó
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1553. ekdémeó

ekdémeó: to be away from home, absent
Original Word: ἐκδημέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: ekdémeó
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-day-meh'-o)
Short Definition: I go abroad, am absent
Definition: I go abroad, am absent.

1553 ekdēméō (from 1537 /ek, "out from and to" and 1218 /dḗmos, "a population, people") – properly, out from home, i.e. with the outcome of being absent ("away from home"). It only occurs in 2 Cor 5:6-9.

1553 /ekdēméō ("being absent") portrays believers who are still alive as being "away from home" (heaven), i.e. because still living in a mortal, physical body (2 Cor 5:6). At Christ's return, all believers will be resurrected/raptured from the earth, leaving the "old home" of the unglorified body on the present earth to experience glorification. See Rev 19:7-9.

1553 (ekdēmeō) is always used positively, of the desire to be absent (away) from the restrictions of this world and going on to enjoy God's manifest glory.

Word Origin
from ek and démos
Definition
to be away from home, absent
NASB Word Usage
absent (3).

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be absent.

From a compound of ek and demos; to emigrate, i.e. (figuratively) vacate or quit -- be absent.

see GREEK ek

see GREEK demos

ἐκδαπανηθήσομαι — 1 Occ.
ἐκδέχεσθε — 1 Occ.
ἐκδέχεται — 1 Occ.
ἐκδέχομαι — 1 Occ.
ἐκδεχομένων — 1 Occ.
ἐκδεχόμενος — 1 Occ.
ἐκδεχομένου — 1 Occ.
ἐξεδέχετο — 1 Occ.
ἔκδηλος — 1 Occ.
ἐκδημῆσαι — 1 Occ.
ἐκδημοῦντες — 1 Occ.
ἐκδώσεται — 1 Occ.
ἐξέδετο — 3 Occ.
ἐκδιηγῆται — 1 Occ.
ἐκδιηγούμενοι — 1 Occ.
ἐκδικῆσαι — 1 Occ.
ἐκδικήσω — 1 Occ.
Ἐκδίκησόν — 1 Occ.
ἐκδικεῖς — 1 Occ.
ἐκδικοῦντες — 1 Occ.


Strong's Greek 1553
3 Occurrences


ἐκδημῆσαι — 1 Occ.
ἐκδημοῦμεν — 1 Occ.
ἐκδημοῦντες — 1 Occ.

2 Corinthians 5:6 V-PIA-1P
BIB: τῷ σώματι ἐκδημοῦμεν ἀπὸ τοῦ
NAS: in the body we are absent from the Lord--
KJV: the body, we are absent from
INT: the body we are from home away from the

2 Corinthians 5:8 V-ANA
BIB: εὐδοκοῦμεν μᾶλλον ἐκδημῆσαι ἐκ τοῦ
NAS: rather to be absent from the body
KJV: rather to be absent from
INT: are pleased rather to be from home out of the

2 Corinthians 5:9 V-PPA-NMP
BIB: ἐνδημοῦντες εἴτε ἐκδημοῦντες εὐάρεστοι αὐτῷ
NAS: or absent, to be pleasing
KJV: present or absent, we may be accepted
INT: being at home or being from home well-pleasing to him

3 Occurrences


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