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ἀπό

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greekNew TestamentPreposition646 occurrences27 books591 verses

Definition

ἀπό (on the frequently neglect of elision bef. vowels, see Tdf., Pr., 94, WH, App., 146),

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: Matthew 5:29, 30; 7:23, Luke 5:2; 22:41, al.;

(2) in partitive sense (M, Pr., 72, 102, 245; MM, see word; Bl., §40, 2), Matthew 9:16; 27:21, John 21:10, Acts 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., Romans 9:3; ἀποθνήσκειν ἀ., Colossians 2:20; σαλευθῆναι, 2 Thessalonians 2:2, καθαρός, -ίζειν, ἀ. (Deiss., BS, 196, 216), Acts 20:26, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Hebrews 9:14;

(4) of position, Matthew 23:34; 24:31, al.; after μακράν, Matthew 8:30; transposed before measures of distance, John 10:18; 21:8, Revelation 14:20 (Abbott, JG, 227);

(5) of time, ἀπὸ τ. ὥρας, ἡμέρας, etc., Matthew 9:22, John 19:27, Acts 20:18, Philippians 1:5, al.; ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος, Luke 1:70, al.; ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς, etc., Matthew 19:4, Romans 1:20; ἀπὸ βρέφους, 2 Timothy 3:15; ἀφ᾽ ἧς, since, Luke 7:45, al.; ἀπὸ τ. νῦν, Luke 1:48, al.; ἀπὸ τότε, Matthew 4:17, al.; ἀπὸ πέρυσι, a year ago, 2 Corinthians 8:10; 9:2; ἀπὸ πρωΐ, Acts 28:23;

(6) of order or rank, ἀπὸ διετοῦς, Matthew 2:16; ἀπὸ Ἀβραάμ, Matthew 1:17; ἐβδομος ἀπὸ Ἀδάμ, Jude 14; ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου, Acts 8:10, Hebrews 8:11; ἄρχεσθαι ἀπό, Matthew 20:8, John 8:9, Acts 8:35, al.

2. Of origin;

(1) of birth, extraction, and hence, in late writers,

(a) of local extraction (cl. ἐξ; Abbott, JG, 227ff.), Matthew 21:11, Mark 15:43, John 1:45, Acts 10:38, al.; οἱ ἀπὸ Ἰταλίας (WM, §66, 6; M, Pr., 237; Westc, Rendall, in l.), Hebrews 13:24;

(b) of membership in a community or society (BL, §40, 2), Acts 12:1, al.;

(with) of material (= cl. genitive; Bl. l.with; M, Pr., 102), Matthew 3:4; 27:21;

(d) after verbs of asking, seeking, etc., Luke 11:50, 51, 1 Thessalonians 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), Matthew 7:16; 11:29, Luke 22:45, Acts 2:22; 4:36; 9:13; 12:14, 1 Corinthians 11:23, Galatians 3:2, al.; ἀπὸ τ. ὄχλου, Luke 19:3 (cf. John 21:6, Acts 22:11); ἀπὸ τ. φόβου, Matthew 14:26, al. (cf. Matthew 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), Revelation 21:13; ἀπὸ προσώπου (מִפְּנֵי), 2 Thessalonians 1:9 (Bl., §40, 9); ἀπὸ τ. καρδιῶν (בְּלֵב), Matthew 18:35; ἀπὸ ὁ ὤν (WM, §10, 2; M, Pr., 9), Revelation 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

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἀπό:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

646 total
  1. Hebrews 4:3ἀπὸ · since
    Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.
  2. Hebrews 4:4ἀπὸ · from
    For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”
  3. Hebrews 4:10ἀπὸ · from; ἀπὸ · from
    For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.
  4. Hebrews 5:7ἀπὸ · because of
    During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
  5. Hebrews 5:8ἀφ’ · from
    Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.
  6. Hebrews 6:1ἀπὸ · from
    Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God,
  7. Hebrews 6:7ἀπὸ · of
    For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.
  8. Hebrews 7:1ἀπὸ · from
    This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
  9. Hebrews 7:2ἀπὸ · of
    …and Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of everything. First, his name means “king of righteousness.” Then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.”
  10. Hebrews 7:13ἀφ’ · from
    He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.
  11. Hebrews 7:26ἀπὸ · from
    Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
  12. Hebrews 8:11ἀπὸ · from
    No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.
  13. Hebrews 9:14ἀπὸ · from
    …how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
  14. Hebrews 9:26ἀπὸ · since
    Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
  15. Hebrews 10:22ἀπὸ · from
    …let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
  16. Hebrews 11:12ἀφ’ · from
    And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
  17. Hebrews 11:15ἀφ’
    If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
  18. Hebrews 11:34ἀπὸ · from
    …quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.
  19. Hebrews 12:15ἀπὸ · of
    See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
  20. Hebrews 12:25ἀπ’ · from
    See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
  21. Hebrews 13:24ἀπὸ · from
    Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.
  22. James 1:13Ἀπὸ
    When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.
  23. James 1:17ἀπὸ · from
    Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
  24. James 1:27ἀπὸ · by
    Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
  25. James 4:7ἀφ’ · from
    Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
  26. James 5:4ἀφ’ · against
    Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
  27. James 5:19ἀπὸ · from
    My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
  28. 1 Peter 1:12ἀπ’ · from
    It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
  29. 1 Peter 3:10ἀπὸ · from
    For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.
  30. 1 Peter 3:11ἀπὸ · from
    He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
  31. 1 Peter 4:17ἀπὸ · with; ἀφ’ · with
    For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
  32. 2 Peter 1:21ἀπὸ · from
    For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
  33. 2 Peter 3:4ἀφ’ · Ever; ἀπ’ · from
    “Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”
  34. 1 John 1:1ἀπ’ · from
    That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.
  35. 1 John 1:5ἀπ’ · from
    And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
  36. 1 John 1:7ἀπὸ · from
    But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
  37. 1 John 1:9ἀπὸ · from
    If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
  38. 1 John 2:7ἀπ’ · from
    Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.
  39. 1 John 2:13ἀπ’ · from
    I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.
  40. 1 John 2:14ἀπ’ · from
    I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
  41. 1 John 2:20ἀπὸ · from
    You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
  42. 1 John 2:24ἀπ’ · from; ἀπ’
    As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.
  43. 1 John 2:27ἀπ’ · from
    And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.
  44. 1 John 2:28ἀπ’ · before
    And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.
  45. 1 John 3:8ἀπ’ · from
    The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.
  46. 1 John 3:11ἀπ’ · from
    This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.