Apo ἀπό
| ἀπό | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | apo |
| Strong's number | G575 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | preposition |
| Gloss | away from |
| Occurrences | 682 in 622 verses |
| Most frequent in | Luke (115) |
Apo (Greek ἀπό, Strong's G575) is a Greek preposition meaning “away from”. It occurs 682 times in 622 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
prep. with genitive (WM, 462ff.; on its relation to ἐκ, παρά, ὑπό, ib. 456f.), [in LXX for לְ ,בְּ ,מִן ;]
from (i.e. from the exterior).
1. Of separation and cessation;
(1) of motion from a place: Mat.5:29, 30 7:23, Luk.5:2 22:41, al.;
(2) in partitive sense (M, Pr., 72, 102, 245; MM, see word; Bl., §40, 2), Mat.9:16 27:21, Jhn.21:10, Act.5:2, al.; also after verbs of eating, etc.;
(3) of alienation (cl. genitive of separation), after such verbs as λούω (Deiss., BS, 227), λύω, σώζω, παύω, etc.; ἀνάθεμα ἀ., Rom.9:3; ἀποθνήσκειν ἀ., Col.2:20; σαλευθῆναι, 2Th.2:2, καθαρός, -ίζειν, ἀ. (Deiss., BS, 196, 216), Act.20:26, 2Co.7:1, Heb.9:14;
(4) of position, Mat.23:34 24:31, al.; after μακράν, Mat.8:30; transposed before measures of distance, Jhn.10:18 21:8, Rev.14:20 (Abbott, JG, 227);
(5) of time, ἀπὸ τ. ὥρας, ἡμέρας, etc., Mat.9:22, Jhn.19:27, Act.20:18, Php.1:5, al.; ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος, Luk.1:70, al.; ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς, etc., Mat.19:4, Rom.1:20; ἀπὸ βρέφους, 2Ti.3:15; ἀφ᾽ ἧς, since, Luk.7:45, al.; ἀπὸ τ. νῦν, Luk.1:48, al.; ἀπὸ τότε, Mat.4:17, al.; ἀπὸ πέρυσι, a year ago, 2Co.8:10 9:2; ἀπὸ πρωΐ, Act.28:23;
(6) of order or rank, ἀπὸ διετοῦς, Mat.2:16; ἀπὸ Ἀβραάμ, Mat.1:17; ἐβδομος ἀπὸ Ἀδάμ, Ju 14; ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου, Act.8:10, Heb.8:11; ἄρχεσθαι ἀπό, Mat.20:8, Jhn.8:9, Act.8:35, al.
2. Of origin;
(1) of birth, extraction, and hence, in late writers,
(a) of local extraction (cl. ἐξ; Abbott, JG, 227ff.), Mat.21:11, Mrk.15:43, Jhn.1:45, Act.10:38, al.; οἱ ἀπὸ Ἰταλίας (WM, §66, 6; M, Pr., 237; Westc, Rendall, in l.), Heb.13:24;
(b) of membership in a community or society (BL, §40, 2), Act.12:1, al.;
(with) of material (= cl. genitive; Bl. l.with; M, Pr., 102), Mat.3:4 27:21;
(d) after verbs of asking, seeking, etc., Luk.11:50, 51 1Th.2:6 (Milligan, in l.);
(2) of the cause, instrument, means or occasion (frequently = ὑπό, παρά, and after verbs of learning, hearing, knowing, etc.; Bl., §40, 3), Mat.7:16 11:29, Luk.22:45, Act.2:22 4:36 9:13 12:14, 1Co.11:23, Gal.3:2, al.; ἀπὸ τ. ὄχλου, Luk.19:3 (cf. Jhn.21:6, Act.22:11); ἀπὸ τ. φόβου, Mat.14:26, al. (cf. Mat.10:26 13:44).
3. Noteworthy Hellenistic phrases: φοβεῖσθαι ἀπό (M, Pr., 102, 107); προσέχειν ἀπό (M, Pr., 11. with; Milligan, NTD, 50); ἀπὸ νότου (Heb. מִגֶּנֶב), Rev.21:13; ἀπὸ προσώπου (מִפְּנֵי), 2Th.1:9 (Bl., §40, 9); ἀπὸ τ. καρδιῶν (בְּלֵב), Mat.18:35; ἀπὸ ὁ ὤν (WM, §10, 2; M, Pr., 9), Rev.1:4.
4. In composition, ἀπό denotes separation, departure, origin, etc. (ἀπολύω, ἀπέρχομαι, ἀπογράφω); it also has a perfective force (M, Pr., 112, 247), as in ἀφικνεῖσθαι, which see
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From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | out (20), since (12), off (8), forth (3), hereafter (2), before (2), because (1), henceforth (1), away (1), was (1), him (1), ago (1), and 5 other renderings |
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| BSB | since (12), away (8), out (4), because (3), against (2), before (2), ago (2), hands (1), again (1), off (1), after (1), over (1), and 10 other renderings |
Verses
Apo occurs in 622 verses, listed here by reference.
Matthew (106): 1:17, 1:21, 1:24, 2:1, 2:16, 3:4, 3:7, 3:13, 3:16, 4:17, 4:25, 5:18, 5:29, 5:30, 5:42, 6:13, 7:15, 7:16, 7:20, 7:23, 8:1, 8:11, 8:30, 8:34, 9:15, 9:16, 9:22, 10:17, 10:28, 11:12, 11:19, 11:25, 11:29, 12:38, 12:43, 13:1, 13:12, 13:35, 13:44, 14:2, 14:13, 14:24, 14:26, 14:29, 15:1, 15:8, 15:22, 15:27, 15:28, 16:6, 16:11, 16:12, 16:21, 17:18, 17:25, 17:26, 18:7, 18:8, 18:9, 18:35, 19:1, 19:4, 19:8, 20:8, 20:20, 20:29, 21:8, 21:11, 21:43, 22:46, 23:33, 23:34, 23:35, 23:39, 24:1, 24:21, 24:27, 24:29, 24:31, 24:32, 25:28, 25:29, 25:32, 25:34, 25:41, 26:16, 26:29, 26:39, 26:42, 26:47, 26:58, 26:64, 27:9, 27:21, 27:24, 27:40, 27:42, 27:45, 27:51, 27:55, 27:57, 27:64, 28:2, 28:4, 28:7, 28:8
Mark (47): 1:9, 1:42, 2:20, 2:21, 3:7, 3:8, 3:22, 4:25, 5:6, 5:17, 5:29, 5:34, 5:35, 6:33, 6:43, 7:1, 7:4, 7:6, 7:15, 7:17, 7:28, 7:33, 8:3, 8:11, 8:15, 10:6, 10:46, 11:12, 11:13, 12:2, 12:34, 12:38, 13:19, 13:27, 13:28, 14:35, 14:36, 14:52, 14:54, 15:21, 15:30, 15:32, 15:38, 15:40, 15:43, 15:45, 16:8
Luke (115): 1:2, 1:26, 1:38, 1:48, 1:52, 1:70, 2:4, 2:15, 2:36, 2:37, 3:7, 4:1, 4:13, 4:35, 4:38, 4:41, 4:42, 5:2, 5:3, 5:8, 5:10, 5:13, 5:15, 5:35, 5:36, 6:13, 6:17, 6:18, 6:29, 6:30, 7:6, 7:21, 7:35, 7:45, 8:2, 8:7, 8:12, 8:18, 8:29, 8:33, 8:35, 8:37, 8:38, 8:43, 8:46, 9:5, 9:22, 9:33, 9:37, 9:38, 9:39, 9:45, 9:54, 10:21, 10:30, 10:42, 11:4, 11:24, 11:50, 11:51, 12:1, 12:4, 12:15, 12:20, 12:52, 12:57, 12:58, 13:7, 13:15, 13:16, 13:25, 13:27, 13:29, 14:18, 16:3, 16:16, 16:18, 16:21, 16:23, 16:30, 17:25, 17:29, 18:3, 18:34, 19:3, 19:24, 19:26, 19:39, 19:42, 20:10, 20:46, 21:11, 21:26, 21:30, 22:18, 22:41, 22:42, 22:43, 22:45, 22:69, 22:71, 23:5, 23:26, 23:49, 23:51, 24:2, 24:9, 24:13, 24:21, 24:27, 24:31, 24:41, 24:42, 24:47, 24:51
John (41): 1:44, 1:45, 1:51, 3:2, 5:19, 5:30, 6:38, 7:17, 7:18, 7:28, 7:42, 8:9, 8:11, 8:28, 8:42, 8:44, 10:5, 10:18, 11:1, 11:18, 11:51, 11:53, 12:21, 12:36, 13:3, 13:19, 14:7, 14:10, 15:4, 15:27, 16:13, 16:22, 16:30, 18:28, 18:34, 19:27, 19:38, 21:2, 21:6, 21:8, 21:10
Acts (109): 1:4, 1:9, 1:11, 1:12, 1:22, 1:25, 2:5, 2:17, 2:18, 2:22, 2:40, 3:20, 3:21, 3:24, 3:26, 4:36, 5:2, 5:3, 5:38, 5:41, 6:9, 7:45, 8:10, 8:22, 8:26, 8:33, 8:35, 9:8, 9:13, 9:18, 10:21, 10:23, 10:30, 10:37, 10:38, 11:11, 11:19, 11:27, 12:1, 12:10, 12:14, 12:19, 12:20, 13:8, 13:13, 13:14, 13:23, 13:29, 13:31, 13:39, 13:50, 14:15, 14:19, 15:1, 15:4, 15:5, 15:7, 15:18, 15:19, 15:20, 15:33, 15:38, 15:39, 16:11, 16:18, 16:33, 16:39, 16:40, 17:2, 17:13, 17:27, 18:2, 18:5, 18:6, 18:16, 18:21, 19:9, 19:12, 20:6, 20:9, 20:17, 20:18, 20:26, 21:1, 21:7, 21:10, 21:16, 21:21, 21:27, 22:11, 22:22, 22:29, 22:30, 23:21, 23:23, 23:34, 24:11, 24:19, 25:1, 25:7, 26:4, 26:18, 26:22, 27:21, 27:34, 27:44, 28:3, 28:21, 28:23
Romans (25): 1:7, 1:18, 1:20, 5:9, 5:14, 6:7, 6:18, 6:22, 7:2, 7:3, 7:6, 8:2, 8:21, 8:35, 8:39, 9:3, 11:25, 11:26, 15:15, 15:19, 15:23, 15:24, 15:31, 16:17, 16:27
1 Corinthians (10): 1:3, 1:30, 4:5, 6:19, 7:10, 7:27, 10:14, 11:23, 14:36, 16:24
2 Corinthians (17): 1:2, 1:14, 1:16, 2:3, 2:5, 3:5, 3:18, 5:6, 5:16, 7:1, 7:13, 8:10, 9:2, 11:3, 11:9, 12:8, 13:13
Galatians (9): 1:1, 1:3, 1:6, 2:6, 2:12, 3:2, 4:24, 5:4, 6:18
Ephesians (5): 1:2, 3:9, 4:31, 6:23, 6:24
Philippians (5): 1:2, 1:5, 1:28, 4:15, 4:23
Colossians (9): 1:2, 1:6, 1:7, 1:9, 1:23, 1:26, 2:20, 3:24, 4:18
1 Thessalonians (10): 1:1, 1:8, 1:9, 2:6, 2:17, 3:6, 4:3, 4:16, 5:22, 5:28
2 Thessalonians (8): 1:2, 1:7, 1:9, 2:2, 3:2, 3:3, 3:6, 3:18
1 Timothy (5): 1:2, 3:7, 6:5, 6:10, 6:21
2 Timothy (8): 1:2, 1:3, 2:19, 2:21, 3:15, 4:4, 4:18, 4:22
Hebrews (23): 3:12, 4:3, 4:4, 4:10, 5:7, 5:8, 6:1, 6:7, 7:1, 7:2, 7:13, 7:26, 8:11, 9:14, 9:26, 10:22, 11:12, 11:15, 11:34, 12:15, 12:25, 13:24, 13:25
James (6): 1:13, 1:17, 1:27, 4:7, 5:4, 5:19
1 Peter (4): 1:12, 3:10, 3:11, 4:17
1 John (18): 1:1, 1:5, 1:7, 1:9, 2:7, 2:13, 2:14, 2:20, 2:24, 2:27, 2:28, 3:8, 3:11, 3:17, 3:22, 4:21, 5:15, 5:21
3 John (1): 1:7
Revelation (30): 1:4, 1:5, 2:17, 3:12, 6:16, 7:2, 9:6, 9:18, 12:6, 12:14, 13:8, 14:3, 14:4, 14:13, 14:20, 16:12, 16:17, 16:18, 17:8, 18:10, 18:14, 18:15, 18:17, 19:5, 20:9, 20:11, 21:2, 21:10, 21:13, 22:19
Notes
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- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).