ἀπέχω

ἀπ-έχω

[in LXX chiefly for רָחַק ;]

1. trans.,

(a) to hold back, keep off;

(b) to have in full, to have received (on the " punctiliar " force of the compound, see M, Pr., 109, 247): with accusative, Matt 6,2, 5; 6,16, Luk 6,24, Fil 4,18, Phm 15 (for illustr. from π., where it is used in receipts, see Deiss., BS, 229; LAE, 110 f.; MM, see word); impers., ἀπέχει (Field, Notes, 39), it is enough: Mark 14,41,

2. Intrans., to be away, distant: absol., Luk 15,20 before ἀπό, Matt 14,24; 15,8, Mark 7,6, Luk 7,6; 15,20; 24,13. Mid., to abstain: with genitive, ApG 15,29, 1 Tim 4,3, 1 Pet 2,11; before ἀπό, ApG 15,20, 1 Thess 4,3; 5,22.†