ἀπό

616 ἀπό (on the freq. neglect of elision bef. vowels, v. Tdf., Pr. , 94, WH, App. , 146), prep. c. gen. (WM, 462 ff.; on its relation to ἐκ , παρά , ὑπό , WM, 456 f.), [in LXX for מִן , בְּ , לְ ;] from (i.e. from the exterior). Of separation and cessation; of motion from a place: Mt 5:29 , 30 7:23 , Lk 5:2 22:41 , al.; in partitive sense (M, Pr. , 72, 102, 245; MM, s.v.; Bl., § 40, 2), Mt 9:16 27:21 , Jo 21:10 , Ac 5:2 , al.; also after verbs of eating, etc.; of alienation (cl. gen. of separation), after such verbs as λούω (Deiss., BS , 227), λύω , σώζω , παύω , etc.; ἀνάθεμα ἀ. , Ro 9:3 ; ἀποθνήσκειν ἀ. , Col 2:20 ; σαλευθῆναι , II Th 2:2 , καθαρός , -ίζειν , ἀ. (Deiss., BS , 196, 216), Ac 20:26 , II Co 7:1 , He 9:14 ; of position, Mt 23:34 24:31 , al.; after μακράν , Mt 8:30 ; transposed before measures of distance, Jo 10:18 21:8 , Re 14:20 (Abbott, JG , 227); of time, ἀπὸ τ. ὥρας , ἡμέρας , etc., Mt 9:22 , Jo 19:27 , Ac 20:18 , Phl 1:5 , al.; ἀπ’ αἰῶνος , Lk 1:70 , al.; ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς , etc., Mt 19:4 , Ro 1:20 ; ἀπὸ βρέφους , II Ti 3:15 ; ἀφ’ ἧς , since , Lk 7:45 , al.; ἀπὸ τ. νῦν , Lk 1:48 , al.; ἀπὸ τότε , Mt 4:17 , al.; ἀπὸ πέρυσι , a year ago , II Co 8:10 9:2 ; ἀπὸ πρωΐ , Ac 28:23 ; of order or rank, ἀπὸ διετοῦς , Mt 2:16 ; ἀπὸ Ἀβραάμ , Mt 1:17 ; ἕβδομος ἀπὸ Ἀδάμ , Ju 14 ; ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου , Ac 8:10 , He 8:11 ; ἄρχεσθαι ἀπό , Mt 20:8 , Jo 8:9 , Ac 8:35 , al. Of origin; of birth, extraction, and hence, in late writers, of local extraction (cl. ἐξ ; Abbott, JG , 227 ff.), Mt 21:11 , Mk 15:43 , Jo 1:45 , Ac 10:38 , al.; οἱ ἀπὸ Ἰταλίας (WM, § 66, 6; M, Pr. , 237; Westc, Rendall, in l.), He 13:24 ; of membership in a community or society (Bl., § 40, 2), Ac 12:1 , al.; of material (= cl. gen.; Bl., § 40, 2; M, Pr. , 102), Mt 3:4 27:21 ; after verbs of asking, seeking, etc., Lk 11:50 , 51 , I Th 2:6 (Milligan, in l.); of the cause, instrument, means or occasion (freq. = ὑπό , παρά , and after verbs of learning, hearing, knowing, etc.; Bl., § 40, 3), Mt 7:16 11:29 , Lk 22:45 , Ac 2:22 4:36 9:13 12:14 , I Co 11:23 , Ga 3:2 , al.; ἀπὸ τ. ὄχλου , Lk 19:3 (cf. Jo 21:6 , Ac 22:11 ); ἀπὸ τ. φόβου , Mt 14:26 , al. (cf. Mt 10:28 13:44 ). Noteworthy Hellenistic phrases: φοβεῖσθαι ἀπό (M, Pr. , 102, 107); προσέχειν ἀπό (M, Pr. , 102, 107; Milligan, NTD , 50); ἀπὸ νότου (Heb. מִנֶּגֶב ), Re 21:13 ; ἀπὸ προσώπου ( מִפְּנֵי ), II Th 1:9 (Bl., § 40, 9); ἀπὸ τ. καρδιῶν ( בְּלֵב ), Mt 18:35 ; ἀπὸ ὁ ὤν (WM, § 10, 2; M, Pr. , 9), Re 1:4 . In composition, ἀπό denotes separation, departure, origin, etc. ( ἀπολύω , ἀπέρχομαι , ἀπογράφω ); it also has a perfective force (M, Pr. , 112, 247), as in ἀφικνεῖσθαι , ἀφικνεῖσθαι , q.v.