ἀπό apo

Greek word for “away from” · Strong’s G575 · used 645 times in 590 verses

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Meaning

ἀπό (on the frequently neglect of elision bef.

How it is translated

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

• from 511
• of 48
• by 21
• the 11
• for 7
• in 7
• because 5
• away from 5
• out 5
• on 5
• with 2
• away 2

Where it is used

Also in 15 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 8 (11), Matthew 27 (10), Luke 24 (9), Acts 15 (9), Luke 5 (8), Luke 9 (8), Acts 13 (8), Mark 15 (7), Luke 12 (7), Luke 22 (7)

Forms

• ἀπὸ 471
• ἀπ᾽ 124
• ἀφ᾽ 42
• Ἀπὸ 5
• ἀπέπνιξαν 1
• Ἀπ᾽ 1
• ἀπό 1

Words used with it

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

• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 57
• ἐξέρχομαι exerchomai “to go out” 40
• ἕως heōs “until” 33
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 38
• πατήρ patēr “father” 40
• πολύς polus “much” 38
• ἐκεῖνος ekeinos “that” 31
• ἀρχή archē “beginning” 21
• μετά meta “with/after” 36
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 36
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 33
• αἴρω airō “to take up” 23

Key verses

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

• Matthew 6:13 — And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
• Matthew 25:34 — Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Acts 3:19 — Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
• Acts 26:18 — To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance…
• 1 Corinthians 1:30 — But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
• 1 Corinthians 4:5 — Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels…
• Colossians 1:23 — If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every…
• 2 Timothy 2:19 — Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ…
• Titus 2:14 — Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
• Hebrews 9:14 — How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the…
• James 1:17 — Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
• Revelation 1:5 — And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and…

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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.