Strong's Number G568

ἀπέχω
apecho · ap-ekh'-o
Transliteration:
apecho{ap-ekh'-o}
Word Origin:
from 575 and 2192
TDNT:
2:828,286
Part of Speech:
verb
Strong's Definition:
(actively) to have out, i.e. receive in full; (intransitively) to keep (oneself) away, i.e. be distant (literally or figuratively)
Usage in the KJV:
be 5, have 4, receive 2

Total: 11
Occurs 19 times in the Greek text.
Definition:
  1. have
    1. to hold back, keep off, prevent
    2. to have wholly or in full, to have received
    3. 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 its meaning to "have in full" and was commonly used on business receipts to mean "paid in full". No payment or service was expected to follow the close of the transaction.