Quick Definition
ἐκδημέω v. I go abroad, am absent
Strong's Definition
from a compound of 1537 and 1218; to emigrate, i.e. (figuratively) vacate or quit
KJV Usage: be absent
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | δῆμος
85.21 · Existence in Space · Be in a Place
to be absent, to be away from to be absent from a place where one rightfully or normally belongs
23.111 · Physiological Processes and States · Live, Die
Collocation: ἐκδημέω ἐκ τοῦ σώματος
to die (an idiom, literally: to leave home from the body) euphemistic expressions for dying
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκδημέω, -@; 1 aor. inf. ἐκδημῆσαι ; (ἔκδημος away from home) ; 1. to go abroad (Hat., Soph., Plat., Joseph., al.); hence univ. to emigrate, depart: ἐκ τοῦ σώματος, from the body as the earthly abode of the spirit, 2 Co. v. 8. 2. to be or live abroad: 2 Co. v. 9; ἀπὸ τοῦ κυρίου, abode with whom is promised us, 2 Co. v. 6; in these exx. opp. to ἐνδημῶ, q. v.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐκδημέω ekdēmeō 3x
pr. to be absent from home, go abroad, travel; hence, to be absent from any place or person, 2 Cor. 5:6, 8, 9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἐκ-δημέω, -ῶ
(< ἔκδημος, from home; cf. -ία, III Mac 4:11)*;
to be from home, absent: II Co 5:6; seq. ἀπό, II Co 5:8; seq. ἐκ, II Co 5:9 (cf. ἀπο-, ἐνδημέω).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐκδημέω (ekdēmeō) — be away. ἐκδημ-έω, to be abroad, to be on one's travels, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be in exile, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. with accusative, travel through, δύσιν καὶ ἀνατολήν [Refs]