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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. Acts 6:9ἀπὸ · from
    But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They disputed with Stephen,
  2. Acts 7:45ἀπὸ · before
    And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,
  3. Acts 8:10ἀπὸ · from
    …and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, “This man is the divine power called the Great Power.”
  4. Acts 8:22ἀπὸ · of
    Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.
  5. Acts 8:26ἀπὸ · from
    Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
  6. Acts 8:33ἀπὸ · from
    In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”
  7. Acts 8:35ἀπὸ · with
    Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
  8. Acts 9:8ἀπὸ · from
    Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.
  9. Acts 9:13ἀπὸ
    But Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.
  10. Acts 9:18ἀπὸ · from
    At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,
  11. Acts 10:23ἀπὸ · from
    So Peter invited them in as his guests. And the next day he got ready and went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.
  12. Acts 10:30Ἀπὸ · ago
    Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
  13. Acts 10:37ἀπὸ · in
    You yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:
  14. Acts 10:38ἀπὸ · of
    …how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
  15. Acts 11:11ἀπὸ · from
    Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.
  16. Acts 11:19ἀπὸ · by
    Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.
  17. Acts 11:27ἀπὸ · from
    In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
  18. Acts 12:1ἀπὸ · belonged to
    About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.
  19. Acts 12:10ἀπ’
    They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
  20. Acts 12:14ἀπὸ
    When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”
  21. Acts 12:19ἀπὸ · from
    After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
  22. Acts 12:20ἀπὸ · depended
    Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.
  23. Acts 13:8ἀπὸ · from
    But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
  24. Acts 13:13ἀπὸ · from; ἀπ’
    After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.
  25. Acts 13:14ἀπὸ · from
    And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.
  26. Acts 13:23ἀπὸ · From
    From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.
  27. Acts 13:29ἀπὸ · from
    When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
  28. Acts 13:31ἀπὸ · from
    …and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.
  29. Acts 13:39ἀπὸ · from
    Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
  30. Acts 13:50ἀπὸ · of
    The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.
  31. Acts 14:15ἀπὸ · from
    “Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
  32. Acts 14:19ἀπὸ · from
    Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.
  33. Acts 15:1ἀπὸ · from
    Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
  34. Acts 15:4ἀπὸ · by
    On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.
  35. Acts 15:5ἀπὸ · from
    But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”
  36. Acts 15:7ἀφ’ · in
    After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
  37. Acts 15:18ἀπ’ · for
    …that have been known for ages.’
  38. Acts 15:19ἀπὸ
    It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.
  39. Acts 15:33ἀπὸ · by
    After spending some time there, they were sent off by the brothers in peace to return to those who had sent them.
  40. Acts 15:38ἀπ’; ἀπὸ · in
    But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.
  41. Acts 15:39ἀπ’
    Their disagreement was so sharp that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus,
  42. Acts 16:11ἀπὸ · from
    We sailed from Troas straight to Samothrace, and the following day on to Neapolis.
  43. Acts 16:18ἀπ’ · of
    She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.
  44. Acts 16:33ἀπὸ
    At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.
  45. Acts 16:39ἀπὸ
    They came to appease them and led them out, requesting that they leave the city.
  46. Acts 16:40ἀπὸ · out of
    After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia’s house to see the brothers and encourage them. Then they left the city.
  47. Acts 17:2ἀπὸ · from
    As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
  48. Acts 17:13ἀπὸ · from
    But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.