apeimi describes being physically not present with others, and in one narrative setting, going away.

The prevailing use describes a person as physically not present with those addressed, often set against being present, coming, writing, or maintaining spiritual connection. One narrative occurrence depicts a group going away or departing.

1. Physical absence from those addressed · dominant

   Present active participial forms describe a speaker who is not bodily with others: in 1 Corinthians 5:3 the APB renders the contrast, "absent in body" yet "present in spirit." In 2 Corinthians 10:11 and 2 Corinthians 13:10, absence is contrasted with being present and with what is done by letter or in person; Colossians 2:5 likewise contrasts absence "in the flesh" with being with them "in the spirit."

   1 Corinthians 5:32 Corinthians 10:12 Corinthians 10:112 Corinthians 13:10Colossians 2:5Philippians 1:27
2. Going away or departing · rare

   In Acts 17:10, the third-person plural imperfect active indicative occurs in a narrative of Paul and Silas being sent away at night. The APB ends the verse with "they departed," presenting movement away rather than an ongoing contrast between absence and presence.

   Acts 17:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the absence contexts, the APB commonly uses "absent," including "absent in body" and "absent in the flesh," and contrasts it with "present" or being "with you" in spirit. In Acts 17:10 it uses "departed"; These renderings only indicate the clauses' overall presentation.