Greek verb · G868
ἀφίστημι
aphistemiaf-is'-tay-mee
trans. in pres., impf., fut., 1 aor., to put away, lead away; Intrans. in pf., plpf., 2 aor.
14 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: aphístēmi
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G868is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 12spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G868
to remove, i.e. (actively) instigate to revolt; usually (reflexively) to desist, desert, etc.
The King James renders it: depart, draw (fall) away, refrain, withdraw self.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
aphistemi is rendered "trans. in pres., impf., fut., 1 aor., to put away, lead away; Intrans. in pf., plpf., 2 aor.". It stands 14 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Six of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "trans. in pres., impf., fut., 1 aor., to put away, lead away".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 2:37and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
Luke 2:37ἀφίστατο
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's fourteen uses are in Acts.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: trans. in pres., impf., fut., 1 aor., to put away, lead away, and Intrans. in pf., plpf., 2 aor..
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| trans. in pres., impf., fut., 1 aor., to put away, lead awaymetaphorically, to move to revolt | Tagged as
| WhereActs 5:37After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him… |
| Intrans. in pf., plpf., 2 aor.to stand off, depart from, withdraw from | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 2:37and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀπέστη2
- ἀπόστητε2
- ἀπέστησαν1
- ἀπέστησεν1
- ἀποστάντα1
- ἀποστὰς1
- ἀποστῇ1
- ἀποστῆναι1
- ἀποστήσονταί1
- ἀποστήτω1
- ἀφίστανται1
- ἀφίστατο1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-2AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural2V-2AAM-2P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-2AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singular1V-2AAM-3S
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-2AAN
- verb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular1V-2AAP-ASM
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-2AAP-NSM
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-2AAS-3S
- verb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-FDI-3P
- verb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-INI-3S
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PNI-3P
Luke
four uses
and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
- ἀφίστατοaphistatoverb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was departing
When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.
- ἀπέστηapesteverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: departed
The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.
- ἀφίστανταιaphistantaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: fall away
And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’
- ἀπόστητεaposteteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do depart
Acts
six uses
After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.
- ἀπέστησενapestesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: drew away
So in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone. Let them go! For if their purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.
- ἀπόστητεaposteteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do withdraw
They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
- ἀπέστηapesteverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: departed
But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.
- ἀποστάνταapostantaverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having withdrawn
But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
- ἀποστὰςapostasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having departed
Then those who were about to interrogate Paul stepped back, and the commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.
- ἀπέστησανapestesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: departed
2 Corinthians
one use
Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
- ἀποστῇaposteaverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: it may depart
1 Timothy
one use
Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
- ἀποστήσονταίapostesontaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will depart from
2 Timothy
one use
Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
- ἀποστήτωapostetoverb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: should depart
Hebrews
one use
See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
- ἀποστῆναιapostenaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: falling away
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.