ὑποχωρέω

ὑποχωρέω 1 aor. ὑπεχώρησα (Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX; TestAbr B 4 p. 108, 25 [Stone p. 64] ἐκ τοῦ σώματος; TestJob 27:2 [w. dat.]; GrBar 13:1f [ὑπό τινων]; Just., D. 9, 2)

① of persons (Hom. et al. in a military sense ‘go back, retreat, withdraw’, but also as Philo, Abr. 22 in a peaceful sense) to withdraw from a location, to go off, go away, retire, w. εἰς and acc. (Jos., Vi. 20; 246) εἰς πόλιν Lk 9:10. Used w. ἐν in the sense ‘retire to a place and spend some time there’ (cp. Kühner-G. I 541) ἦν ὑποχωρῶν ἐν ταῖς ἐρήμοις he would steal away to (the) lonely places 5:16.—Lk 20:20 v.l.

② of things to move from a position, move away (Jos., Ant. 1, 91; 11, 240) of rolling movement ὁ λίθος ὑπεχώρησεν παρὰ μέρος GPt 9:37 corr. by Robinson (ἐπʼ-cod., ἀπʼ-Gebhardt, Blass; s. μέρος 1c, end).—DELG s.v. χώρα. M-M.