G1327 διέξοδος (diéxodos)

Greek

Noun, Feminine

Quick Definition

διέξοδος, ου, ἡ n.f. a public spot in a city

Strong's Definition

an outlet through, i.e. probably an open square (from which roads diverge)

Derivation: from G1223 (διά) and G1841 (ἔξοδος);

KJV Usage: highway

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

διέξοδος (G1327)

noun, f. | -ου | ὁδεύω

1.102 · Geographical Objects and Features · Thoroughfares: Roads, Streets, Paths, etc.

where a main street leaves the city (possibly at the city wall) possibly a street crossing, but more probably the place where a principal thoroughfare crosses a city boundary and extends into the open country

MAT 22:9

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

δι-ἐξοδος, -ov, 7; fr. Hdt. down; a way out through, outlet, exit: διέξοδοι τῶν ὁδῶν, Mt. xxii. 9, lit. ways through which ways go out, i.e. ace. to the context and the design of the parable places before the city where the roads from the country terminate, therefore outlets of the country highways, the same being also their entrances; [ef. Ob. 14; Ezek. xxi. 21; the R. V. renders it partings of the highways]. The phrase figuratively represents the territory of heathen nations, into which the apostles were about to go forth, (as is well shown by Fischer, De vitiis lexx. N. T. p- 634 sqq.). Used of the boundaries of countries, it is equiv. to the Hebr. nixyin, Num. xxxiv. 4 sq. 8 sq., and often in the book of Joshua, [cf. Rieder, Die zusammengesetzten Verba u. s. w. p. 18. Others understand the crossings or thoroughfares here to represent the most frequented spots. ]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

διέξοδος diexodos 1x

a passage throughout; a line of road, a thoroughfare, Mt. 22:9*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

δι-έξ-οδος, -ου, ἡ

[in LXX chiefly for תּוֹצָאָה, as Nu 34:4 ff., and freq. in Jos;]

in π. of the conclusion of a trial (MM, Exp., xi); a way out through, an outlet; pl., δ. τῶν ὁδῶν, RV, the partings of the highways: Mt 22:9.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

διέξοδος [page 160] In P Magd 12 .11 (B.C. 217) διέξοδος is used for the conclusion of a trial : it is prayed that men who have wrongfully taken possession of land should not be allowed to get in the harvest ἕως δὲ τοῦ διέξοδον λαβεῖν τὴν κρίσιν μὴ θερίζειν αὐτούς This rather supports Grimm s view of Mat_22:9 , the issues of the streets, i.e. where they lead out from the city into the country. Cf. Aristeas 105, where, as Thackeray (Trans. p. 23 n. .3 ) points out, the διέξοδοι , the main streets leading out of the city, and the δίοδοι , cross-streets, seem to be distinguished. In Vettius Valens, p. 334 .16 , we have ἐγὼ δὲ τούτου φρουρίου ἐκκόψας τινὰ μέρη πυλῶν τοῖς βουλομένοις τὴν διέξοδον ἐμήνυσα πλέον . There is a curious derivative in P Brem 73 .4 ( ap. Chrest. I. p. 277) ( c. A.D. 117) περισσὸν ἡγοῦμαι διεξωδέστερον ὑμεῖν γράφειν , which Wilcken notes = διεξοδικώτερον , ausfόhrlicher.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

διέξοδος (diexodos) — thoroughfare. διέξ-οδος, ἡ, outlet, passage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διέξοδοι ὁδῶν passage-ways, [Refs]; ἀνέμων διέξοδοι (through the body), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; way out from, [NT+5th c.BC+]; of the main roads out of a town, [Refs]; δ. ὑδάτων, of a spring, [LXX]; of tears,[LXX]

2. pathway, orbit, of the sun, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τρεῖς ἡλίου διέξοδοι three days, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of planets, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; δ. τῶν βουλευμάτων the paths of his counsels, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. τῆς φύσεως, τῆς οὐσίας, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

3. issue, event, δ. λαβεῖν [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

4. means of escape, πάσας δ. διεξελθών [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. πραγμάτων way out of difficulties, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

5. in Medicine texts, evacuation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. detailed narrative or description, ἡ τοῦ λόγου δ. the course of the narrative or argument, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; exposition, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἡ διὰ στοιχείου δ. description by resolving into elements, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ διέξοδον in detail, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]narratives, tales, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. military evolution, δ. τακτικαί [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

III.2. excursion, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.3. repeated experiment, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

δι-έ-οδος, -ου, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for תּוֹצָאָה, as Num.34:4ff, and frequently in Jos;] in π. of the conclusion of a trial (MM, Exp., xi); a way out through, an outlet; pl., δ. τῶν ὁδῶν, RV, the partings of the highways: Mat.22:9.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

22:9