ἀπόapó

from the exterior).

1. Of separation and cessation

(1) of motion from a place: Matthew 5:29, Matthew 5:30, Matthew 7:23, Luke 5:2, Luke 22:41, and elsewhere

(2) in partitive sense, Matthew 9:16, Matthew 27:21, John 21:10, Acts 5:2, and elsewhere; also after verbs of eating, etc.

(3) of alienation (classical Greek genitive of separation), after such verbs as λούω, λύω, σώζω, παύω, etc.; ἀνάθεμα ἀ., Romans 9:3; ἀποθνήσκειν ἀ., Colossians 2:20; σαλευθῆναι, 2 Thessalonians 2:2, καθαρός, -ίζειν, ἀ., Acts 20:26, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Hebrews 9:14

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

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

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

2. Of origin

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

(a) of local extraction, Matthew 21:11, Mark 15:43, John 1:45, Acts 10:38, and elsewhere; οἱ ἀπὸ Ἰταλίας, Hebrews 13:24

(b) of membership in a community or society (Bl., § 40, 2), Acts 12:1, and elsewhere

(c) of material, Matthew 3:4, Matthew 27:21

(d) after verbs of asking, seeking, etc., Luke 11:50, Luke 11:51, 1 Thessalonians 2:6

(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, Matthew 11:29, Luke 22:45, Acts 2:22, Acts 4:36, Acts 9:13, Acts 12:14, 1 Corinthians 11:23, Galatians 3:2, and elsewhere; ἀπὸ τ. ὄχλου, Luke 19:3 (cf. John 21:6, Acts 22:11); ἀπὸ τ. φόβου, Matthew 14:26, and elsewhere (cf. Matthew 10:28, Matthew 13:44).

3. Noteworthy Hellenistic phrases: φοβεῖσθαι ἀπό; προσέχειν ἀπό; ἀπὸ νότου (Heb. מִנֶּגֶב), Revelation 21:13; ἀπὸ προσώπου (מִפְּנֵי), 2 Thessalonians 1:9 (Bl., § 40, 9); ἀπὸ τ. καρδιῶν (בְּלֵב), Matthew 18:35; ἀπὸ ὁ ὤν, Revelation 1:4.

4. In composition, ἀπό denotes separation, departure, origin, etc. (ἀπολύω, ἀπέρχομαι, ἀπογράφω); it also has a perfective force, as in ἀφικνεῖσθαι, ἀφικνεῖσθαι, see that word