ἀποδημ-έω G0589
To go on a journey, travel to a far country; used almost exclusively in parables of absent masters
A verb meaning to leave one's homeland and travel abroad, built from apo ('away') and demos ('people, district'). In the New Testament it appears almost entirely in Jesus' parables about landlords and masters who depart to distant places, entrusting their property to servants. The vineyard owner 'went on a journey' (Mark 12:1; Matt 21:33), the master distributes talents before traveling (Matt 25:14-15), and the prodigal son departs for a 'far country' (Luke 15:13). Spanish 'partio de viaje' and French 'voyager' capture the sense of deliberate, extended absence.
Senses
1. to go on a journey, to travel abroad — To depart on a journey to a distant place, to travel abroad or go to a far country. The compound apo-demeo (away + people/homeland) implies leaving one's community for an extended period. In the NT it serves as a narrative device in Jesus' parables: the vineyard owner who plants, leases, and 'went away' (Matt 21:33; Mark 12:1) -- Spanish 'partio,' French 'voyager'; the master who entrusts talents before his journey (Matt 25:14-15); and the prodigal son who travels to a far country (Luke 15:13). The verb's parabolic usage consistently sets up a scenario of delegated responsibility and eventual reckoning, making the master's absence both a test of faithfulness and a picture of the interval before Christ's return. 6×
AR["سافَرَ", "سَافَرَ", "مُسَافِرٌ"]·ben["চলে-গেল", "পরদেশে-গেলেন", "বিদেশ-যেতে-যেতে", "বিদেশে-গেলেন", "যথেষ্ট"]·DE["ἀπεδήμησεν", "ἀποδημῶν"]·EN["going-on-a-journey", "he-went-away", "he-went-on-a-journey", "journeyed-away", "went-abroad"]·FR["voyager"]·heb["הָלַךְ", "נָסַע", "נוֹסֵעַ"]·HI["चला-गया", "परदेश-गया", "परदेश-चला-गया", "परदेश-जाते-हुए", "परदेस-गया"]·ID["bepergian", "pergi", "pergi-jauh", "pergi-ke-luar-negeri", "pergi-ke-negeri-lain"]·IT["apedemesen", "apodemon"]·jav["badhé-tindak-dhateng-negari-tebih", "bidhal", "kesah", "késah", "késah-tebih", "tindak-dhateng-negari-tebih"]·KO["떠났다", "여행했다", "타국-에-가면서"]·PT["ausentou-se", "partindo-em-viagem", "partiu", "viajou."]·RU["отправился", "отправился-в-путь", "отправляющийся-в-путь", "уехал", "уехал."]·ES["partió", "partió-de-viaje", "que-viaja", "se-fue", "se-fue-de-viaje"]·SW["akasafiri", "alisafiri", "asafirishaye"]·TR["ayrıldı", "gitti", "yolculuğa-çıkarak", "yolculuğa-çıktı"]·urd["سفر-پر-جانے-والے-نے", "سفر-کو-گیا", "سفر-کیا", "پردیس-گیا", "چلا-گیا"]
Related Senses
H3212 1. go, depart, travel (884×)H1980 1. to go, travel (Qal) (283×)G4198 1. go, proceed (physical movement) (139×)H1980 2. to walk in conduct (Qal) (132×)G0565 1. go away, depart physically (112×)H3212 2. walk in, follow a way (79×)G5217 1. go, proceed (78×)H1980 3. to walk about, traverse (Hitpael) (63×)H5162 1. comfort, console (Piel) (51×)G4043 1. conduct oneself, live (48×)G4043 2. walk physically (47×)H5162 2. relent, repent, change mind (Nifal) (35×)G3340 1. repent, change one's mind (34×)H1980 4. to walk habitually (Piel) (30×)H4546 1. highway, raised road (25×)H5637 1. be stubborn, rebellious (17×)G0391 1. conduct, way of life, behavior (13×)H3212 4. lead, bring, cause to go (13×)G1485 1. custom, habit, established practice (12×)H5162 3. be comforted, receive comfort (Nifal) (10×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀποδημ-έω, Doric dialect ἀπο-δᾱμέω, perfect ἀπεδήμηκα uncertain in Refs 5th c.BC+:— to be away from home, be abroad or on one's travels, Refs 5th c.BC+; of foreign service, Refs; opposed to ἐπιδημεῖν, Refs 5th c.BC+: metaphorically, to be absent, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 go abroad, παρά τινα to visit him, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. ἐς Αἴγιναν κατὰ τοὺς Αἰακίδας go abroad to Aegina to fetch the Aeacidae, Refs 5th c.BC+