verb
apeiamō
Strong’sG548
I am absent; I go away
stem apei-8 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books4 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἄπ-ειμι
(εἰμί, sum), [in LXX for כּחד ni., נדח ni.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G548 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidap'-i-mee
to be away
Fromfrom G575 and G1510;
King Jamesbe absent.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(εἰμί
A sum), imperfect ἀπῆν (later ἀπήμηνRefs 3rd c.AD+, 2nd pers.singular ἀπῆσθαRefs 5th c.BC+; Epic dialect ἀπέηνRefs 8th c.BC+: future ἀπέσομαιRefs 5th c.BC+; Epic dialect ἀπέσσομαιRefs 8th c.BC+:—to be away or far from, with genitive, ὁππότε πάτρης ἧς ἀπέῃσιν ἀνήρ Refs 5th c.BC+
A.2 absolutely, to be away or absent, and of things, to be wanting, οἵ τ᾽ ὄντες οἵ τ᾽ ἀπόντες, i.e. all that are, every one, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the dead, variant in Refs 5th c.BC+; τοῦ θεοῦ ἀπεόντος the god not being counted, Refs 5th c.BC+imperfect, ἀπῆσαν and ἀπῇσαν are frequently confused in codices, as in Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| apeiamōἄπειμι | happening now · Ipresent active indicative 1st person singular | absent | 1× |
| apeialeἀπῄεσαν | was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural | went | 1× |
| apeiarōntosἀπὼν | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine | absent | 5× |
| apeiarōntoisἀπόντες | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine | absent | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apeiamō1×ἄπειμι | apeiame | apeiami | apeiama | apeiamē | apeiamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | apeiasō | apeiase | apeiasi | apeiasa | apeiasē | apeiaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apeiatō | apeiate | apeiati | apeiata | apeiatē | apeiatelē |
| we 1st person plural | apeianō | apeiane | apeiani | apeiana | apeianē | apeianelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | apeiavō | apeiave | apeiavi | apeiava | apeiavē | apeiavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | apeialō | apeiale1×ἀπῄεσαν | apeiali | apeiala | apeialē | apeialelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apeiameiō | apeiameia | apeiameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | apeiaseiō | apeiaseia | apeiaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apeiateiō | apeiateia | apeiateiē |
| we 1st person plural | apeianeiō | apeianeia | apeianeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | apeiaveiō | apeiaveia | apeiaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | apeialeiō | apeialeia | apeialeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | apeiasōr | apeiasar | apeiasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apeiatōr | apeiatar | apeiatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | apeiavōr | apeiavar | apeiavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | apeialōr | apeialar | apeialēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apeiamoiō | apeiamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | apeiasoiō | apeiasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apeiatoiō | apeiatoia |
| we 1st person plural | apeianoiō | apeianoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | apeiavoiō | apeiavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | apeialoiō | apeialoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | apeiarō | apeiari | apeiara | apeiarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 6 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | apeiarōntos6×ἀπὼν | apeiarintos | apeiarantos | apeiarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
apei is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
8 occurrences, every one of them listed
apeiamō“absent”happening now · Ipresent active indicative 1st person singular1×
Colossians 2:5ei gar kai ta sarka apeiamō, alla te pneume sun vi amō, …For although I am absent from you in body, I am …
apeiale“went”was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Acts 17:10… paragenerantois eis tan sunagōgan toiu Ioudaioiu apeiale;… to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
apeiarōntos“absent”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine5×
1 Corinthians 5:3Mis men gar, apeiarōntos te sōme pareiarōntos de te pneume, …Although I am absent from you in body, I am …
2 Corinthians 10:1“absent”… kata prosōpem men tapeinos en vi, apeiarōntos de tharramō eis vin;… who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.
2 Corinthians 13:2“absent”… prolegamō hōs pareiarōntos tem deuterem kai apeiarōntos nun, toi proamartanarēntoi kai toi loipoi …… warned you the second time I was with you. So now in my absence I warn those who sinned earlier and everyone else …
2 Corinthians 13:10dia houtem houteim apeiarōntos grafamō, hina pareiarōntos mē apotomōs chremeia …… why I write these things while absent, so that when I am present …
Philippians 1:27“absent”… eite ercharantos kai horarantos vin eite apeiarōntos akouameiō teim peri vu, hoti stēkavō …… Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand …
apeiarōntois“absent”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×
2 Corinthians 10:11… hoiois anō to logo dia epistolaiu apeiarōntois, toioutois kai pareiarōntois te erge.… we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions …