ἈΦΟΡΜΑΙ, ἀφορμαι
APHORMAI, aphormai
Sounds Like: ah-for-MAI
Translations: occasions, opportunities, pretexts, starting points, advantages
From the root: ἈΦΟΡΜΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a starting point, a base of operations, or a point of departure. It can also mean an occasion, opportunity, or pretext for an action. In a financial context, it can refer to resources or capital. It is often used to describe the means or grounds for something to begin or develop.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G874 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 3:83
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 16:39
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΦΟΡΜΗ.
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.
- ἈΦΟΡΜΑΙΣ — to a starting point, to an occasion, to an opportunity, to a pretext, to a cause, to a resource
- ἈΦΟΡΜΑΣ — occasions, opportunities, pretexts, starting points, bases, advantages
- ἈΦΟΡΜΗ — occasion, opportunity, a starting point, a base of operations, a pretext, an excuse, a cause, a reason
- ἈΦΟΡΜΗΝ — occasion, an occasion, opportunity, an opportunity, pretext, a pretext, starting point, a starting point
- ἈΦΟΡΜΗΣ — of occasion, of opportunity, of a starting point, of a pretext, of an occasion, of an opportunity, of a starting point, of a pretext
- ἈΦΟΡΜΩΝ — (of) occasion, (of) opportunity, (of) starting point, (of) cause, (of) pretext
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