G566 ἀπέχει (apéchei)

Greek

Verb

Quick Definition

to receive/avoid

Strong's Definition

it is sufficient

Derivation: third person singular present indicative active of G568 (ἀπέχω) used impersonally;

KJV Usage: it is enough

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

- Original: ἀπέχει - Transliteration: Apechei - Phonetic: ap-ekh'-i - Definition: 1. it is sufficient, it is enough - Origin: third person singular present indicative active of G568 used impersonally - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀπέχω apechō 19x

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; intrans. to be distant, Lk. 7:6; to be estranged, Mt. 15:8; Mk. 7:6, mid. to abstain from, Acts 14:20

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Third person singular present indicative active of G568 used impersonally

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἀπέχω. Deissmann (BS p. 229 and LAE p. τὸ ἢ.) has already shown how much light is thrown on the NT use of this word (Mt 6% 16 Phil 418) by the papyri and ostraca. There it 4s constantly found in the sense of *‘I have received,” as a technical expression in drawing up a receipt. Consequently in the Sermon on the Mount we are led to understand ἀπέχουσιν τὸν μισθὸν αὐτῶν, ‘they can Sign the receipt of their reward: their right to receive the reward is realised, prectsely as if they had already given a receipt for it” (BS p. 229). To the almost contemporary instances of this usage which Deissmann gives, BGU II. 5845% (A.D. 44) Kal ἀπέχω τὴν συνκεχωρημένην τιμὴν πᾶσαν ἐκ πλήρους, and 2. 6125: (A.D. 57) ἀπέχω παρ᾽ ὑμῶν τὸν φόρον τοῦ ἐλα[ι]ουργίου, ὧν ἔχετέ [po]u ἐν μισθώσει, we may add a few exx. which might be multiplied almost indefinitely : P Par 523 (B.c. 163-2) ἀπέχι παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ τιμῆς ὀθόνια, P Tebt I. 109)? (B.c. 93) τάλαντον ἕν, ὅ ἀπέχουσιν οἱ προγεγραμμένοι πία]ρὰ Ilererovxov, BGU III 975*°* (A.D. 45) (= Selections, p. 43) ἀἸπέχι ἡ Τεσεν[ο]ῦφις τὴν ὀφιλη[μένην] ὁ Ilalods] φερνὴϊν ἀργυρίου : we might suggest τὴν ὀφίλη (1. ε. εἰ) [αὐτῇ] as a rather simpler emendation than the editor’s ὑπὸ τοῦ [laottos—the substitution of for (€)t has a parallel in 1. ® of this illiterate deed of divorce. Also PSI 398 (A.D. 148) ἀπέχειν τὴν συμπεφωνημένην τιμὴν ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς ἑκατὸν ὀγδοηκονταοκτώ, etc. For the subst. ἀποχή, which is used exactly in the sense of our “receipt,” cf. P Oxy I. 9135 (A.p. 187) κυρία ἡ ἀποχή, ‘the receipt is valid,” 26. II. 269%-* (a.p. 57) ἐάν σοι δῦ τὸ ἀργύριον δὺς αὐτῷ ἀποχήν, “if he gives you the money, give him the receipt,” Osvv 50 (i/A.D.) τὴν mpot(épay) ἀποχ(ήν), and often. An important note by Albert Thumb (in Weue Jahrbiicher f. d. kl. Altertum, 1906, p. 255) shows that the function of the ferfectivez¢ng preposition is to supply a present answering to the past ἔσχον. In receipts we find regularly ἀπέχω and ἔσχον, hardly ever (as Ostr 1417, 1430) ἀπέσχον, still less ἀπέσχηκεν, as in BGU IV. 105818 (Augustus). See further Wilcken Os¢r. i. Ρ. 85f. and H. Erman in 47chiv i. p. 77 ft. For the intransitive sense of the verb “to be away, distant,” cf. P Strass I. 578 (ii/a.p.) μηδὲ μείλιον ἀπεχουσῶν ἀλλήλ[ων], and Michel 466° (iii/B.c.) ἀπέχον ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀπέχει (apechei) — to receive/avoid. Included with: ἀπέχω, future ἀφέξω, and [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist ἀπέσχον:— keep off or away from, αἴ κεν τυδέος υἱὸν ἀπόσχη Ἰλίου ἱρῆς[Refs 8th c.BC+]; κληῖδες ἀπ᾽ ὤμων αὐχέν᾽ ἔχουσιν the collar-bone parts the neck from the shoulders, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Εὐβοίης ἀπέχειν.. αἶγας Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. with dative person, τοι.. χεῖρας ἀφέξω[Refs 8th c.BC+]

3. with a preposition, ἀ. φρένα περισσῶν παρὰ φωτῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. c.accusative only, keep off or away, σκοτεινὸν ἀ. ψόγον[Refs 5th c.BC+]

5. οὐδὲν ἀπέχει with infinitive, nothing hinders, debars one from doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. middle, κακῶν ἄπο χεῖρας ἔχεσθαι hold one's hands off or away from.., [Refs 8th c.BC+] —but mostly,

II.2. ἀπέχεσθαί τινος hold oneself off a thing, abstain or desist from it, πολέμου[Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐδὲ.. σευ ἀφέξομαι will not keep my hands off thee,[Refs]abstain from ravaging [Refs 5th c.BC+]; keep away from, πόλεως[Refs 5th c.BC+]: in perfect passive, μηδὲ τῶν μικρῶν ἀπεσχημένον[Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.3. with infinitive, ἀπέχεσθαι μὴ στρατεῦσαι abstain from marching, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with participle, [Refs 4th c.AD+]

II.4. absolutely, refrain oneself, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III. intransitive in active, to be away or far from, with genitive loci, τῶν Ἐπιπολῶν ἓξ ἢ ἑπτὰ σταδίους[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ.ἀπὸ Βαβυλῶνος, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. b project, extend, [Refs]prominent parts, PA [Refs]

III. c ἀποσχὼν τεσσαράκοντα μάλιστα σταδίους μὴ φθάσαι ἐλθώνfailing to arrinein time by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. of actions, to be far from, ἀπεῖχον τῆς ἐξευρέσιος οὐδὲν ἔλασσον were just as farfrom the discovery, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπέχει τοῦ μὴ μετ᾽ ὀργῆς [πράττειν] [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πλεῖστον ἀ. τινός to be as far as possible from doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but τοσοῦτ᾽ ἀπέχει τῶν χορηγῶν so far is it from the thoughts of.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III.3. generally, to be far remoued from, πολιτείας, μοναρχίας, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III.4. differ from, οὐδέν τι ἀπεῖχε γαμετῆς γυναικός[Refs 2nd c.AD+]

III.5. διαφύσιες.. ᾗσιν οὐδὲν ἀπέχει ἀγγεῖα εἶναι nothing is wanting, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV. have or receive in full, τὴν ἀπόκρισιν[Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ χρέος ἀ. receive payment in full, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἀπέχω in receipts, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἀ. τὸν μισθόν[NT+1st c.AD+]

IV.2. impersonal, ἀπέχει it sufficeth, it is enough, [NT]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

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