Strong's #1553: ekdemeo (pronounced ek-day-meh'-o)

from a compound of 1537 and 1218; to emigrate, i.e. (figuratively) vacate or quit:--be absent.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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ekdēmeō

1) to go abroad

2) emigrate, depart

3) to be or live abroad

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from a compound of G1537 and G1218

Citing in TDNT: 2:63, 149

Usage:

This word is used 3 times:

 

2 Corinthians 5:6: "in the body, we are absent from the Lord:"
2 Corinthians 5:8: "I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and"
2 Corinthians 5:9: "that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him."