ἈΦΟΡΩΣΙΝ, ἀφορωσιν
APHORŌSIN, aphorōsin
Sounds Like: ah-fo-ROH-sin
Translations: they look away from, they look intently at, they fix their eyes on, they turn their eyes away from
From the root: ἈΦΟΡΆΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἀπό (apo), meaning 'from' or 'away from', and the verb ὁράω (horao), meaning 'to see' or 'to look'. It means to look away from something in order to fix one's gaze intently on something else, or to turn one's eyes away from one object to another. It implies a focused and deliberate act of looking.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G0872 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:76
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΦΟΡΆΩ.
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.
- ἈΦΕΩΡΩΝ — were looking away from, were fixing their eyes on, were beholding, were gazing intently at
- ἈΦΟΡΩΜΕΝ — looking away from, fixing one's eyes on, looking intently at, we look away from, we fix our eyes on
- ἈΦΟΡΩΝ — looking away from, looking intently at, fixing one's eyes on, focusing on
- ἈΦΟΡΩΝΤΟΣ — of looking away, of looking intently, of fixing one's eyes upon, of turning one's gaze from, of considering
- ἈΦΟΡΩΝΤΩΝ — looking away, looking intently, fixing one's gaze, turning one's eyes, considering, regarding
- ἈΦΟΡΩΣΑΝ — looking away, looking intently, fixing one's gaze, the one looking away
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