Quick Definition
I go into another country
Strong's Definition
to go abroad, i.e. visit a foreign land
Derivation: from G590 (ἀπόδημος);
KJV Usage: go (travel) into a far country, journey
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀποδημέω, ἀποδήμω; 1 aorist ἀπεδήμησα; (ἀπόδημος, which see); to go away to foreign parts, go abroad: Mat_21:33; Mat_25:14; Mar_12:1; Luk_15:13 (εἰς χώραν); Luk_20:9. (In Greek writings from Herodotus down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀποδημέω apodēmeō 6x
to be absent from one s home or country; to go on travel, Mat_21:33 ; Mat_25:14-15 ; Mar_12:1 ; Luk_15:13 ; Luk_20:9
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀπο -δημέω , -ῶ
( < ἀπόδημος ),
[in LXX : Eze_19:3 A * ;]
to be or go abroad ( M , Pr., 130, 2): Mat_21:33 ; Mat_25:14-15 , Mar_12:1 , Luk_15:13 ; Luk_20:9 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀποδημέω [page 61]
Early examples of this verb are afforded by P Petr III. 42 I .5 (iii/B.C.) εἰμὶ γὰρ πρὸς τῶι ἀποδημεῖν , for I am on the point of departure (Edd.), and P Par 46 .8 (B.C. 153) ἐνκατελελοίπει με ἀποδημήσας . An antithesis which verbally resembles 2Co_5:9 may be seen in P Tebt I. 104 .17 (B.C. 92) ἐνδημῶν καὶ ἀποδημῶν , in a marriage contract : similarly BGU I. 183 .7 (A.D. 85), P. Giss I. 2 i. 19 (B.C. 173), and cf. P Par 69 (iii/A.D.) where the arrivals and departures of a strategus are recorded in his day-book by ἐπι - and ἀποδημέω respectively (cf. Archiv iv. p. 374) On P Catt V. 20 (ii/A.D.) (= Chrest. II. p. 422) ἐὰν γένηταί με ἀποδημεῖν , P. M. Meyer observes ( Archiv iii. p. 84) that the verb is the antithesis of ἐνδημεῖν , as especially in marriage contracts. Add P Oxy I. 44 .18 (late i/A.D.) ἀποδημοῦντός σου , in your absence, ib. II. 326 .7 ( c. A.D. 45) οὐκ ἔλαβον ἀργύριον παρὰ [τῶν πρ ]οπόλων ἀφ᾽ οὗ ἀπεδήμη [σα ], ib. III. 471 .8 (ii/A.D.) ἀποδη [μοῦντ ]ες ἠγνοήσατε τὰς [π ]ερὶ τούτων γεγραμμένας ὑμ [εῖ ]ν ἐπιστολάς , P Tebt II. 333 .7 (A.D. 216) τοῦ πατρός μου . . . ἀποδημήσαντος . . . πρὸς κυνηγίαν λαγοῶν , my father set off to hunt hares, and P Amh II. 145 .16 (iv/v A.D.) ἐ ]λυπήθην διότι ἀπεδήμησας ἀλόγως , I am grieved because you went away without cause (Edd.). In Syll 633 .13 (Rom.) ἐὰν δέ τινα ἀνθρώπινα πάσχῃ ἢ ἀσθενήσῃ ἢ ἀποδημήσῃ που gives us a good combination. For the subst. cf. P Oxy III. 471 .134 (ii/A.D.) τάς τε ἀποδημίας , P Tebt II. 330 .3 (ii/A.D.) ἐμοῦ ἐν ἀποδημίᾳ ὄντος , and P Giss I. 41 ii. 3 (Hadrian) ὑπὸ τ̣ῆ̣ς̣μακρᾶς ἀποδημίας τὰ ἡμέτε [ρα ] πα [ντ ]α̣πασιν ἀμεληθέντα τυγχ [άνει ].
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀποδημέω [Etym: ἀπόδημος] "to be away from home, be abroad or on one's travels", Hdt. , attic "to go abroad", ἀπ. παρά τινα to visit him, Hdt. ; ἀπ. ἐς Αἰγίναν κατά τι "to go abroad" to Aegina to fetch a thing, id=Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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