ἀφίστημι: 1 aorist
ἀπέστησα; 2 aorist
ἀπέστην; middle, present
ἀφισταμαι, imperative
ἀφίστασο (
1 Timothy 6:5 Rec.; cf. Winer's Grammar, § 14, 1 e.); [imperfect
ἀφιστάμην]; future
ἀποστήσομαι;
1. transitively, in present, imperfect, future, 1 aorist active,
to make stand off, cause to withdraw, to remove; tropically,
to excite to revolt:
Acts 5:37 (
ἀπέστησε λαὸν...
ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ drew away after him;
τινὰ ἀπό τινος,
Deuteronomy 7:4, and in Greek writings from Herodotus 1, 76 down).
2. intransitively, in perfect, pluperfect, 2 aorist active,
to stand off, stand aloof, in various senses [as in Greek writings] according to the context:
ἀπό with the genitive of person
to go away, depart, from anyone, Luke 13:27 (from
Psalm 6:9; cf.
Matthew 7:23 ἀποχωρεῖτε ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ);
Acts 12:10;
Acts 19:9;
to desert, withdraw from, one, Acts 15:38;
to cease to vex one, Luke 4:13;
Acts 5:38;
Acts 22:29;
2 Corinthians 12:8;
to fall away, become faithless, ἀπὸ θεοῦ,
Hebrews 3:12;
to shun, flee from, ἀπὸ τῆς ἀδικίας,
2 Timothy 2:19. Middle,
to withdraw oneself from: absolutely,
to fall away, Luke 8:13; [
τῆς πίστεως,
1 Timothy 4:1, cf. Winers Grammar, 427, 428 (398)];
to keep oneself away from, absent oneself from, Luke 2:37 (
οὐκ ἀφίστατο ἀπὸ [T Tr WH omit
ἀπὸ]
τοῦ ἱεροῦ, she was in the temple every day); from anyone's society or fellowship,
1 Timothy 6:5 Rec.
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