Apó — G575

G575 · Greek — ἀπό

Pronunciation: apo'

Definition

preposition

"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)

  1. of separation
    1. of local separation, after verbs of motion from a place
    2. of the separation of apart from the whole
    3. of any kind of separation of one thing from another by which the union or fellowship of the two is destroyed
      1. after verbs of averting, loosening, liberating, ransoming, preserving
      2. after verbs of desisting, abstaining, avoiding, etc
      3. after verbs of concealing and hindering
      4. Concise constructions
    4. of a state of separation, i. e. of distance
      1. of distance of Time — of the temporal terminus from which (Latinindea)
      2. of distance of Order or Rank — of the terminus from which in any succession of things or persons
  2. of origin
    1. of the place whence anything is, comes, befalls, is taken
      1. after verbs of coming
      2. Hebräerbr. 2te Hälfte, p. 14f
      3. of the party or society from which one has proceeded, i. e. a member of the sect or society, a disciple or votary of it
      4. of the material from which a thing is made
      5. tropically, of that from or by which a thing is known
      6. after verbs of seeking, inquiring, demanding
    2. of causal origin, or the Cause
      1. of the cause on account of which anything is or is done, where commonly it ran be rendered for (Latinprae, German vor)
      2. of the moving or impelling cause (Latinex,prae; German aus,vor), for, out of
      3. of the efficient cause, viz. of things from the force of which anything proceeds, and of persons from whose will, power, authority, command, favor, order, influence, direction, anything is to be sought
  3. Phrases having a quasi-adverbial force, and indicating the manner or degree in which anything is done or occurs, are the following
  4. The extraordinary construction ἀπό ὁ ὤν καί ὁ ἦν καί ὁ ἐρχόμενος
  5. In composition ἀπό indicates separation, liberation, cessation, departure, as in ἀποβάλλω, ἀποκόπτω, ἀποκυλίω, ἀπολύω, ἀπολύτρωσις, ἀπαλγέω, ἀπέρχομαι

Usually translated as

from, because of, of, for, since, by, at, ago, on, with, hereafter, in, before, off, upon, once, after, forth

Origin

a primary particle

Occurrences

Apó occurs 643 times in 591 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (103), Mark (48), Luke (110), John (39), Acts (102), Romans (24), 1 Corinthians (9), 2 Corinthians (17), Galatians (7), Ephesians (4), Philippians (4), Colossians (8), 1 Thessalonians (10), 2 Thessalonians (8), 1 Timothy (4), 2 Timothy (7), Titus (2), Philemon (1), Hebrews (22), James (6), 1 Peter (3), 2 Peter (1), 1 John (16), 2 John (2), 3 John (1), Jude (2), Revelation (31)

Strong's Lexicon — A