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Strong's G868 · Greek

ἀφίστημι

aphistemi · af-is'-tay-mee

from 575 and 2476; to remove, i.e. (actively) instigate to revolt; usually (reflexively) to desist, desert, etc.


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἀφ-ίστημι (G868)

14 ἀφ-ίστημι , [in LXX for סור , מעל , etc. (41 words in all);] trans. in pres., impf., fut., 1 aor., to put away , lead away ; metaph., to move to revolt : Ac 5:37 . Intrans. in pf., plpf., 2 aor., to stand off , depart from , withdraw from : c. gen., Lk 2:37 ; seq. ἀπό , Lk 4:13 13:27 , Ac 5:38 12:10 15:38 19:9 22:29 , II Co 12:8 ; metaph., ἀπὸ ἀδικίας , II Ti 2:19 ; ἀπὸ θεοῦ , ( fall away , apostatize ), He 3:12 . Mid. (exc. 1 aor., wh. is trans.), to withdraw oneself from , absent oneself from : Lk 2:37 ; metaph., fall away , apostatize : absol., Lk 8:13 ; c. gen., I Ti 4:1 (MM, s.v.; Cremer, 308).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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