Exodus

See also: exodus

English

Exodus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Exodus on Wikisource.Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

Etymology

From Latin Exodus, from Ancient Greek ἔξοδος (éxodos), from ἐξ (ex, “out of”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛksədəs/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Homophone: exodus

Proper noun

Exodus

2. (biblical) The departure of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt under the leadership of Moses.
4. (biblical) The second of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the second book in the Torah describing the Exodus.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Exod.

Derived terms

• exodus
• Exoduster

Translations

departure of Hebrew slaves

• Afrikaans: Eksodus (af)
• Armenian: Ելք (hy) (Elkʻ)
• Basque: Irteera (eu)
• Breton: Ermaeziadeg (br) f
• Catalan: Èxode m
• Cebuano: Eksodo
• Chinese:

  Eastern Min: 出埃及記／出埃及记 (Chók Ăi-gĭk-gé)

• Corsican: Esodo (co)
• Czech: Exodus (cs)
• Dutch: Exodus (nl) m, Uittocht m
• Esperanto: Eliro
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Faroese: Onnur Mósebók (fo) m
• Finnish: exodus (fi), israelilaisten pako Egyptistä
• French: Exode (fr)
• German: Exodus (de) m
• Greek: Έξοδος (el) f (Éxodos)

  Ancient: Ἔξοδος f (Éxodos)

• Greenlandic: 2 Mosesi (kl)
• Hebrew: יְצִיאַת מִצְרַיִם
• Hungarian: kivonulás Egyiptomból
• Icelandic: flótti Gyðinga frá Egyptalandi m, flóttinn frá Egyptalandi m
• Ido: Exodo (io)
• Indonesian: Keluaran
• Irish: Eaxodus (ga) m
• Italian: Esodo (it) m
• Japanese: 出エジプト (Shutsu Ejiputo)
• Latin: Exodus (la)
• Limburgish: Exodus
• Lithuanian: Išėjimo m
• Macedonian: Егзо́дус m (Egzódus)
• Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} പുറപ്പാട് (ml) (puṟappāṭŭ)
• Maltese: Eżodu
• Manx: Exodus (gv)
• Maori: Ekoruhe (mi)
• Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: Exodus (pl) m
• Portuguese: Êxodo (pt) m
• Romanian: Exodul (ro) m
• Russian: Исхо́д (ru) m (Isxód)
• Scots: Exodus
• Scottish Gaelic: Ecsodus (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: Knjiga Izlaska f
• Slovak: Exodus m
• Slovene: Eksodus (sl) m
• Spanish: Éxodo (es)
• Swahili: Kutoka (sw) class 8
• Swedish: uttåget ur Egypten n, uttåg (sv) n, ökenvandring (sv) c
• Tagalog: Exodo (tl)
• Thai: อพยพ (th) (òp-pá-yóp)
• Waray-Waray: Exodo
• Welsh: Ecsodus (cy) m
• West Frisian: Exodus
• Zealandic: Exodus

book of Torah and Old Testament

• Afrikaans: Eksodus (af)
• Albanian: Eksodi
• Amharic: ኦሪት ዘጸአት (ʾorit zäṣäʾät)
• Arabic: سِفْر الْخَرُوج (sifr al-ḵarūj)
• Aramaic: ܣܦܪܐ ܕܡܦܩܢܐ m
• Armenian: Ելք (hy) (Elkʻ)
• Asturian: Éxodu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: Çıxış
• Basque: Irteera (eu)
• Bengali: যাত্রাপুস্তক (jatrapustok)
• Breton: Ermaeziadeg (br) f
• Bulgarian: Изходъ (Izhod)
• Burmese: ထွက်မြောက်ရာကျမ်း (htwakmrauk-ra-kyam:)
• Catalan: Èxode m
• Cebuano: Eksodo
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 出埃及記／出埃及记 (cut¹ oi¹ kap⁶ gei³), 出谷紀／出谷纪 (cut¹ guk¹ gei²) (Catholic)

  Eastern Min: 出埃及記／出埃及记 (Chók Ăi-gĭk-gé)

  Hakka: 出埃及記／出埃及记 (Chhut Âi-khi̍p-ki)

  Hokkien: 出埃及記／出埃及记 (Chhut Ai-ki̍p-kì), 出谷紀／出谷纪 (Chhut-kok-kí) (Catholic)

  Mandarin: 出埃及記／出埃及记 (zh) (Chū Āijí-jì), 出谷紀／出谷纪 (zh) (Chūgǔjì) (Catholic)

• Corsican: Esodo (co)
• Czech: Exodus (cs)
• Danish: Anden Mosebog (da)
• Dutch: Exodus (nl) m
• Esperanto: Eliro
• Estonian: 2. Moosese raamat (et)
• Faroese: onnur mósebók f
• Finnish: 2. Mooseksen kirja (fi)
• French: Exode (fr) m
• Georgian: წიგნი გამოსვლათა (c̣igni gamosvlata)
• German: Exodus (de) m
• Greek: Έξοδος (el) f (Éxodos)

  Ancient: Ἔξοδος f (Éxodos)

• Greenlandic: 2 Mosesi (kl)
• Gujarati: નિર્ગમન (nirgaman)
• Hawaiian: Puka ʻAna
• Hebrew: שְׁמוֹת (he) (Shmot)
• Hindi: निर्गमन (hi) (nirgaman), ख़ुरूज (xurūj)
• Hungarian: Mózes második könyve (hu), Kivonulás könyve
• Icelandic: önnur Mósebók f
• Ido: Exodo (io)
• Indonesian: Kitab Keluaran, Keluaran
• Irish: Leabhar Eacsadas m, Eacsadas m
• Italian: Esodo (it) m
• Japanese: 出エジプト記 (Shutsu Ejiputo ki)
• Jarai: Tơlơi Tơbiă
• Kannada: ವಿಮೋಚನಕಾಂಡ (vimōcanakāṇḍa)
• Kazakh: Мысырдан шығу (Mysyrdan şyğu)
• Khmer: និក្ខមនំ (nɨkkhamanang)
• Konkani: सुटका चें पुस्तक (suṭkā cẽ pustak)
• Korean: 탈출기 (Talchul-gi), 출애굽기 (Jul Aegup-gi)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: دەرچوون (derçûn)

• Latin: Liber Exodus
• Latvian: Izceļošanas grāmata (lv) f, Otrā Mozus grāmata f
• Limburgish: Exodus
• Lithuanian: Išėjimo knyga (lt) m
• Macedonian: Излез (Izlez), Исход m (Ishod)
• Malay: Keluaran
• Malayalam: പുറപ്പാടു് (puṟappāṭŭŭ)
• Maltese: Ktieb l-Eżodu
• Manx: Exodus (gv)
• Maori: Ekoruhe (mi)
• Marathi: निर्गम (nirgam)
• Nepali: प्रस्थान (prasthān)
• Ngazidja Comorian: Mroho class 3
• Norwegian: Andre Mosebok (no)
• Odia: ଯାତ୍ରାପୁସ୍ତକ (jātrāpustaka)
• Persian: سفر خروج
• Polish: Exodus (pl) m, Księga Wyjścia f
• Portuguese: Êxodo (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਕੂਚ (kūc)
• Romanian: Exodul (ro) m, Ieșirea f
• Russian: Исхо́д (ru) m (Isxód)
• Scots: Exodus
• Scottish Gaelic: Ecsodus (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: Knjiga Izlaska
• Sinhalese: නික්මයාම (nikmayāma)
• Slovak: Exodus m
• Slovene: Eksodus (sl)
• Spanish: Éxodo (es)
• Swahili: Kutoka (sw) class 8
• Swedish: Andra Mosebok
• Tagalog: Pagluwas, Exodo (tl)
• Tajik: Ҳушаъ (Hušaʾ)
• Tamil: யாத்திராகமம் (ta) (yāttirākamam)
• Telugu: నిర్గమకాండము (nirgamakāṇḍamu)
• Thai: อพยพ (th) (òp-pá-yóp)
• Turkish: Çıkış
• Urdu: خُروج (xurūj), کِتابِ خُرُوج (kitāb-e xurūj)
• Uyghur: ئېكسودۇس (ëksodus)
• Vietnamese: Sách Xuất Hành
• Waray-Waray: Exodo
• Welsh: Llyfr Exodus (cy)
• West Frisian: Exodus
• Western Panjabi: کتاب خروج (ktāb xroj)
• Yiddish: שמות m (Shmoys)
• Zealandic: Exodus

Anagrams

• udoxes

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch exodus, from Latin Exodus, from Koine Greek ἔξοδος (éxodos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.soːˌdʏs/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Exo‧dus

Proper noun

Exodus m

1. (Judaism, Christianity) Exodus (supposed departure of the Israelites from Egypt)
2. (Judaism, Christianity) Exodus (book of the Hebrew Bible)

German

Etymology

From Middle High German Exodus, from Latin Exodus, from Ancient Greek ἔξοδος (éxodos).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Exodus m (strong, genitive Exodus, plural Exodusse)

1. exodus (sudden departure)

Declension

Declension of Exodus [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Exodus	die	Exodusse
genitive	eines	des	Exodus	der	Exodusse
dative	einem	dem	Exodus	den	Exodussen
accusative	einen	den	Exodus	die	Exodusse

Proper noun

Exodus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Exodus)

1. (religion) Exodus (second book of the Bible, following Genesis)

   Synonym: zweites Buch Mose

Synonyms

• Ex (Ex.)

Further reading

• “Exodus” in Duden online

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin Exodus, from Ancient Greek ἔξοδος (éxodos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛkˈsɔ.dus/
• Rhymes: -ɔdus
• Syllabification: E‧xo‧dus
• Homophone: exodus

Proper noun

Exodus m inan

1. Exodus (book of the Bible)

   Synonym: Księga Wyjścia

2. (historical) Exodus (departure of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt under the leadership of Moses)

Declension

Declension of Exodus

	singular
nominative	Exodus
genitive	Exodusu
dative	Exodusowi
accusative	Exodus
instrumental	Exodusem
locative	Exodusie
vocative	Exodusie

Further reading

• Exodus in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Exodus, from Ancient Greek ἔξοδος (éxodos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛksɔdus/

Proper noun

Exodus ?

1. (religion) Exodus (second book of the Bible)

Further reading

• “Exodus”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Exodus, from Ancient Greek ἔξοδος (éxodos).

Proper noun

Exodus c (genitive Exodus)

1. Exodus (second book of the Bible).

Synonyms

• Andra Moseboken
• Andra Mosebok