ἀπό

G0575 G:PREP

away from

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 : Mat.5:29, 30 7:23 , Luk.5:2 22:41 , al.; __(2) in partitive sense (M, Pr. , 72, 102, 245; MM, see word; Bl., §40, 2), Mat.9:16 27:21 , Jhn.21:10 , Act.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., Rom.9:3; ἀποθνήσκειν ἀ., Col.2:20; σαλευθῆναι, 2Th.2:2 , καθαρός, -ίζειν, ἀ. (Deiss., BS , 196, 216), Act.20:26 , 2Co.7:1 , Heb.9:14 ; __(4) of position, Mat.23:34 24:31 , al.; after μακράν, Mat.8:30; transposed before measures of distance, Jhn.10:18 21:8 , Rev.14:20 (Abbott, JG , 227); __(5) of time, ἀπὸ τ. ὥρας, ἡμέρας, etc., Mat.9:22 , Jhn.19:27 , Act.20:18 , Php.1:5 , al.; ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος, Luk.1:70 , al.; ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς, etc., Mat.19:4 , Rom.1:20 ; ἀπὸ βρέφους, 2Ti.3:15; ἀφ᾽ ἧς, since , Luk.7:45 , al.; ἀπὸ τ. νῦν, Luk.1:48 , al.; ἀπὸ τότε, Mat.4:17 , al.; ἀπὸ πέρυσι, a year ago , 2Co.8:10 9:2 ; ἀπὸ πρωΐ, Act.28:23; __(6) of order or rank, ἀπὸ διετοῦς, Mat.2:16; ἀπὸ Ἀβραάμ, Mat.1:17; ἐβδομος ἀπὸ Ἀδάμ, Ju 14 ; ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου, Act.8:10 , Heb.8:11 ; ἄρχεσθαι ἀπό, Mat.20:8 , Jhn.8:9 , Act.8:35 , al. __2. Of origin ; __(1) of birth, extraction, and hence, in late writers, __(a) of local extraction (cl. ἐξ; Abbott, JG , 227ff.), Mat.21:11 , Mrk.15:43 , Jhn.1:45 , Act.10:38 , al.; οἱ ἀπὸ Ἰταλίας (WM, §66, 6; M, Pr. , 237; Westc, Rendall, in l.), Heb.13:24; __(b) of membership in a community or society (BL, §40, 2), Act.12:1 , al.; __(with) of material (= cl. genitive; Bl. l.with; M, Pr. , 102), Mat.3:4 27:21 ; __(d) after verbs of asking, seeking, etc., Luk.11:50, 51 1Th.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), Mat.7:16 11:29 , Luk.22:45 , Act.2:22 4:36 9:13 12:14 , 1Co.11:23 , Gal.3:2 , al.; ἀπὸ τ. ὄχλου, Luk.19:3 (cf. Jhn.21:6 , Act.22:11 ); ἀπὸ τ. φόβου, Mat.14:26 , al. (cf. Mat.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), Rev.21:13; ἀπὸ προσώπου (מִפְּנֵי), 2Th.1:9 (Bl., §40, 9); ἀπὸ τ. καρδιῶν (בְּלֵב), Mat.18:35; ἀπὸ ὁ ὤν (WM, §10, 2; M, Pr. , 9), Rev.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 (AS)