Greek verb · G657
ἀποτάσσομαι
apotassomaiap-ot-as'-som-ahee
to leave
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: apotássomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G657is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G657
literally, to say adieu (by departing or dismissing); figuratively, to renounce
The King James renders it: bid farewell, forsake, take leave, send away.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
apotassomai is rendered "to leave". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 6:46After bidding them farewell, He went up on the mountain to pray.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
After bidding them farewell, He went up on the mountain to pray.
Mark 6:46ἀποταξάμενος
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's six uses are in Luke.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- having taken leave3
- does give up1
- having taken leave of1
- to bid farewell1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀποταξάμενος4
- ἀποτάξασθαι1
- ἀποτάσσεται1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular4V-AMP-NSM
- verb · aorist middle, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AMN
- verb · present middle, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PMI-3S
Mark
one use
After bidding them farewell, He went up on the mountain to pray.
- ἀποταξάμενοςapotaxamenosverb · aorist middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken leave
Luke
two uses
Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”
- ἀποτάξασθαιapotaxasthaiverb · aorist middle, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bid farewell
In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
- ἀποτάσσεταιapotassetaiverb · present middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: does give up
Acts
two uses
Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.
- ἀποταξάμενοςapotaxamenosverb · aorist middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken leave
But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus.
- ἀποταξάμενοςapotaxamenosverb · aorist middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken leave
2 Corinthians
one use
I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.
- ἀποταξάμενοςapotaxamenosverb · aorist middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having taken leave of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.