Lexical Definition

‎ἀπέχομαι‎ apéchomai (ap-ekh'-om-ahee) to refrain/ ^G:V
middle voice (reflexively) of ‎ἀπέχω‎

abstain.

• to hold oneself off, i.e. refrain

Liddell-Scott-Jones

form of: ἀπέχω

Included with: ἀπέχομαι,

future ἀφέξω, and [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist ἀπέσχον:— keep off or away from, αἴ κεν τυδέος υἱὸν ἀπόσχη Ἰλίου ἱρῆς[ἀπέχομαιν εὐεργέα νῆα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.33">Refs 8th c.BC+]; κληῖδες ἀπ᾽ ὤμων αὐχέν᾽ ἔχουσιν the collar-bone parts the neck from the shoulders, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Εὐβοίης ἀπέχειν.. αἶγας Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 with dative person, τοι.. χεῖρας ἀφέξω[Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 with a preposition, ἀ. φρένα περισσῶν παρὰ φωτῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 c.accusative only, keep off or away, σκοτεινὸν ἀ. ψόγον[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 οὐδὲν ἀπέχει with infinitive, nothing hinders, debars one from doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II middle, κακῶν ἄπο χεῖρας ἔχεσθαι hold one's hands off or away from.., [Refs 8th c.BC+] —but mostly,
__II.2 ἀπέχεσθαί τινος hold oneself off a thing, abstain or desist from it, πολέμου[Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐδὲ.. σευ ἀφέξομαι will not keep my hands off thee,[Refs]abstain from ravaging [Refs 5th c.BC+]; keep away from, πόλεως[Refs 5th c.BC+]: in perfect passive, μηδὲ τῶν μικρῶν ἀπεσχημένον[Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.3 with infinitive, ἀπέχεσθαι μὴ στρατεῦσαι abstain from marching, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with participle, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II.4 absolutely, refrain oneself, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III intransitive in active, to be away or far from, with genitive loci, τῶν Ἐπιπολῶν ἓξ ἢ ἑπτὰ σταδίους[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ.ἀπὸ Βαβυλῶνος, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.b project, extend, [Refs]prominent parts, PA [Refs]
__III.c ἀποσχὼν τεσσαράκοντα μάλιστα σταδίους μὴ φθάσαι ἐλθώνfailing to arrinein time by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 of actions, to be far from, ἀπεῖχον τῆς ἐξευρέσιος οὐδὲν ἔλασσον were just as farfrom the discovery, [ἀπέχομαι τοῦ ποιεῖν τι ὥστε.. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.70; τοσούτῳ πλέον ἡμῶν ἀπέχεις τοῦ πιστὰ λέγειν ὅσον.. [prev. work] 11.32">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπέχει τοῦ μὴ μετ᾽ ὀργῆς [πράττειν] [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πλεῖστον ἀ. τινός to be as far as possible from doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but τοσοῦτ᾽ ἀπέχει τῶν χορηγῶν so far is it from the thoughts of.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.3 generally, to be far remoued from, πολιτείας, μοναρχίας, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.4 differ from, οὐδέν τι ἀπεῖχε γαμετῆς γυναικός[Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III.5 διαφύσιες.. ᾗσιν οὐδὲν ἀπέχει ἀγγεῖα εἶναι nothing is wanting, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV have or receive in full, τὴν ἀπόκρισιν[Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ χρέος ἀ. receive payment in full, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἀπέχομαι in receipts, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἀ. τὸν μισθόν[NT+1st c.AD+]
__IV.2 impersonal, ἀπέχει it sufficeth, it is enough, [NT]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Matt.6.2 ☩ Mark.14.41}