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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. Luke 8:12ἀπὸ · from
    The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
  2. Luke 8:18ἀπ’ · from
    Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
  3. Luke 8:29ἀπὸ · of
    For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.
  4. Luke 8:33ἀπὸ · of
    Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
  5. Luke 8:35ἀφ’
    So the people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man whom the demons had left, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
  6. Luke 8:37ἀπ’ · from
    Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, because great fear had taken hold of them. So He got into the boat and started back.
  7. Luke 8:38ἀφ’
    The man whom the demons had left begged to go with Jesus. But He sent him away, saying,
  8. Luke 8:43ἀπὸ · for; ἀπ’ · [but]
    …including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her.
  9. Luke 8:46ἀπ’ · from
    But Jesus declared, “Someone touched Me, for I know that power has gone out from Me.”
  10. Luke 9:5ἀπὸ; ἀπὸ · off
    If anyone does not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that town, as a testimony against them.”
  11. Luke 9:22ἀπὸ · by
    “The Son of Man must suffer many things,” He said. “He must be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”
  12. Luke 9:33ἀπ’
    As Moses and Elijah were leaving, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” (He did not know what he was saying.)
  13. Luke 9:37ἀπὸ · from
    The next day, when they came down from the mountain, Jesus was met by a large crowd.
  14. Luke 9:38ἀπὸ · in
    Suddenly a man in the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, for he is my only child.
  15. Luke 9:39ἀπ’ · from
    A spirit keeps seizing him, and he screams abruptly. It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It keeps mauling him and rarely departs from him.
  16. Luke 9:45ἀπ’ · from
    But they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.
  17. Luke 9:54ἀπὸ · from
    When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do You want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?”
  18. Luke 10:21ἀπὸ · from
    At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
  19. Luke 10:30ἀπὸ · from
    Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.
  20. Luke 11:24ἀπὸ · of
    When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’
  21. Luke 11:50ἀπὸ · since; ἀπὸ · with
    As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,
  22. Luke 11:51ἀπὸ · from; ἀπὸ · to
    …from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.
  23. Luke 12:1ἀπὸ · of
    In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
  24. Luke 12:4ἀπὸ · of
    I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
  25. Luke 12:15ἀπὸ · against
    And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
  26. Luke 12:20ἀπὸ · of
    But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
  27. Luke 12:52ἀπὸ · From
    From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
  28. Luke 12:57ἀφ’ · for
    And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
  29. Luke 12:58ἀπ’ · with
    Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.
  30. Luke 13:7ἀφ’ · for
    So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’
  31. Luke 13:15ἀπὸ · from
    “You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?
  32. Luke 13:16ἀπὸ · from
    Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”
  33. Luke 13:25ἀφ’ · After
    After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
  34. Luke 13:27ἀπ’ · from
    And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’
  35. Luke 13:29ἀπὸ · from; ἀπὸ
    People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.
  36. Luke 14:18ἀπὸ
    But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’
  37. Luke 16:3ἀπ’ · away
    The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.
  38. Luke 16:16ἀπὸ · Since
    The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
  39. Luke 16:18ἀπὸ
    Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
  40. Luke 16:21ἀπὸ · with; ἀπὸ · from
    …and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
  41. Luke 16:23ἀπὸ · from
    In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
  42. Luke 16:30ἀπὸ · from
    ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’
  43. Luke 17:25ἀπὸ · by
    But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
  44. Luke 17:29ἀπὸ
    But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.