ἀπάγω
apágō · G520 · Greek · 15 occurrences
Meanings
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to lead off, to lead away, to take away, to take aside
To lead or take away from a particular point
ExamplesMatthew 26:57 Those who had arrested Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
Matthew 27:2 and they bound Him and led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor.
Matthew 27:31 And after they had mocked Him, they took the cloak off Him and put His own garments back on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.
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To lead a person away for punishment after being sentenced, frequently employed in a context of putting a condemned person to death (to lead off (to punishment or to death))
ExamplesMark 15:16 Now the soldiers took Him away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium), and they called together the whole Roman cohort.
Luke 23:26 And when they led Him away, they seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, as he was coming in from the country, and placed on him the cross to carry behind Jesus.
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to kill, to execute
To deprive a person of life, with the implication of this being the result of condemnation by legal or quasi-legal procedures
ExamplesActs 12:19 When Herod had searched for him and had not found him, he examined the guards and ordered that they be led away to execution. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and was spending time there.
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to lead astray, to mislead, to deceive
To cause someone to depart from correct behavior
Examples1 Corinthians 12:2 You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to the mute idols, however you were led.
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to extend to, to lead to, to lead from, to go
To mark an extension along a route
ExamplesMatthew 7:13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
Matthew 7:14 “For the gate is narrow and the way is constricted that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
15 occurrences in 7 groups
- Not stated: they 5
- Not stated (participle) 5
- ἩρώδηςHerod 1
- κρατέωto take hold of, to seize, to hold 1
- στρατιώτηςsoldier 1
- Not stated: you (more than one) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
6 occurrences in 3 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 4
- ἸησοῦςJesus 1
- νεανίαςyoung man 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
10 occurrences in 11 groups
- Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀσφαλῶςsafe 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὁδόςway, road 2
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- φημίto say 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- נָהַג nâhag · H5090 · to lead, to guide, to drive
- Greek ἀπάγω (apágō, G520) serves as the Septuagint rendering of Hebrew נָהַג (nâhag, H5090) where both verbs denote leading or taking away persons or animals, particularly in contexts of forcible removal, driving livestock, or conducting groups from one place to another.
- יָבַל yâbal · H2986 · to bring, to carry, to lead
- יָבַל (yâbal, H2986) יָבַל emphasizes the leading/bringing motion itself (often processional or ceremonial contexts), while ἀπάγω (apágō, G520) ἀπάγω focuses on the taking-away directionality (removal from a place or leading to judgment/execution).
Semantic domains 5 entries
- To lead off, to lead away, to take away, to take aside15.177
- In Matthew 26:57, “those who had arrested Jesus led Him away (apḗgagon) to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together,” describing a prisoner being escorted from one place to another.
- To kill, to execute20.65
- In Matthew 27:31, after mocking Jesus, the soldiers “led Him away (apḗgagon) to crucify Him,” describing the final leading that ends directly in execution.
- To lead off (to punishment or to death)56.38
- In Acts 12:19, after failing to find Peter, Herod “examined the guards and ordered that they be led away (apachthē̃nai) to execution,” describing a formal sentence of being taken off to be put to death.
- To extend to, to lead to, to lead from, to go84.33
- In Matthew 7:13, Jesus warns that “the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads (apágousa) to destruction, and there are many who enter through it,” describing a path that extends toward a particular destination.
- To lead astray, to mislead, to deceive88.152
- In 1 Corinthians 12:2, Paul reminds the Corinthians, “you know that when you were pagans, you were led astray (apagómenoi) to the mute idols, however you were led,” describing a deceptive being drawn away from the truth.
Word family 51 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (imperfect ἀπηγον (Lk 23:26 Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading)); 2 aorist ἀπήγαγον;…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 5 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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