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ἀπό

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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. Matthew 15:27ἀπὸ; ἀπὸ · from
    “Yes, Lord,” she said, “even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
  2. Matthew 15:28ἀπὸ · from
    “O woman,” Jesus answered, “your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
  3. Matthew 16:6ἀπὸ · of
    “Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
  4. Matthew 16:11ἀπὸ · of
    How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
  5. Matthew 16:12ἀπὸ · of; ἀπὸ · of
    Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the leaven used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
  6. Matthew 16:21Ἀπὸ · From; ἀπὸ · at the hands of
    From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
  7. Matthew 17:18ἀπ’ · of; ἀπὸ · from
    Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment.
  8. Matthew 17:25ἀπὸ · From; ἀπὸ · from; ἀπὸ · from
    “Yes,” he answered. When Peter entered the house, Jesus preempted him. “What do you think, Simon?” He asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs and taxes: from their own sons, or from others?”
  9. Matthew 17:26Ἀπὸ · From
    “From others,” Peter answered. “Then the sons are exempt,” Jesus said to him.
  10. Matthew 18:7ἀπὸ · for
    Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!
  11. Matthew 18:8ἀπὸ
    If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.
  12. Matthew 18:9ἀπὸ
    And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.
  13. Matthew 18:35ἀπὸ · from
    That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”
  14. Matthew 19:1ἀπὸ
    When Jesus had finished saying these things, He left Galilee and went into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.
  15. Matthew 19:4ἀπ’ · from
    Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
  16. Matthew 19:8ἀπ’ · from
    Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart. But it was not this way from the beginning.
  17. Matthew 20:8ἀπὸ · with
    When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’
  18. Matthew 20:20ἀπ’ · of
    Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him.
  19. Matthew 20:29ἀπὸ
    As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him.
  20. Matthew 21:8ἀπὸ · from
    A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
  21. Matthew 21:11ἀπὸ · from
    The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
  22. Matthew 21:43ἀφ’ · from
    Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
  23. Matthew 22:46ἀπ’ · from
    No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.
  24. Matthew 23:33ἀπὸ
    You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
  25. Matthew 23:34ἀπὸ · from
    Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.
  26. Matthew 23:35ἀπὸ · from
    And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
  27. Matthew 23:39ἀπ’ · again
    For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
  28. Matthew 24:1ἀπὸ
    As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings.
  29. Matthew 24:21ἀπ’ · from
    For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.
  30. Matthew 24:27ἀπὸ · from
    For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
  31. Matthew 24:29ἀπὸ · from
    Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
  32. Matthew 24:31ἀπ’ · from
    And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
  33. Matthew 24:32Ἀπὸ · from
    Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near.
  34. Matthew 25:28ἀπ’ · from
    Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents.
  35. Matthew 25:29ἀπ’ · from
    For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
  36. Matthew 25:32ἀπ’; ἀπὸ · from
    All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
  37. Matthew 25:34ἀπὸ · from
    Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
  38. Matthew 25:41ἀπ’ · from
    Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
  39. Matthew 26:16ἀπὸ · from
    So from then on Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
  40. Matthew 26:29ἀπ’ · from
    I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in My Father’s kingdom.”
  41. Matthew 26:39ἀπ’ · from
    Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
  42. Matthew 26:47ἀπὸ · [sent] from
    While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.
  43. Matthew 26:58ἀπὸ · at
    But Peter followed Him at a distance, right up to the courtyard of the high priest. And he went in and sat down with the guards to see the outcome.