◄ 874. aphormé ►
Strong's Concordance aphormé: a starting point, i.e. fig. an occasion Original Word: ἀφορμή, ῆς, ἡ Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: aphormé Phonetic Spelling: (af-or-may') Short Definition: an occasion, opportunity Definition: (a) a starting, a start, (b) cause, occasion, opportunity. HELPS Word-studies 874 aphormḗ (from 575 /apó, "away from" and 3730 /hormḗ, "a violent rush") – properly, a pretext ("launching point") to assert an idea – literally, "what charges from (off) a starting point"; (figuratively) the occasion something has to come forward because having the "successful launching pad" to get something started ("affording an opportunity"). 874 (aphormḗ) is usually used negatively in the NT, but positively in 2 Cor 5:12. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 874: ἀφορμή ἀφορμή, ἀφορμῆς, ἡ (ἀπό and ὁρμή which see); 1. properly, a place from which a movement or attack is made, a base of operations: Thucydides 1, 90 (τήν Πελοποννησον πᾶσιν ἀναχωρησιν τέ καί ἀφορμήν ἱκανήν εἶναι); Polybius 1, 41, 6. 2. metaphorically, "that by which endeavor is excited and from which it goes forth; that which gives occasion and supplies matter for an undertaking, the incentive; the resources we avail ourselves of in attempting or performing anything": Xenophon, mem. 3, 12, 4 (τοῖς ἑαυτῶν παισί καλλιους ἀφορμας εἰς τόν βίον καταλειπουσι), and often in Greek writings; λαμβάνειν, to take occasion, find an incentive, Romans 7:8, 11 διδόναι, 2 Corinthians 5:12; 1 Timothy 5:14 (3Macc. 3:2; both phrases often also in Greek writings); 2 Corinthians 11:12; Galatians 5:13. On the meanings of this word see Viger. edition Herm., p. 81f; Phryn. ed. Lob., p. 223f; (Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 304). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance occasion. From a compound of apo and hormao; a starting-point, i.e. (figuratively) an opportunity -- occasion. see GREEK apo see GREEK hormao Forms and Transliterations αφορμή αφορμην αφορμήν ἀφορμήν ἀφορμὴν aphormen aphormēn aphormḗn aphormḕn Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 874 7 Occurrences ἀφορμὴν — 7 Occ. Romans 7:8 N-AFS GRK: ἀφορμὴν δὲ λαβοῦσα NAS: taking opportunity through KJV: taking occasion by INT: opportunity however having taken Romans 7:11 N-AFS GRK: γὰρ ἁμαρτία ἀφορμὴν λαβοῦσα διὰ NAS: taking an opportunity through KJV: taking occasion by INT: indeed sin an occasion having taken by 2 Corinthians 5:12 N-AFS GRK: ὑμῖν ἀλλὰ ἀφορμὴν διδόντες ὑμῖν NAS: to you but [are] giving you an occasion to be proud KJV: give you occasion to glory on INT: to you but occasion are giving to you 2 Corinthians 11:12 N-AFS GRK: ἐκκόψω τὴν ἀφορμὴν τῶν θελόντων NAS: that I may cut off opportunity from those KJV: I may cut off occasion from them which desire INT: I might cut off the occasion of those wishing 2 Corinthians 11:12 N-AFS GRK: τῶν θελόντων ἀφορμήν ἵνα ἐν NAS: who desire an opportunity to be regarded KJV: from them which desire occasion; that INT: of those wishing an occasion that wherein Galatians 5:13 N-AFS GRK: ἐλευθερίαν εἰς ἀφορμὴν τῇ σαρκί NAS: [do] not [turn] your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, KJV: for an occasion to the flesh, INT: freedom for an occasion to the flesh 1 Timothy 5:14 N-AFS GRK: οἰκοδεσποτεῖν μηδεμίαν ἀφορμὴν διδόναι τῷ NAS: the enemy no occasion for reproach; KJV: give none occasion to the adversary to INT: to manage the house no occasion to give to the 7 Occurrences