Strong G589ἀποδημέω

to go abroad

Transliteration
apodēmeō
Pronunciation
ap-od-ay-meh'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G590; to go abroad that is visit a foreign land: - go (travel) into a far country journey.

Detailed definition

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)

In the Bible

Strong G589 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • go3
  • take2
  • country1

First verses

  1. Matthew 21:33
    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:
  2. Matthew 25:14
    For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
  3. Matthew 25:15
    And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
  4. Mark 12:1
    And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
  5. Luke 15:13
    And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
  6. Luke 20:9
    Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀποδημ-έω,
Doric dialect ἀπο-δᾱμέω, perfect ἀπεδήμηκα uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 66)]:— to be away from home, be abroad or on one's travels, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.29, 4.1, 152, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 371, etc.)]; of foreign service, [Refs ([prev. author] “Lys.” 101)]; opposed to ἐπιδημεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.69)]: metaphorically, to be absent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.37; ὁ νοῦς παρὼν ἀποδημεῖ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1120: sometimes with _genitive_, ἀποδημεῖν οἰκίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 954b; ἀπὸ τῆς ἑωυτῶν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.117; ἐκ τῆς πόλεως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 53a; οὐκ ἔξεστι ἀποδημεῖν τοῖς Λακεδαιμονίοις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 543.)]
2 go abroad, παρά τινα to visit him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.124)]; ἀ. ἐς Αἴγιναν κατὰ τοὺς Αἰακίδας go abroad to Aegina to fetch the Aeacidae, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.84; ἀ. ἐπὶ δεῖπνον εἰς Θετταλίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 53e; ἐνθένδε εἰς ἄλλον τόπον [prev. author] “Ap.” 40e; κατ᾽ ἐμπορίαν 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 21, 57 (variant{ἐπί}); πρὸς τὰ ἱερά 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.7.3; ποῖ γῆς ἀπεδήμει; 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 48; ἄλλοσε ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 579b; ἐκεῖσε [prev. author] “Phd.” 61e.)]