- Original: ἀπέχω - Transliteration: Apecho - Phonetic: ap-ekh'-o - Definition: 1. have a. to hold back, keep off, prevent b. to have wholly or in full, to have received c. it is enough, sufficient 2. to be away, absent, distant 3. to hold one's self off, abstain have in Mat 6:2, is modified with a prefix which changes itsmeaning to have in full and was commonly used on business receiptsto mean paid in full. No payment or service was expected to followthe close of the transaction. - Origin: from G575 and G2192 - TDNT entry: 15:48,3 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G575 and G2192 ; (active) to have out that is receive in full; (intransitive) to keep (oneself) away that is be distant (literally or figuratively): - be have receive. Total KJV Occurrences: 4 • have, 1 Philippians 4:18 • receive, 1 Philemon 1:15 • was, 2 Luke 7:6; Luke 24:13