Quick Definition
ἀποδημέω v. I go into another country
Strong's Definition
from 590; to go abroad, i.e. visit a foreign land
KJV Usage: go (travel) into a far country, journey
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | δῆμος
15.47 · Linear Movement · Leave, Depart, Flee, Escape, Send
to leave home on a journey, to be away from home on a journey to journey away from one’s home or home country, implying for a considerable period of time and at quite a distance
MAT 21:33 · MAT 25:14 · MAT 25:15 · MRK 12:1 · LUK 15:13 · LUK 20:9
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀποδημέω, -@; 1 aor. ἀπεδήμησα; (ἀπόδημος, 4. γ.); to go away to foreign parts, go abroad : Mt. xxi. 33; xxv. 14 sq-; Mk. xii.1; Lk. xv. 13 (εἰς χώραν) ; xx.9. (In Grk. writ. fr. Hdt. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀποδημέω apodēmeō 6x
to be absent from one’s home or country; to go on travel, Mt. 21:33; 25:14, 15; Mk. 12:1; Lk. 15:13; 20:9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-δημέω, -ῶ
(< ἀπόδημος), [in LXX: Ez 19:3 A*;]
to be or go abroad (M, Pr., 1302): Mt 21:33 25:14, 15, Mk 12:1, Lk 15:13 20:9.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀποδημέω (apodēmeō) — to go abroad. ἀποδημ-έω, 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+]
