ἀπέχω apechō

Greek word for “to have in full” · Strong’s G568 · used 19 times in 19 verses

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Meaning

ἀπ-έχω; 1. trans.; (a) to hold back, keep off;

How it is translated

Glosses given for apechō in context, with how often each is used:

• have 4
• being distant 3
• abstain 3
• kept 2
• fully 1
• enough 1
• receiving 1
• abstain from 1
• do abstain 1
• commanding to abstain 1
• may possess 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 6 (3), Acts 15 (2), Matthew 14 (1), Matthew 15 (1), Mark 7 (1), Mark 14 (1), Luke 6 (1), Luke 7 (1), Luke 15 (1), Luke 24 (1)

Forms

• ἀπέχεσθαι 5
• ἀπέχουσιν 3
• ἀπέχει 3
• ἀπέχοντος 2
• ἀπεῖχεν 1
• ἀπέχετε 1
• ἀπέχουσαν 1
• ἀπέχω 1
• ἀπέχεσθε 1
• ἀπέχῃς 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with apechō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ὑποκριτής hupokritēs “hypocrite” 4
• πορνεία porneia “sexual sin” 3
• μισθός misthos “wage” 3
• πνικτός pniktos “strangled” 2
• πόρρω porrō “far (away)” 2
• ὅπως hopōs “that” 3
• στάδιος stadios “stadium” 2
• χεῖλος cheilos “lip” 2
• μακράν makran “far” 2
• ἀμήν amēn “amen” 3
• ὅταν hotan “when(-ever)” 3
• τιμάω timaō “to honor” 2

Key verses

The verses using apechō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 6:2 — Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory…
• Matthew 6:5 — And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they…
• Matthew 6:16 — Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say…
• Luke 7:6 — Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am…
• Luke 15:20 — And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed…
• Acts 15:20 — But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
• Acts 15:29 — That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do…
• Philippians 4:18 — But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable,…
• 1 Thessalonians 4:3 — For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
• 1 Thessalonians 5:22 — Abstain from all appearance of evil.
• 1 Timothy 4:3 — Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
• 1 Peter 2:11 — Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.