ἀπό (on the frequently neglect of elision bef. vowels, see Tdf., Pr., 94, WH, App., 146), prep. with genitive (WM, 462ff.; on its relation to ἐκ, παρά, ὑπό, ib. 456f.), [in LXX for לְ ,בְּ ,מִן ;] from (i.e. from the exterior). 1. Of separation and cessation; (1) of motion from a place: Mt 5,29.30; 7,23, Łk 5,2; 22,41, al.; (2) in partitive sense (M, Pr., 72, 102, 245; MM, see word; Bl., §40, 2), Mt 9,16; 27,21, J 21,10, Dz 5,2, al.; also after verbs of eating, etc.; (3) of alienation (cl. genitive of separation), after such verbs as λούω (Deiss., BS, 227), λύω, σώζω, παύω, etc.; ἀνάθεμα ἀ., Rz 9,3 ἀποθνήσκειν ἀ., Kol 2,20 σαλευθῆναι, 2 Tes 2,2, καθαρός, -ίζειν, ἀ. (Deiss., BS, 196, 216), Dz 20,26, 2 Kor 7,1, Hbr 9,14; (4) of position, Mt 23,34; 24,31, al.; after μακράν, Mt 8,30 transposed before measures of distance, J 10,18; 21,8, Ap 14,20 (Abbott, JG, 227); (5) of time, ἀπὸ τ. ὥρας, ἡμέρας, etc., Mt 9,22, J 19,27, Dz 20,18, Flp 1,5, al.; ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος, Łk 1,70, al.; ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς, etc., Mt 19,4, Rz 1,20; ἀπὸ βρέφους, 2 Tm 3,15 ἀφ᾽ ἧς, since, Łk 7,45, al.; ἀπὸ τ. νῦν, Łk 1,48, al.; ἀπὸ τότε, Mt 4,17, al.; ἀπὸ πέρυσι, a year ago, 2 Kor 8,10; 9,2; ἀπὸ πρωΐ, Dz 28,23 (6) of order or rank, ἀπὸ διετοῦς, Mt 2,16 ἀπὸ Ἀβραάμ, Mt 1,17 ἐβδομος ἀπὸ Ἀδάμ, Ju 14; ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου, Dz 8,10, Hbr 8,11; ἄρχεσθαι ἀπό, Mt 20,8, J 8,9, Dz 8,35, al. 2. Of origin; (1) of birth, extraction, and hence, in late writers, (a) of local extraction (cl. ἐξ; Abbott, JG, 227ff.), Mt 21,11, Mk 15,43, J 1,45, Dz 10,38, al.; οἱ ἀπὸ Ἰταλίας (WM, §66, 6; M, Pr., 237; Westc, Rendall, in l.), Hbr 13,24 (b) of membership in a community or society (BL, §40, 2), Dz 12,1, al.; (with) of material (= cl. genitive; Bl. l.with; M, Pr., 102), Mt 3,4; 27,21; (d) after verbs of asking, seeking, etc., Łk 11,50.51 1 Tes 2,6 (Milligan, in l.); (2) of the cause, instrument, means or occasion (frequently = ὑπό, παρά, and after verbs of learning, hearing, knowing, etc.; Bl., §40, 3), Mt 7,16; 11,29, Łk 22,45, Dz 2,22; 4,36; 9,13; 12,14, 1 Kor 11,23, Ga 3,2, al.; ἀπὸ τ. ὄχλου, Łk 19,3 (cf. J 21,6, Dz 22,11); ἀπὸ τ. φόβου, Mt 14,26, al. (cf. Mt 10,26; 13,44). 3. Noteworthy Hellenistic phrases: φοβεῖσθαι ἀπό (M, Pr., 102, 107); προσέχειν ἀπό (M, Pr., 11. with; Milligan, NTD, 50); ἀπὸ νότου (Heb. מִגֶּנֶב), Ap 21,13 ἀπὸ προσώπου (מִפְּנֵי), 2 Tes 1,9 (Bl., §40, 9); ἀπὸ τ. καρδιῶν (בְּלֵב), Mt 18,35 ἀπὸ ὁ ὤν (WM, §10, 2; M, Pr., 9), Ap 1,4 4. In composition, ἀπό denotes separation, departure, origin, etc. (ἀπολύω, ἀπέρχομαι, ἀπογράφω); it also has a perfective force (M, Pr., 112, 247), as in ἀφικνεῖσθαι, which see (AS)