Lexicon
ὑπάγω
hupagō
G5217
G:V Greek

to go

79
Occurrences
7
Books
Greek
Language

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

  1. 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.

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Across Scripture