to go
Hupago denotes going from a place, whether as a command to depart or a statement about someone’s course or destination.
The attested use concerns movement away or onward toward a destination: it occurs frequently in direct instructions to go somewhere, as well as in statements that a person is going, leaving, or proceeding. The same movement language appears where a destination is known, unknown, or expressed by the image of walking in darkness.
Senses in use
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Going or proceeding toward a destination · dominant
Present active forms direct people to move to a stated place or task: in John 9:7 the APB renders the instruction, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam,” and in Mark 14:13 it renders, “Go into the city.” Indicative and participial forms describe someone’s ongoing course or departure: in John 13:3 the APB says that he “was going to God,” while Mark 6:33 describes people “going” and arriving ahead. In John 12:35 and 1 John 2:11, the clause speaks of not knowing where one is going while walking in darkness.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with “go” or “going,” including commands and descriptions of travel or departure; it also uses “went away” in John 9:7. Its wording confirms the movement of each clause without fixing a separate English equivalent in every instance.