ἀπάγω
apagō
to lead away
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ἀπάγω, translated as "to lead away," is a verb used 17 times in the New Testament. Its primary meaning involves a physical or temporal movement, indicating the act of taking or leading someone or something away from a place, situation, or state. The term encompasses a range of actions, from forcibly moving someone or something to a new location to separating an individual or group from their original environment. The usage of ἀπάγω spans various contexts, including situations involving movement away from a place (both physical and metaphorical), separation from a relationship, and removal from influence or control. For instance, this verb is used to describe the removal of Jesus from the tomb (John 20:2) and the movement of a crowd away from Jesus in response to his teachings (John 6:15). Given its diverse range of applications, ἀπάγω carries significant meaning in understanding various biblical events and themes. The verb highlights the importance of movement, separation, and transition in the narrative, underscoring human experiences that shape personal and collective development.
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Occurrences in Scripture
17 total occurrences across the text
“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.
Matthew 7:14How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.
Matthew 26:57Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
Matthew 27:2and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
Matthew 27:31When they had mocked him, they took the robe off him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.
Mark 14:44Now he who betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, “Whomever I will kiss, that is he. Seize him, and lead him away safely.”
Mark 14:53They led Jesus away to the high priest. All the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes came together with him.
Mark 15:16The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.
Luke 13:15Therefore the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?
Luke 21:12But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake.
Luke 22:66As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people were gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,
Luke 23:26When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it after Jesus.
John 19:16So then he delivered him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away.
Acts 12:19When Herod had sought for him, and didn’t find him, he examined the guards, then commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.
Acts 23:17Paul summoned one of the centurions, and said, “Bring this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to tell him.”
Acts 24:7having come up now Lysias the commander with great violence from the hands of us being carried away,
1 Corinthians 12:2You know that when you were heathen, you were led away to those mute idols, however you might be led.