Greek noun (feminine) · G874
ἀφορμή
aphormeaf-or-may'
opportunity
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: aphormḗ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G874is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G874
a starting-point, i.e. (figuratively) an opportunity
The King James renders it: occasion.
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
aphorme is rendered "opportunity". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 7:8But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
Romans 7:8ἀφορμὴν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's seven uses are in 2 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- An occasion2
- an opportunity2
- occasion2
- opportunity1
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 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 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
- ἀφορμὴν6
- ἀφορμήν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular7N-ASF
Romans
two uses
But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
- ἀφορμὴνaphormennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: An occasion
For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
- ἀφορμὴνaphormennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: an occasion
2 Corinthians
three uses
We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.
- ἀφορμὴνaphormennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: occasion
But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast.
- ἀφορμὴνaphormennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: opportunity
- ἀφορμήνaphormennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: an opportunity
Galatians
one use
For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
- ἀφορμὴνaphormennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: an opportunity
1 Timothy
one use
So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
- ἀφορμὴνaphormennoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: occasion
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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.