to go out
exerchomai marks going forth from a place, group, or source, including travel, release, and emergence.
The verb most often marks departure or movement outward from a location, whether people leave a city, house, prison, or gathering. It also describes something emerging from a source, such as speech, a snake, or spirits, and can mark departure from a former community or a commanded separation.
Senses in use
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Leaving or proceeding from a place · dominant
Aorist active forms describe people moving away from a stated setting or toward another destination: in Acts 10:23 the APB renders that he “went out with them,” and in Acts 16:13 it renders the group going “out of the gate.” In Acts 12:10 the participle follows passage through prison posts and an opening city gate, while Acts 17:33 describes Paul leaving the midst of the assembly.
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Emerging or issuing from a source · common
The verb can present an entity as coming forth from its point of origin. In Acts 28:3 the APB renders a snake that “came out from the heat”; in James 3:10 it renders praise and curse as coming “from the same mouth.” The completed movement of a message or faith outward is also visible in 1 Corinthians 14:36 and 1 Thessalonians 1:8.
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Departing from a community or sphere · occasional
Some clauses emphasize leaving a collective setting rather than merely changing location. In 1 John 2:19 the APB renders persons who “went out” from the writer's community, and 2 Corinthians 6:17 gives an aorist active command to come out from a surrounding group and be separate. Acts 15:24 likewise identifies certain persons who went out from the sending community.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses “went out,” “go out,” “came out,” and “come out” for the movement described in these clauses. It also uses broader context-sensitive wording such as “departed,” “escaped,” and “gone out”; Those English choices do not independently define the term.