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ἈΦΟΡΩΕΝ, ἀφορωεν

APHORŌEN, aphorōen

Sounds Like: ah-fo-ROH-en

Translations: looking away, looking intently, fixing one's eyes, looking steadfastly

From the root: ἈΦΟΡΑΩ

Part of Speech: Participle, Adjective, Adverb

Explanation: This word is a present active participle of the verb ἀφοράω (aphorao), meaning 'to look away from' or 'to look intently at' something, often with the sense of focusing one's attention on a particular object or goal. It describes an action of directing one's gaze or attention.

Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Singular

Strong’s number: G872 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΦΟΡΑΩ.

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.

  • ἈΠΙΔΩΜΕΝ — let us look away, let us look, let us fix our eyes
  • ἈΦΙΔΩ — to look away from, to look intently at, to consider, to fix one's eyes upon, to look to
  • ἈΦΙΔΩΝ — looking away, looking intently, having looked away, having looked intently, fixing one's eyes upon
  • ἈΦΟΡΑΝ — to look away from, to fix one's gaze on, to turn one's eyes to, to look intently at
  • ἈΦΟΡΑΣΘΑΙ — to look away from, to look steadfastly at, to fix one's eyes upon
  • ἈΦΟΡΑΩ — to look away from, to look intently at, to fix one's eyes on, to turn one's eyes away from, to look to
  • ἈΦΟΡΩΝΤΑ — looking away from, looking intently at, fixing one's eyes on, having one's eyes fixed on
  • ἈΦΟΡΩΝΤΑΣ — looking away, looking intently, looking steadfastly, looking to, looking unto
  • ἈΦΟΡΩΝΤΕΣ — looking away, looking intently, fixing one's gaze, looking to, considering

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