ἈΦΟΡΩΝΤΑ, ἀφορωντα
APHORŌNTA, aphorōnta
Sounds Like: ah-fo-RON-tah
Translations: looking away from, looking intently at, fixing one's eyes on, having one's eyes fixed on
From the root: ἈΦΟΡΑΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle derived from the verb 'ἀφοράω'. It describes the action of looking away from something in order to focus intently on something else, or simply fixing one's gaze upon a particular object or person. It often implies a focused attention or concentration. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, modifying a noun or verb to describe an ongoing action.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Accusative, Plural, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G0872 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- To the Newly Baptized — 1:1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 1:36
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
- ἈΦΟΡΩΕΝ — looking away, looking intently, fixing one's eyes, looking steadfastly
- 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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