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Strong's G520 ἀπάγω (apago)

Apago means “bring” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H520 — ammah (“cubit”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G520
Language Greek
Linked Usages 63
Books 26

Strong's G520 Quick Answer

Strong's G520 ἀπάγω (apago) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. apago (ap-ag'-o) v. 1. to take off (in various senses) [from G575 and G71] It has 63 linked Bible usages across 26 books. Visible English usage signals include away, leadeth, off, take, and put. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
apago (ap-ag'-o) v. 1. to take off (in various senses) [from G575 and G71]
Usage
63 linked usages
Books
26 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
away, leadeth, off, take, and put

Meaning and Definition

apago (ap-ag'-o) v. 1. to take off (in various senses) [from G575 and G71] KJV: bring, carry away, lead (away), put to death, take away Root(s): G575, G71

Original Word
ἀπάγω
Transliteration
apago
Derivation
Root: ἄγω R1: 575 R2: 71
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G520. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to lead away

Usage: ἀπ-άγω [in LXX for נָהַג, הָלַךְ hi., etc. ;] to lead away: Luk.13:15, Act.23:17 24:7 (R, mg.), 1Co.12:2; esp. of leading to trial (so as law term in Attic), prison and death (MM, VGT, see word): Mat.26:57 27:2, 31, Mrk.14:44, 53 15:16, Luk.21:12 22:66 23:26, Act.12:19; of the direction of a way: Mat.7:13-14 (cf. συν-απ-άγω).† (AS)

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How Strong's G520 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render apago, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

away Matthew 26:57 10× leadeth Matthew 7:13 Bring Acts 23:17 off Matthew 27:31 put Acts 12:19 take Mark 14:44

How Strong's G520 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 29 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G520 (ἀπάγω) appears 48 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G520 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G520 in the New Testament

16 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 7:13 KJV

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

Matthew 7:14 KJV

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Matthew 26:57 KJV

And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

Strong's G520 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

29 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 31:18 Septuagint / Brenton

and he took away all his possessions and all his store, which he had gotten in Mesopotamia, and all that belonged to him, to depart to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 31:26 Septuagint / Brenton

And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done? wherefore didst thou run away secretly, and pillage me, and lead away my daughters as captives taken with the sword?

Genesis 39:22 Septuagint / Brenton

And the chief keeper of the prison gave the prison into the hand of Joseph, and all the prisoners as many as were in the prison; and all things whatsoever they do there, he did them.

Strong's G520 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

14 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 1:38 Septuagint / Brenton

And he bound Jehoiakim and the nobles: but Zarius his brother he apprehended, and brought him out of Egypt.

1 Esdras 1:53 Septuagint / Brenton

who slew their young men with the sword, yea, even within the compass of their holy temple, and spared neither young man nor maid, old man nor child, among them; for he delivered all into their hands.

Judith 6:14 Septuagint / Brenton

But the Israelites descended from their city, and came unto him, and loosed him, and brought him into Bethulia, and presented him to the governors of the city:

Strong's G520 in 1 Enoch

4 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 10:13 Septuagint / Brenton

for ever and ever is consummated. In those days they shall be led off to the abyss of fire: and

1 Enoch 17:1 Septuagint / Brenton

And they took and brought me to a place in which those who were there were like flaming fire,

1 Enoch 17:2 Septuagint / Brenton

and, when they wished, they appeared as men. And they brought me to the place of darkness, and to a mountain the point of whose summit reached to heaven. And I saw the places of the luminaries and the treasuries of the stars and of the thunder and in the uttermost depths, where were

Usage Excerpts

First 63 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G520.

Genesis 31:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and he took away all his possessions and all his store, which he had gotten in Mesopotamia, and all that belonged to him, to depart to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 31:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done? wherefore didst thou run away secretly, and pillage me, and lead away my daughters as captives taken with the sword?
Genesis 39:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the chief keeper of the prison gave the prison into the hand of Joseph, and all the prisoners as many as were in the prison; and all things whatsoever they do there, he did them.
Genesis 40:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he put them in ward, into the prison, into the place whereinto Joseph had been led.
Genesis 42:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Send one of you, and take your brother; and go ye to prison, till your words be clear, whether ye speak the truth or not; but, if not, by the health of Pharaoh, verily ye are spies.
Genesis 42:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If ye be peaceable, let one of your brethren be detained in prison; but go ye, and carry back the corn ye have purchased.
Deuteronomy 28:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord carry away thee and thy princes, whom thou shalt set over thee, to a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers know; and thou shalt there serve other gods, wood and stone.
Deuteronomy 28:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt be there for a wonder, and a parable, and a tale, among all the nations, to which the Lord thy God shall carry thee away.
1 Kingdoms 6:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now take wood and make a new wagon, and take two cows, that have calved for the first time, without their calves; and do ye yoke the cows to the wagon, and lead away the calves from behind them home.
1 Kingdoms 23:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So David and his men with him went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines; and they fled from before him, and he carried off their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter, and David rescued the inhabitants of Keilah.
1 Kingdoms 30:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he took all the flocks, and the herds, and led them away before the spoils: and it was said of these spoils, These are the spoils of David.
1 Kingdoms 30:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then every ill-disposed and bad man of the soldiers who had gone with David, answered and said, Because they did not pursue together with us, we will not give them of the spoils which we have recovered, only let each one lead away with him his wife and his children, and let them return.
3 Kingdoms 1:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Zadok the priest went down, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and they mounted Solomon upon the mule of King David, and led him away to Gihon.
4 Kingdoms 6:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elisha said to them, This is not the city, and this is not the way: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. And he led them away to Samaria.
4 Kingdoms 11:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and took the captains of hundreds of the Carites and of the Rhasim, and brought them to him into the house of the Lord, and made a covenant of the Lord with them, and adjured them, and Jehoiada showed them the king’s son.
4 Kingdoms 17:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of the Assyrians commanded, saying, Bring some Israelites thence, and let them go and dwell there, and they shall teach them the manner of the God of the land.
4 Kingdoms 24:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he carried Jehoiachin away to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his eunuchs: and he carried away the mighty men of the land into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
4 Kingdoms 25:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
2 Chronicles 36:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
2 Chronicles 36:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
Job 21:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the wicked hastens to the day of destruction: They shall be led away for the day of his vengeance.
Job 24:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They have led away the ass of the fatherless, And taken the widow’s ox for a pledge.
Psalms 59:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will guide me as far as Edom?
Psalms 107:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who will bring me into the fortified city? Or who will guide me to Edom?
Psalms 124:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But them that turn aside to crooked ways The Lord will lead away with the workers of iniquity: But peace shall be upon Israel.
Psalms 136:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For there they that had taken us captive asked of us the words of a song; And they that had carried us away asked a hymn, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Proverbs 16:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A transgressor tries to ensnare friends, And leads them in ways that are not good.
Isaiah 16:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
take farther counsel, and continually make thou a shelter from grief: they flee in darkness at midday; they are amazed; be not thou led captive.
Lamentations 3:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has taken me, and led me away into darkness, And not into light.
Matthew 7:13 New Testament, KJV
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Matthew 7:14 New Testament, KJV
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Matthew 26:57 New Testament, KJV
And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
Matthew 27:2 New Testament, KJV
And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
Matthew 27:31 New Testament, KJV
And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.
Mark 14:44 New Testament, KJV
And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely.
Mark 14:53 New Testament, KJV
And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.
Mark 15:16 New Testament, KJV
And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.
Luke 13:15 New Testament, KJV
The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
Luke 23:26 New Testament, KJV
And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
John 18:13 New Testament, KJV
And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
John 19:16 New Testament, KJV
Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
Acts 12:19 New Testament, KJV
And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.
Acts 23:17 New Testament, KJV
Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.
Acts 24:7 New Testament, KJV
But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
1 Corinthians 12:2 New Testament, KJV
Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
1 Esdras 1:38 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And he bound Jehoiakim and the nobles: but Zarius his brother he apprehended, and brought him out of Egypt.
1 Esdras 1:53 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
who slew their young men with the sword, yea, even within the compass of their holy temple, and spared neither young man nor maid, old man nor child, among them; for he delivered all into their hands.
Judith 6:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But the Israelites descended from their city, and came unto him, and loosed him, and brought him into Bethulia, and presented him to the governors of the city:
Tobit 6:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the young man answered the angel, I have heard, brother Azariah, that this maid hath been given to seven men, who all died in the marriage chamber.
Tobit 7:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And he came to the house of Raguel; and Sarah met him: and saluted him, and he them; and she brought them into the house.
Tobit 7:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then he called his daughter Sarah, and she came to her father, and he took her by the hand, and gave her to be wife to Tobias, saying, Behold, take her after the law of Moses, and lead her away to thy father. And he blessed them;
Tobit 8:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when they had supped, they brought Tobias in unto her.
Tobit 14:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when he was very aged, he called his son, and the sons of his son, and said to him, My son, take thy children; for, behold, I am aged, and am ready to depart out of this life.
1 Maccabees 2:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Her glorious vessels are carried away into captivity, her infants are slain in the streets, her young men with the sword of the enemy.
1 Maccabees 3:50 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then cried they with a loud voice toward heaven, saying, What shall we do with these, and whither shall we carry them away?
Baruch 4:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and they have carried away the dear beloved children of the widow, and left her that was alone desolate without daughters.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For like as a vessel that a man useth is nothing worth when it is broken; even so it is with their gods: when they be set up in the temple, their eyes be full of dust through the feet of them that come in.
Daniel 1:45 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:45 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
1 Enoch 10:13 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
for ever and ever is consummated. In those days they shall be led off to the abyss of fire: and
1 Enoch 17:1 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
And they took and brought me to a place in which those who were there were like flaming fire,
1 Enoch 17:2 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
and, when they wished, they appeared as men. And they brought me to the place of darkness, and to a mountain the point of whose summit reached to heaven. And I saw the places of the luminaries and the treasuries of the stars and of the thunder and in the uttermost depths, where were
1 Enoch 17:4 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
a fiery bow and arrows and their quiver, and a fiery sword and all the lightnings. And they took

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G520, grouped by book.

Genesis 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 5 usages, New Testament
Mark 3 usages, New Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
John 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 3 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 151 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 4 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G520 FAQ

What does apago (ἀπάγω) mean?

Apago (Strong's G520) is a Greek word most simply glossed "bring". apago (ap-ag'-o) v. 1. to take off (in various senses) [from G575 and G71]

How many times is apago (ἀπάγω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 63 linked usages for Strong's G520 across 26 books.

Where can I study apago (ἀπάγω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G520 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate apago (ἀπάγω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as away, leadeth, off, take, put, and bring. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G520 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 29 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 14 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 4 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G520, with linked reader references where each row is available.