Strong G566ἀπέχει
to receive/avoid
- Transliteration
- apechei
- Pronunciation
- ap-ekh'-i
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Third person singular present indicative active of G568 used impersonally;
it is sufficient: - it is enough.
it is sufficient: - it is enough.
Detailed definition
to receive (in full); to be distant; (middle) to abstain, avoid
trans. to have in full what is due or is sought, Mt. 6:2, 5, 16; Lk. 6:24; Phil. 4:18; to have altogether, Phlm. 15; hence, it is enough, Mk. 14:41; intransitive to be distant, Lk. 7:6; to be estranged, Mt. 15:8; Mk. 7:6, middle to abstain from, Acts 14:20
trans. to have in full what is due or is sought, Mt. 6:2, 5, 16; Lk. 6:24; Phil. 4:18; to have altogether, Phlm. 15; hence, it is enough, Mk. 14:41; intransitive to be distant, Lk. 7:6; to be estranged, Mt. 15:8; Mk. 7:6, middle to abstain from, Acts 14:20
Related words
Same identity
Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: ἀπέχω,
future ἀφέξω, and [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.572) ἀποσχήσω:)]aorist ἀπέσχον:— keep off or away from, αἴ κεν τυδέος υἱὸν ἀπόσχη Ἰλίου ἱρῆς[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.96, 277; ἑκὰς νήσων ἀπέχων εὐεργέα νῆα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.33)]; κληῖδες ἀπ᾽ ὤμων αὐχέν᾽ ἔχουσιν the collar-bone parts the neck from the shoulders, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.324)]; Εὐβοίης ἀπέχειν.. αἶγας Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.20, compare 22; ἄπεχε τῆς βοὸς τὸν ταῦρον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1125 (Lyric poetry), compare “Pr.” 687 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 with dative person, τοι.. χεῖρας ἀφέξω[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.263.)]
3 with a preposition, ἀ. φρένα περισσῶν παρὰ φωτῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 427 (Lyric poetry); ῥῖνα ἀπὸ κάκκης 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 162.)]
4 c.accusative only, keep off or away, σκοτεινὸν ἀ. ψόγον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Pi.N. 7.61; ἀ. φάσγανον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1519.)]
5 οὐδὲν ἀπέχει with infinitive, nothing hinders, debars one from doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Cra.407b, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.433a.)]
II middle, κακῶν ἄπο χεῖρας ἔχεσθαι hold one's hands off or away from.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.316; κυάμων ἄπο χεῖρας ἔχεσθε 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 141; ἀθανάτων ἀ. χεῖρας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 350 (Lyric poetry), compare “Supp.” 756, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 213d, 214d:)] —but mostly,
II.2 ἀπέχεσθαί τινος hold oneself off a thing, abstain or desist from it, πολέμου[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.35, +others; βοῶν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.321)]; οὐδὲ.. σευ ἀφέξομαι will not keep my hands off thee,[Refs ([prev. work] 19.489; Δεκελέης)]abstain from ravaging [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 0.73, compare 1.66, 4.118, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.20, etc.)]; keep away from, πόλεως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.3.10)]: in perfect passive, μηδὲ τῶν μικρῶν ἀπεσχημένον[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.47; ἀγορᾶς ἀπεσχ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1278a25.)]
II.3 with infinitive, ἀπέχεσθαι μὴ στρατεῦσαι abstain from marching, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.25; λαμβάνειν ἀπέσχετο 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 94.3; ἀπέχεσθαι τοῦ ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.3; οὐκ ἀ. τὸ μὴ οὐ ποιεῖν [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.6.32, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 354b)]: also with participle, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.43d.)]
II.4 absolutely, refrain oneself, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.61.)]
III intransitive in active, to be away or far from, with genitive loci, τῶν Ἐπιπολῶν ἓξ ἢ ἑπτὰ σταδίους[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.97)]; ἀ.ἀπὸ Βαβυλῶνος, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.179,compare 3.26, +others; ἀπὸ θαλάττης.. δώδεκα δδὸν ἡμερῶν ἀ. 3rd c.BC: Euphro Comicus 11.3; ἀ. παμπόλλων ἡμερῶν ὁδόν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.3; τὸ μέσον ἴσον τῶν ἐσχάτων ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 145b; πλεῖστον ἀ. κατὰ τόπον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 363a31; a). τὴν ἡμίσειαν διάμετρον [prev. author] Cael. 293b30, etc.)]
III.b project, extend, [Refs ([prev. author] “GA” 781a11; τὰἀπέχοντα)]prominent parts, PA [Refs (655a32.)]
III.c ἀποσχὼν τεσσαράκοντα μάλιστα σταδίους μὴ φθάσαι ἐλθώνfailing to arrinein time by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.3.)]
III.2 of actions, to be far from, ἀπεῖχον τῆς ἐξευρέσιος οὐδὲν ἔλασσον were just as farfrom the discovery, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.67; τοσοῦτον ἀπέχω τοῦ ποιεῖν τι ὥστε.. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.70; τοσούτῳ πλέον ἡμῶν ἀπέχεις τοῦ πιστὰ λέγειν ὅσον.. [prev. work] 11.32)]; ἀπέχει τοῦ μὴ μετ᾽ ὀργῆς [πράττειν] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.41)]; πλεῖστον ἀ. τινός to be as far as possible from doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.62)]; but τοσοῦτ᾽ ἀπέχει τῶν χορηγῶν so far is it from the thoughts of.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.59.)]
III.3 generally, to be far remoued from, πολιτείας, μοναρχίας, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1289b2, 1293a17; τοῦ μέσου [prev. author] “EN” 1109a10.)]
III.4 differ from, οὐδέν τι ἀπεῖχε γαμετῆς γυναικός[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.16.4.)]
III.5 διαφύσιες.. ᾗσιν οὐδὲν ἀπέχει ἀγγεῖα εἶναι nothing is wanting, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τέχνης” 10.)]
IV have or receive in full, τὴν ἀπόκρισιν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.50)]; τὸ χρέος ἀ. receive payment in full, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 55; χάριτας [prev. work] 51)]; ἀπέχω in receipts, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“BGU” 612.2 (1st c.AD), etc.)]; ἀ. τὸν μισθόν[NT+1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 22, NT.Matt.6.2, +others; καρπὸν ἀ. τῶν πονηθέντων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 17; ἀ. τὸ μέτεριον [prev. author] 2.124e.)]
IV.2 impersonal, ἀπέχει it sufficeth, it is enough, [NT (NT.Mark.14.41, compare “Anacreontea” 15.33.)]
future ἀφέξω, and [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.572) ἀποσχήσω:)]aorist ἀπέσχον:— keep off or away from, αἴ κεν τυδέος υἱὸν ἀπόσχη Ἰλίου ἱρῆς[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.96, 277; ἑκὰς νήσων ἀπέχων εὐεργέα νῆα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.33)]; κληῖδες ἀπ᾽ ὤμων αὐχέν᾽ ἔχουσιν the collar-bone parts the neck from the shoulders, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.324)]; Εὐβοίης ἀπέχειν.. αἶγας Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.20, compare 22; ἄπεχε τῆς βοὸς τὸν ταῦρον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1125 (Lyric poetry), compare “Pr.” 687 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 with dative person, τοι.. χεῖρας ἀφέξω[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.263.)]
3 with a preposition, ἀ. φρένα περισσῶν παρὰ φωτῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 427 (Lyric poetry); ῥῖνα ἀπὸ κάκκης 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 162.)]
4 c.accusative only, keep off or away, σκοτεινὸν ἀ. ψόγον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Pi.N. 7.61; ἀ. φάσγανον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1519.)]
5 οὐδὲν ἀπέχει with infinitive, nothing hinders, debars one from doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Cra.407b, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.433a.)]
II middle, κακῶν ἄπο χεῖρας ἔχεσθαι hold one's hands off or away from.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.316; κυάμων ἄπο χεῖρας ἔχεσθε 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 141; ἀθανάτων ἀ. χεῖρας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 350 (Lyric poetry), compare “Supp.” 756, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 213d, 214d:)] —but mostly,
II.2 ἀπέχεσθαί τινος hold oneself off a thing, abstain or desist from it, πολέμου[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.35, +others; βοῶν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.321)]; οὐδὲ.. σευ ἀφέξομαι will not keep my hands off thee,[Refs ([prev. work] 19.489; Δεκελέης)]abstain from ravaging [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 0.73, compare 1.66, 4.118, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.20, etc.)]; keep away from, πόλεως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.3.10)]: in perfect passive, μηδὲ τῶν μικρῶν ἀπεσχημένον[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.47; ἀγορᾶς ἀπεσχ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1278a25.)]
II.3 with infinitive, ἀπέχεσθαι μὴ στρατεῦσαι abstain from marching, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.25; λαμβάνειν ἀπέσχετο 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 94.3; ἀπέχεσθαι τοῦ ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.3; οὐκ ἀ. τὸ μὴ οὐ ποιεῖν [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.6.32, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 354b)]: also with participle, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.43d.)]
II.4 absolutely, refrain oneself, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.61.)]
III intransitive in active, to be away or far from, with genitive loci, τῶν Ἐπιπολῶν ἓξ ἢ ἑπτὰ σταδίους[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.97)]; ἀ.ἀπὸ Βαβυλῶνος, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.179,compare 3.26, +others; ἀπὸ θαλάττης.. δώδεκα δδὸν ἡμερῶν ἀ. 3rd c.BC: Euphro Comicus 11.3; ἀ. παμπόλλων ἡμερῶν ὁδόν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.1.3; τὸ μέσον ἴσον τῶν ἐσχάτων ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 145b; πλεῖστον ἀ. κατὰ τόπον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 363a31; a). τὴν ἡμίσειαν διάμετρον [prev. author] Cael. 293b30, etc.)]
III.b project, extend, [Refs ([prev. author] “GA” 781a11; τὰἀπέχοντα)]prominent parts, PA [Refs (655a32.)]
III.c ἀποσχὼν τεσσαράκοντα μάλιστα σταδίους μὴ φθάσαι ἐλθώνfailing to arrinein time by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.3.)]
III.2 of actions, to be far from, ἀπεῖχον τῆς ἐξευρέσιος οὐδὲν ἔλασσον were just as farfrom the discovery, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.67; τοσοῦτον ἀπέχω τοῦ ποιεῖν τι ὥστε.. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.70; τοσούτῳ πλέον ἡμῶν ἀπέχεις τοῦ πιστὰ λέγειν ὅσον.. [prev. work] 11.32)]; ἀπέχει τοῦ μὴ μετ᾽ ὀργῆς [πράττειν] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.41)]; πλεῖστον ἀ. τινός to be as far as possible from doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.62)]; but τοσοῦτ᾽ ἀπέχει τῶν χορηγῶν so far is it from the thoughts of.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.59.)]
III.3 generally, to be far remoued from, πολιτείας, μοναρχίας, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1289b2, 1293a17; τοῦ μέσου [prev. author] “EN” 1109a10.)]
III.4 differ from, οὐδέν τι ἀπεῖχε γαμετῆς γυναικός[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.16.4.)]
III.5 διαφύσιες.. ᾗσιν οὐδὲν ἀπέχει ἀγγεῖα εἶναι nothing is wanting, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τέχνης” 10.)]
IV have or receive in full, τὴν ἀπόκρισιν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.50)]; τὸ χρέος ἀ. receive payment in full, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 55; χάριτας [prev. work] 51)]; ἀπέχω in receipts, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“BGU” 612.2 (1st c.AD), etc.)]; ἀ. τὸν μισθόν[NT+1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 22, NT.Matt.6.2, +others; καρπὸν ἀ. τῶν πονηθέντων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 17; ἀ. τὸ μέτεριον [prev. author] 2.124e.)]
IV.2 impersonal, ἀπέχει it sufficeth, it is enough, [NT (NT.Mark.14.41, compare “Anacreontea” 15.33.)]