verb
apodēmamō
Strong’sG589
I go into another country
stem apodēm-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 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.
ἀπο-δημέω, -ῶ
(< ἀπόδημος), [in LXX: Ez 19:3 A*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G589 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidap-od-ay-meh'-o
to go abroad, i.e. visit a foreign land
Fromfrom G590;
King Jamesgo (travel) into a far country, journey.
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
Doric dialect ἀπο-δᾱμέω, perfect ἀπεδήμηκα uncertain in Refs 5th c.BC+:— to be away from home, be abroad or on one's travels, Refs 5th c.BC+; of foreign service, Refs; opposed to ἐπιδημεῖν, Refs 5th c.BC+: metaphorically, to be absent, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 go abroad, παρά τινα to visit him, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. ἐς Αἴγιναν κατὰ τοὺς Αἰακίδας go abroad to Aegina to fetch the Aeacidae, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| apodēmataἀπεδήμησεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | went away | 5× |
| apodēmarōntosἀποδημῶν | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine | going on a journey | 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, 5 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apodēmamō | apodēmame | apodēmami | apodēmama | apodēmamē | apodēmamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | apodēmasō | apodēmase | apodēmasi | apodēmasa | apodēmasē | apodēmaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apodēmatō | apodēmate | apodēmati | apodēmata5×ἀπεδήμησεν | apodēmatē | apodēmatelē |
| we 1st person plural | apodēmanō | apodēmane | apodēmani | apodēmana | apodēmanē | apodēmanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | apodēmavō | apodēmave | apodēmavi | apodēmava | apodēmavē | apodēmavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | apodēmalō | apodēmale | apodēmali | apodēmala | apodēmalē | apodēmalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apodēmameiō | apodēmameia | apodēmameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | apodēmaseiō | apodēmaseia | apodēmaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apodēmateiō | apodēmateia | apodēmateiē |
| we 1st person plural | apodēmaneiō | apodēmaneia | apodēmaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | apodēmaveiō | apodēmaveia | apodēmaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | apodēmaleiō | apodēmaleia | apodēmaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | apodēmasōr | apodēmasar | apodēmasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apodēmatōr | apodēmatar | apodēmatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | apodēmavōr | apodēmavar | apodēmavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | apodēmalōr | apodēmalar | apodēmalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | apodēmamoiō | apodēmamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | apodēmasoiō | apodēmasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | apodēmatoiō | apodēmatoia |
| we 1st person plural | apodēmanoiō | apodēmanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | apodēmavoiō | apodēmavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | apodēmaloiō | apodēmaloia |
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 | apodēmarō | apodēmari | apodēmara | apodēmarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | apodēmarōntos1×ἀποδημῶν | apodēmarintos | apodēmarantos | apodēmarēntos |
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
apodēm 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
apodēmata“went away”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular5×
Matthew 21:33“went on a journey”… purgon, kai ekdōeta auton geōrgoi, kai apodēmata.… he rented it out to …
Matthew 25:15“went on a journey”… hekasto kata tan idian dunamian, kai apodēmata. eutheōs… one talent — each according to his own ability. And he …
Mark 12:1… purgon, kai ekdōeta auton geōrgoi, kai apodēmata.… it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
Luke 15:13“traveled”… hēmerain sunagarantos panteim tos neoteros huios apodēmata eis chōran makran, kai ekei diaskorpizata …… a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth …
Luke 20:9… ampelōnon, kai ekdōeta auton geōrgoi, kai apodēmata chronoin hikanoin.… it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.
apodēmarōntos“going on a journey”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×
Matthew 25:14Hōsper gar anthrōpos apodēmarōntos kalata toin idioin douloin kai paradōata …… it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted …