ἈΦΙΣΤΑΜΕΝΟΥΣ, ἀφισταμενους
APHISTAMENOUS, aphistamenous
Sounds Like: ah-phis-TAH-meh-noos
Translations: departing, withdrawing, revolting, standing away, those departing, those withdrawing, those revolting
From the root: ἈΦΊΣΤΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present middle/passive participle, meaning 'departing,' 'withdrawing,' or 'revolting.' It describes someone or something in the act of separating themselves from another, either physically, politically, or morally. It can be used to describe people who are rebelling or abandoning a cause, a person, or a belief. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, modifying a noun or verb, often indicating the manner or circumstance of an action.
Inflection: Present, Middle or Passive Voice, Accusative Case, Plural, Masculine Gender
Strong’s number: G0868 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 111:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΦΊΣΤΗΜΙ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΠΟΣΤΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will depart, they will withdraw, they will revolt, they will fall away
- ἈΠΩΣΤΑΙ — they have departed, they have stood away, they have withdrawn, they have revolted, they have apostatized
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