ἈΦΟΡΜΗΝ, ἀφορμην
APHORMĒN, aphormēn
Sounds Like: ah-for-MEEN
Translations: occasion, an occasion, opportunity, an opportunity, pretext, a pretext, starting point, a starting point
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 something. It is often used to describe the means or reason by which an action is initiated or justified.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0874 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 12:68
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 3:89
- Book 2 — 11:257
- Book 3 — 1:6, 1:23, 1:26, 2:42, 8:214
- Book 5 — 1:57
- Book 7 — 9:209
- Book 8 — 14:369, 15:409
- Book 10 — 11:251
- Book 12 — 6:184
- Book 14 — 3:51, 9:159
- Book 16 — 4:134, 5:155, 7:200
- Book 18 — 9:375
- Book 19 — 6:308
- Book 20 — 4:82
Josephus' The Jewish War
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 16:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Proverbs — 9:9
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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.
- ἈΦΟΡΜΑΙ — occasions, opportunities, pretexts, starting points, advantages
- 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
- 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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