ἀναχωρέω

ἀναχωρέω 1 aor. ἀνεχώρησα; pf. ἀνακεχώρηκα (s. χωρέω; Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX; pseudepigr., Philo, Joseph.; Just. D. 76, 5 [for ἀπο-Mt 7:23]).

① to depart from a location

ⓐ gener. go away (Epict. 2, 1, 8; 2, 12, 6; 4, 1, 96; Herodian 1, 12, 2; 2 Macc 10:13; Jos., Vi. 151) Mt 2:13; 9:24; 27:5; Hv 3, 1, 8; Hs 9, 5, 1f. μικρόν a little way Hs 9, 5, 1 v.l. ἀπό τινος Hs 9, 11, 2. Fig. τόπος ἀνακεχωρηκώς a secluded place v 3, 1, 3 (cp. the metaph. expressions L-S-J-M III).

ⓑ withdraw, retire, take refuge (common in pap of obligations to the state, e.g. POxy 251, 10 εἰς τὴν ξένην; 252, 9 [19/20]; PLille 3, 76 [241 B.C.]; cp. Wilcken, APF 5, 1908, 222; HBraunert, JJP 9/10, ’55/56, 59ff; HHenne, MPER n.s. V, ’56, 59ff; also s. Ex 2:15; 2 Macc 5:27 εἰς) εἰς Αἴγυπτον Mt 2:14. εἰς τὰ μέρη τῆς Γαλιλαίας 2:22; cp. 15:21. εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν 4:12. εἴς τινα τόπον to a certain place Hv 2, 1, 4. πρὸς (v.l. εἰς, read by Tdf.) τὴν θάλασσαν to the sea = westward like יָמָּה Mk 3:7 (ἀ. πρός w. acc. as Jos., Ant. 1, 85). εἰς τὸ ὄρος J 6:15. ἀπὸ τ. Ἀθηνῶν Ac 18:1 D. ἐκεῖθεν Mt 12:15. ἐκεῖθεν εἰς ἔρημον τόπον from there to a lonely place 14:13; κατʼ ἰδίαν ibid. Ac 23:19. Abs. 26:31; AcPl Ha 3, 3; 15.

② to go back to an area from which one has departed, return (εἰς Polyb. 1, 11, 15; SIG 1168, 117; OGI 335, 121; Jos., Bell. 2, 407, Ant. 17, 58) εἰς τ. χώραν αὐτῶν to their own country Mt 2:12; GJs 21:4.—DELG s.v. χώρα. M-M.