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apechō ἀπέχω apechō

To HAVE IN FULL — and specifically the word written on RECEIPTS in Greek commercial papyri: 'paid in full', nothing further owing. Philippians 4:18 uses it of the gift Epaphroditus brought ('I have all of it in full'), which is one link in a sustained chain of accounting language through the chapter — an account of giving and receiving (v15), fruit to your account (v17). Matthew 6:2 uses it of hypocrites who 'have their reward in full' — receipted, with nothing more to come. → first discussed at Philippians 4:18