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Away from

ἀπόStrong’s G0575

apo

Appears in 612 verses of the New Testament

In short

Apo is the Greek word usually translated “from”, “of” and “by”. It appears in 612 verses of the New Testament.

“Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
2 Thessalonians 1:2 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • from 548
  • of 46
  • by 22
  • for 7
  • in 7
  • away from 5
  • out of 5
  • on 5

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

Where it's used most
  • Luke 115
  • Matthew 106
  • Acts 106
  • Mark 44
  • John 40
  • Revelation 30

27 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 612 verses, by book
Philippians 5
1:21:51:284:154:23
2 Thessalonians 8
1:21:71:92:23:23:33:63:18
1 Timothy 4
1:23:76:56:10
Philemon 2
1:31:25
2 Peter 2
1:213:4
2 John 2
1:51:6
3 John 1
1:7
Jude 2
1:141:23
Greek dictionary

ἀπό apo · 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.; …

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “from” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

FROM, preposition

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.