ἀπόδημος

apódēmos

taking a far journey

One who is away from home, notably from their habitual dwelling or homeland; especially, a person traveling or residing temporarily in a distant region. The term often implies purposeful absence such as is customary for business, official, or personal reasons, and does not necessarily connote foreignness in a nationalistic sense. In narrative usage, can refer specifically to a householder or master who leaves on a lengthy journey and entrusts affairs to others during his absence.

G590

Mark 13:34 · Word #3

Lexicon G590

Lemmaἀπόδημος
Transliterationapódēmos
Strong'sG590
DefinitionOne who is away from home, notably from their habitual dwelling or homeland; especially, a person traveling or residing temporarily in a distant region. The term often implies purposeful absence such as is customary for business, official, or personal reasons, and does not necessarily connote foreignness in a nationalistic sense. In narrative usage, can refer specifically to a householder or master who leaves on a lengthy journey and entrusts affairs to others during his absence.

Morphology ADJ.A NOM M SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech ADJ.A — Attributive Adjective — Describes a noun directly
Case NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence
Gender M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine
Number SG — Singular — One

Common Translation

Phrasetaking a far journey
Literalabsent-one

Lexical Info

Lemmaἀπόδημος
Strong'sG590

SIBI-P1 Translation G590-01

one away from home

Morphological NotesAttributive adjective, nominative masculine singular (Gr,AA,,,,NMS); functioning substantivally to describe a single male subject.
Rendering RationaleThe rendering reflects the literal sense of ἀπό (away from) + δῆμος (home district, homeland), conveying a person absent from their own place. As nominative masculine singular, it is expressed as a singular substantive description: "one away from home."

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