ἈΦΟΡΩΜΕΝ, ἀφορωμεν
APHORŌMEN, aphorōmen
Sounds Like: ah-foh-ROH-men
Translations: looking away from, fixing one's eyes on, looking intently at, we look away from, we fix our eyes on
From the root: ἈΦΟΡΆΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of looking away from all other things in order to fix one's gaze or attention intently on a single object or person. It implies a focused and unwavering concentration, often with a sense of expectation, devotion, or trust. It can be used to describe directing one's hope or faith towards something.
Inflection: First Person, Plural, Present, Active, Indicative or Subjunctive
Strong’s number: G0872 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 16:336
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
- 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
- ἈΦΟΡΩΣΙΝ — they look away from, they look intently at, they fix their eyes on, they turn their eyes away from
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