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To go abroad

ἀποδημέωStrong’s G0589

apodēmeō

Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament

In short

Apodēmeō is the Greek word usually translated “traveled abroad”, “going on a journey” and “left the region”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.

“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:”
Matthew 21:33 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “traveled abroad”, “going on a journey” and “left the region”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • he traveled abroad 1
  • going on a journey 1
  • he left the region 1
  • traveled abroad 1
  • went away 1
  • went abroad 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 3
  • Luke 2
  • Mark 1

3 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary

ἀποδημέω apodēmeō · to go abroad

ἀπο-δημέω, -ῶ (ἀπόδημος), [in LXX: Eze.19:3 A * ;] to be or go abroad (M, Pr., 130, 2): Mat.21:33 25:14-15, Mrk.12:1, Luk.15:13 20:9.† (AS)

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

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