G1553

ἐκδημέω

ekdēmeōG:V

be away

ἐκ-δημέω, -ῶ (ἔκδημος, from home; cf. -ία, 3Ma.4:11)*; to be from home, absent: 2Co.5:6; before ἀπό, 2Co.5:8; before ἐκ, 2Co.5:9 (cf. ἀπο-, ἐνδημέω).† (AS)

The KJV translates G1553 in the following manner:

absent (6x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

ἐκδημέω — ekdēméō

ἐκδημέω, ἐκδήμω; 1 aorist infinitive ἐκδημῆσαι; (ἔκδημος away from home);

1. to go abroad (Herodotus, Sophocles, Plato, Josephus, others); hence, universally, to emigrate, depart: ἐκ τοῦ σώματος, from the body as the earthly abode of the spirit, 2Co 5:8.

2. to be or live abroad: 2Co 5:9; ἀπό τοῦ κυρίου, abode with whom is promised us, 2Co 5:6; in these examples opposed to ἐνδήμω, which see

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