ἀπόδημ-ος G0590
away from home, on a journey; absent from one's country or residence
This adjective describes someone who is away from home, abroad, or on a journey. Mark 13:34 uses it in a parable: 'It is like a man away on a journey, who left his house and gave authority to his servants.' The term emphasizes absence from one's usual residence or homeland. In the parable, the master's absence creates responsibility for servants—they must work faithfully without immediate oversight, knowing he will return. The spiritual application: believers live faithfully during Christ's absence, awaiting His return.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Jesus's parable of the master 'apodemos'—away on a journey—pictures the church age: Christ has departed (ascension) but will return, and His servants must work faithfully during His absence. Spanish 'de viaje,' French 'en voyage,' German 'verreist,' and English 'away from home' all capture the absent-on-journey sense. The parable's tension comes from uncertain timing: servants don't know when the master returns, so they must maintain constant readiness. Christian eschatology creates similar urgency: Christ is absent but coming; work faithfully until He appears. 1×
AR["مُسَافِرٌ"]·ben["বিদেশে-যাওয়া"]·DE["verreist"]·EN["away-from-home"]·FR["en-voyage"]·heb["נוֹסֵעַ"]·HI["परदेश-जाने-वाला"]·ID["yang-bepergian"]·IT["apodemos"]·jav["kesah"]·KO["떠난"]·PT["que-viaja"]·RU["отлучившийся"]·ES["de-viaje"]·SW["anayesafiri"]·TR["yolculukta"]·urd["سفر-میں"]
Related Senses
H0935 1. come, arrive (Qal) (2413×)G1473 1. first person singular pronoun (2084×)H3318 1. Qal: go out, depart, come forth (891×)H7725 1. to return, come/go back (Qal) (874×)H5927 1. go up, ascend (Qal) (779×)H7971 1. to send, dispatch (Qal) (701×)G2064 1. come / arrive (physical movement toward) (588×)H5307 1. Qal: fall down physically (339×)H5375 1. Qal: to lift up, raise (330×)H5975 1. to stand, stand up (310×)H5674a 1. Qal: pass by, pass through (256×)H3381 1. Qal: to go down, descend (physical movement) (242×)G1831 1. go/come out physically (193×)H5337 1. deliver, rescue, save (Hifil) (188×)H7901 1. lie down, rest, sleep (183×)G1525 1. enter a place physically (179×)H7812 1. prostrate oneself, bow down, worship (173×)H3318 2. Hifil: bring out, lead out, take out (persons) (172×)H7725 2. to bring back, restore (Hifil) (151×)H5674a 2. Qal: cross over (134×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀπόδημ-ος, Doric dialect -δᾱμος, ον, away from one's country, abroad, οὐκ ἀ. Ἀπόλλωνος τυχόντοςRefs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. ἐπέρχεσθαι from abroad, Refs; ἀ. στρατείαRefs 5th c.BC+