Apodēméō — G589

Definition

verb

to go abroad, i.e. visit a foreign land

1. to go away to foreign parts, go abroad

Usually translated as

into a far country, journey, go

Origin

from G590

• apódēmos (G590)

Occurrences

Apodēméō occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (2), Mark (1), Luke (2)

• Matthew 21:33 — Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country (ἀπεδήμησεν):
• Matthew 25:15 — And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey (ἀπεδήμησεν).
• Mark 12:1 — And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country (ἀπεδήμησεν).
• Luke 15:13 — And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey (ἀπεδήμησεν) into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
• Luke 20:9 — Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country (ἀπεδήμησεν) for a long time.