ἈΦΟΡΑΣΘΑΙ, ἀφορασθαι
APHORASTHAI, aphorasthai
Sounds Like: ah-fo-RAH-sthai
Translations: to look away from, to look steadfastly at, to fix one's eyes upon
From the root: ἈΦΟΡΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἀπό (apo, 'from, away from') and the verb ὁράω (horaō, 'to see, to look'). It means to look away from something, often with the implication of focusing one's gaze intently on something else. It can also mean to look steadfastly or fix one's eyes upon a particular object or person, diverting attention from other things.
Inflection: Aorist, Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G872 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 11 — 8:329
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
- 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
- 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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