ἈΦΟΡΆΩ, ἀφοράω
APHORAŌ, aphoraō
Sounds Like: ah-foh-RAH-oh
Translations: to look away from, to look intently at, to fix one's eyes on, to turn one's eyes away from
From the root: ΑΦΟΡΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to look away from one thing in order to fix one's gaze intently on another. It implies a focused attention, shifting one's sight from distractions to concentrate on a specific object or person. It is a compound word formed from 'ἀπό' (APO), meaning 'away from', and 'ὁράω' (HORAO), meaning 'to see' or 'to look'.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0872 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΦΟΡΑΩ.
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.
- ἈΠΙΔΟΝΤΑΣ — looking away, fixing one's eyes upon, considering, regarding
- ἈΦΕΩΡΑ — was looking, was gazing, was fixing one's eyes on, was looking away from
- ἈΦΟΡἈΩ — to look away, to look intently, to fix one's eyes, to turn one's eyes away, to turn one's gaze
- ἈΦΟΡΩΣΗΣ — of looking away from, of fixing one's eyes on, of considering, of directing one's attention to
- ΑΠΙΔΩΜΕΝ — let us look away, let us look intently, let us fix our eyes
- ΑΦΕΩΡΑΚΑΙ — have looked away, have fixed one's gaze, have seen, have considered
- ΑΦΙΔΩ — to look away from, to look intently at, to fix one's eyes on, to consider, to observe, to behold
- ΑΦΙΔΩΝ — looking away from, fixing one's eyes upon, looking intently at, considering, regarding
- ΑΦΟΡΑΝ — looking away, looking intently, fixing one's gaze, turning one's gaze, looking away from, looking to
- ΑΦΟΡΑΩ — to look away from, to look intently at, to fix one's eyes on, to turn one's eyes away from
- ΑΦΟΡΩΝΤΕΣ — looking away from, looking intently at, fixing one's eyes on
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