Be away

Usually translated “being absent” and “am absent”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• being absent 6
• i am absent 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• 2 Corinthians 4
• 1 Corinthians 1
• Philippians 1
• Colossians 1

4 books in all.

• Away from (apo)
• To go away (aperchomai)
• To lead away (apagō)
• To snatch (saphah)

• 2 Corinthians 10:1Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
• 2 Corinthians 10:11Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
• 2 Corinthians 13:2I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
• 2 Corinthians 13:10Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
• Philippians 1:27Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
• Colossians 2:5For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).