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GreekG0575Preposition

ἀπό

apo

618Occurrences
G0575Strong's #
PrepositionPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

a primary particle;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
prep. with genitive, from (i.e. from the exterior).
1.Of separation and cessation; (1) of motion from a place
2.Of origin; (1) of birth, extraction, and hence, in late writers
(a)of local extraction
(b)of membership in a community or society (BL, §40, 2)
(with)of material
(d)after verbs of asking, seeking, etc.
3.Noteworthy Hellenistic phrases: *φοβεῖσθαι ἀπό *; *προσέχειν ἀπό *(M, Pr.
11.with; Milligan, NTD, 50); *ἀπὸ νότου *(Heb. מִגֶּנֶב)
4.In composition, *ἀπό *denotes separation, departure, origin, etc. (ἀπολύω, ἀπέρχομαι, ἀπογράφω); it also has a perfective force, as in ἀφικνεῖσθαι, which see
LXX: for לְ,בְּ,מִן

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Preposition

Morphology Code

G:PREP

Full Description

Greek Preposition

Occurrences

ἀπό appears 618 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
115
Acts
106
Matthew
106
Mark
47
John
42
Revelation
31
Romans
24
Hebrews
23

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:3BSB

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 16:33BSB

At that hour of the night, the jailer took them and washed their wounds. And without delay, he and all his household were baptized.

John 11:1BSB

At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

Luke 5:15BSB

But the news about Jesus spread all the more, and great crowds came to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

Matthew 5:30BSB

And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.