ἀπάγω

ἀπάγω fut. ἀπάξω LXX; 2 aor. ἀπήγαγον. Pass.: fut. ἀπαχθήσομαι LXX; 1 aor. ἀπήχθην Ac 12:19; pf. ptc. ἀπηγμένος; plupf. 3 sg. ἀπῆκτο Gen 40:3 (Hom.+).

① to lead or move someone or someth. from a place, lead off, take away, to water Lk 13:15. W. acc. of pers. and indication of goal (Ps 59:11; 3 Km 1:38) με εἰς τὴν Ἀρκαδίαν Hs 9, 1, 4 (Diod S 5, 51, 4 Διόνυσος ἀπήγαγε τὴν Ἀριάδνην εἰς τὸ ὄρος). σὲ ἀ. ἐν τῷ ναῷ Κυρίου GJs 6:1. ποῦ σε ἀπάξω καὶ σκεπάσω σου τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην; where shall I take you to hide your shame? 17:3. Abs. Ac 24:6(7) v.l. (cp. next).

② to conduct a pers. from one point to another in a legal process, legal t.t.

ⓐ bring before πρὸς Καϊάφαν Mt 26:57; πρὸς τὸν ἀρχιερέα Mk 14:53. ἐπὶ βασιλεῖς Lk 21:12. εἰς τὸ συνέδριον Lk 22:66. εἰς τὸ ἱερόν GJs 15:2.—Mt 27:2. Of a witness Ac 23:17.

ⓑ lead away a prisoner or condemned man (cp. Andoc. 4, 181; Demosth. 23, 80; PPetr II, 10 [2], 7; PLille 7, 12f οὗτος ἀπήγαγέν με εἰς τὸ δεσμοτήριον; OGI 90, 14; Gen 39:22; Philo, De Jos. 154) Mk 14:44; 15:16; AcPl Ha 4, 13. Cp. intr. Rv 13:10 v.l.

ⓒ lead away to execution (Diod S 13, 102, 3; POxy 33, I 8, al.; Sus 45 Theod.; EpJer 17; En 10:13 εἰς τὸ χάος τοῦ πυρός; Jos., Bell. 6, 155, Ant. 19, 269; Just., A I, 31, 6 al.) ἀ. εἰς τὸ σταυρῶσαι to crucify ( him) Mt 27:31. With no addition (Aesop., Fab. 56 P. [for this Halm 112 and H-H. 56 ὑπάγω]; Esth 1:1o) Lk 23:26; J 19:16 v.l., but s. also P⁶⁶ Supplement v.l., ’58, 38. Pass. ἐκέλευσεν ἀπαχθῆναι he ordered that they be led away (Polyaenus 5, 2, 16 ἀπαχθῆναι προσέταξεν) to execution Ac 12:19. εἰς ʼΡώμην IEph 21:2.

③ intr. to mark an extension along a route. Of a road lead, run (like Lat. ducere) εἴς τι (Vita Aesopi W 4 ἀπάγουσα ὁδὸς εἰς τὴν πόλιν; Stephanus Byzantius [VI A.D.], Ethnica ed. Meineke I p. 287 Εὔτρησις, κώμη … κεῖται παρὰ τ. ὁδὸν τὴν ἐκ Θεσπιῶν εἰς Πλαταιὰς ἀπάγουσαν): εἰς τ. ἀπώλειαν to destruction Mt 7:13 (TestAbr A 11 p. 90, 7 [Stone p. 28]; B 8 p. 113, 2 [Stone p. 74]). εἰς τ. ζωήν vs. 14. Of pers. leave (s. ἄγω 5) ἀπά̣γ̣ει ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν AcPl Ha 7, 18.

④ to cause to depart from correct behavior, pass. be misled, carried away (Lucian, Catapl. 26 πρὸς ὕβριν) πρὸς τὰ εἴδωλα led astray to idols 1 Cor 12:2. ἡδοναῖς καὶ ἐπιθυμίαις ἀπαγόμενοι carried away by pleasures and desires Dg 9:1 ἀπα̣γ̣ο̣μ̣έ̣ν̣ο̣υ̣ς κ̣α̣[ὶ κα]τ̣ανδραπ̣οδ̣ι̣ζ̣ομένο̣υ̣ς led off and enslaved AcPl Ha 1, 10.—M-M.