apotassomai · say goodbye

What it means

apotassomai (ἀποτάσσομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “say goodbye”.

Take leave of, say goodbye; also give up.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To bid someone farewell before leaving.
2. To leave behind what one has, letting it go to follow Jesus.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• after taking leave of ×1
• renounce ×1
• say goodbye ×1
• saying goodbye ×1
• taking leave of them ×1
• took leave ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Mark×1
• Luke×2
• Acts×2
• 2 Corinthians×1

• Mark 6:46

  And after taking leave of them, he went away to the mountain to pray.

• Luke 9:61

  And another also said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first allow me to say goodbye to those at my home.”

• Luke 14:33

  So then, every one of you who does not renounce all his own possessions cannot be my disciple.

• Acts 18:18

  And Paul, having stayed many more days, took leave of the brothers and sailed away for Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila, having had his head shaved in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.

• Acts 18:21

  but taking leave of them and saying, “I will return to you again, if God wills,” he set sail from Ephesus.

• 2 Corinthians 2:13

  I had no rest in my spirit because I did not find Titus my brother; but saying goodbye to them, I went out to Macedonia.