Lexical Definition

‎ἀπαλλάσσω‎ apallássō (ap-al-las'-so) to release ^G:V
from ‎ἀπό‎ and ‎ἀλλάσσω‎

deliver, depart.

• to change away, i.e. release, (reflexively) remove

Abbott-Smith

ἀπ-αλλάσσω, [in LXX for סוּר hi., etc.;]
to remove, release: He 2:15; pass., to depart: Ac 19:12; in legal sense (MM, VGT, s.v.), seq. ἀπό, c. gen. pers., to be quit of: Lk 12:58 (Cremer, 90, 632).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀπαλλάσσω,

Attic dialect ἀπαλλάττω, future -ξω[Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἀπήλλᾰχα[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἀπήλλαξα[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, perfect ἀπήλλαγμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect ἀπάλλαγμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἀπηλλάχθην, Ionic dialect ἀπαλλ-[Refs]; in Attic dialect ἀπηλλάγην [ᾰ] as always in Prose; also in Trag. (for the most part for the sake of meter, compare however [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ἀπαλλαχθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, future (in passive sense) ἀπαλλάξομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἀπαηλλάξαντο[Refs 5th c.BC+]

__A. active, set free, deliver from a thing, παιδίον δυσμορφίης[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινὰ πόνων, κακῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative only, release, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 put away from, remove from, τί τινος, as ἀ. γῆς πρόσωπον, φρενῶν ἔρωτα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τινά τινος take away or remove from one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 with accusative only, put away, remove, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μύθοις ἔργ᾽ ἀ. κακά do away ill by words, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; get rid of creditors, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; get rid of an opponent, by fair means or foul, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; dismiss, send away, τινά[Refs]; remove or displace from an office,[Refs 1st c.AD+]; also, make away with, destroy, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; bring to an end, λόγον[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 in Law, give a release, discharge, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; discharge a debt, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—so in passive, [Refs]
__II intransitive, get off free, escape, especially with an adverb added, ῥηιδίως, χαλεπῶς ἀ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]came off, ended, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀλύπως ἀ. get along well, [Refs]: with participle or adjective, χαίρων[Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive, depart from, βίου[Refs 5th c.BC+]in respect of.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B. passive and middle, to be set free or released from a thing, get rid of it, ἀπαλλαχθέντας δουλοσύνης[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.2 get off, escape, mostly with some adjective or adverb added (as in active [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀζήμιος ἀπαλλαγῆναι, ἀπαλλάττεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.3 absolutely, to be acquitted, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.4 of a point under discussion, to be dismissed as settled, τοῦτο ἀπήλλακται μὴ.. τὸ φίλον φίλον εἶναι[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II remove, depart from, ἐκ τῆς χώρης, ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; depart, go away, ἐς τὴν ἑωυτοῦ[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.2 ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι τοῦ βίου depart from life, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently without τοῦ βίου, depart, die, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.3 ἀ. λέχους to be divorced, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.4 ἀ. τῶν διδασκάλων leave school, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.5 ἀ. ἐκ παίδων become a man, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.II.6 to be removed from, free from the imputation of, ἀπηλλαγμένος εὐηθίης many removes from folly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, κρῖναι ἱκανῶς οὐκ ἀπήλλακτο was not far from judging adequately, [Refs]
__B.II.6.b πολλὸν ἀπηλλαγμένος τινός far inferior to him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.7 depart from, leave off from, τῶν μακρῶν λόγων[Refs 5th c.BC+]give up the pursuit of.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἀπήλλακται γραφικῆς is not averse from.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.II.7.b absolutely, have done, cease, of things, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.7.c throw up one's case, give up a prosecution, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.II.7.d with participle, εἰπὼν ἀπαλλάγηθι speak and be done withit, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in participle, with a Verb, οὐκοῦν ἀπαλλαχθεὶς ἄπε; make haste and begone, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.8 to depart from enmity, i.e. to be reconciled, settle a dispute, πρὸς ἀλλήλους[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.9 recover from an ailment, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]