STRONGS G1553:
ἐκδημέω,
-ῶ; 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,
2 Corinthians 5:8.
2. to be or
live abroad:
2 Corinthians 5:9;
ἀπὸ τοῦ κυρίου, abode with whom is promised us,
2 Corinthians 5:6; in these examples opposed to
ἐνδημῶ, which see.
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