Quick Definition
ἀποσκευάζομαι v. I prepare for a journey, depart
Strong's Definition
from 575 and a derivative of 4632; to pack up (one's) baggage
KJV Usage: take up... carriages
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | σκευάζω (prepare) · σκεῦος
77.8 · Ready, Prepared
to be ready, to make ready, to become ready, to prepare to be or to become ready for some purpose
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-σκευάζω: 1 aor. mid. ἀπεσκευασάμην; (σκευάζω to prepare, provide, fr. σκεῦος a utensil), to carry off goods and chattels; to pack up and carry off; mid. to carry off one’s personal property or provide for its carrying away, (Polyb. 4, 81, 11; Diod. 13, 91; Dion. Hal. 9, 23, etc.) : ἀποσκευασάμενοι having collected and removed our baggage, Acts xxi. 15; but L T Tr WH read ἐπισκευασάμενοι (qj. V.).
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-σκευάζω,
[in LXX: Le 14:36 (פּנה pi.)*;]
to pack and carry off; mid., to pack and remove one's goods: Ac 21:15, Rec. (v. ἐπισ-).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀποσκευάζω. For the subst. see the important P Par 63%' 9 (B.c. 165) καὶ τὰς ἀποσκευὰς τῶν ἐν τῆι πόλει περισπᾶν, where Mahaffy (P Petr III. p. 27) renders, ‘‘and that you should distrain the furniture of those in the city”; cf. 26 vi.% ταῖς ἀποσκευαῖς αὐτῶν ἐπιγεγράφθαι γῆν. The verb is not a NT word (Ac 2115 in 33 and a few cursives).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀποσκευάζω (aposkeuazō) — to pack up. ἀποσκευάξω, pull off, τὴν ὀροφήν[Refs 4th c.BC+]; clear away tables, [Refs]; strip of furniture, οἰκίαν[LXX]
2. ={ξημιόω}, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
II. mostly in middle, pack up and carry off, ἀ. τι τῶν ἰδίων[Refs 2nd c.BC+]: absolutely, pack up and depart, [NT]
II.2. get rid of, τὰ ἐνοχλοῦντα (={ἀποπατέω},[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; remove, τῆς φιλίας τινά[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; make away with, kill, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; get rid of, confute, τοὺς σοφιστάς[Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, to be expelled, τῶν σωμάτων[Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.3. repel, αἰτίαν, διαβολάς, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.4. reject, [Refs 6th c.AD+]
II.5. defer, διήγησιν[Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II.6. transfer, ἔς τινας τὰς αἰτίας[Refs 4th c.AD+]