Strong G665ἀποτρέπω
to avoid
- Transliteration
- apotrepō
- Pronunciation
- ap-ot-rep'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀπο-τρέπω
[in LXX: Sir.20:29 48:18, 3Ma.1:23, 4Ma.1:33 4Mac 16:12 *;]
to turn away; mid., to turn oneself away from: with accusative, 2Ti.3:5.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Sir.20:29 48:18, 3Ma.1:23, 4Ma.1:33 4Mac 16:12 *;]
to turn away; mid., to turn oneself away from: with accusative, 2Ti.3:5.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G665 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- from1
- turn1
First verses
- 2 Timothy 3:5Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀποτρέπ-ω,
turn away from, εἰ δὲ σὺ.. τιν᾽ ἄλλον.. ἀποτρέψεις πολέμοιο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.249, compare 20.256; ὅθεν.. ἀπέτραπε λαὸν Ἀθήνη 11.758)]; deter or dissuade from, τινός τινα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.39; τινὰ τῆς κακουργίας [prev. author] 6.38; τῆς γνώμης 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.21, etc.)]: with infinitive, ἀ. προσωτέρω τὸ μὴ πορεύεσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.105; ἀ. βοᾶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supp..” 900 (Lyric poetry); δηλοῦν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 60.26, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.7.5, 6)]: with participle, ἀ. τινὰ ὑβρίζοντα[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 880)]:—passive, ὁ παραβαίνειν τι βουλόμενος τῷ μὴ προὔχων ἂν ἐπελθεῖν -τρέπεται[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.11, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 19.)]
2 with accusative person only, turn away or back, πάντας ἀπέτραπε καὶ μεμαῶτας[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.276: with _dative_ modi, οὔ μ᾽ ἐπέεσσιν ἀποτρέψεις μεμαῶτα 20.256, compare 109)]; τοὺς ἀλαζόνας ἀ. deter them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 173c)]; opposed to παροξῦναι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.37)]; opposed to συμβουλεύω, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1391b33, etc.)]
3 with accusative of things, turn back again, ποτὶ χέρσον ἔντεα ναός[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.69.)]
4 turn aside, avert, ἀπὸ δὲ.. ἔγχεος ὁρμὴν ἔτραπε[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 455)]; pervert, δίκας κέλευθον ὀρθᾶς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 10.27)]; τὸ σφάλμα ἀ. prevent, avert it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.207; τὸ μέλλον γενέσθαι [prev. author] 3.65, compare 8.29, +others)]; ἀ. βλάβην, συμφοράν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 509b, “Phdr.” 231d)]; ἀ. τὴν εἰρήνην prevent its being made, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.3.12.)]
5 turn from others against one, ἐπὶ τῷδε.. οὐκ ἔγχος τις.. ἀποτρέψε; see reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1013 (Lyric poetry))]:—passive, ἀποτετράφθαι πρὸς τὴν ἄλλην Ἰταλίαν[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 19:)] —middle, ἀποτραπόμενος πρὸς θυσίαν, i.e. turning away from other objects to this one, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Rom.” 7; εἰς τὴν μεσογείαν -τραπόμενος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 52.)]
II middle and (later) passive, turn from, desist from, with participle, ἀπετράπετ᾽ ὄβριμος Ἕκτωρ ὀλλὺς Ἀργείους[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.200)]: with infinitive, λέγειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 410, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.32, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 23 (b); ἀ. ἐκ κινδύνων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.40; ἀ. τοῦ ἐρωτήματος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 15.13.)]
II.2 turn away, turn a deaf ear, οὐδέ.. ἀπετράπετ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἀπίθησεν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.329: _absolutely_, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 206d.)]
II.3 with accusative of things, turn away from, shrink from, δεῖμα πολιτῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1065 (_anapaest meter_); τἀληθές 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 336 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.68, and late Prose, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cleomenes” 9, etc.)]
II.4 turn back, return, ἐπ᾽ ὄκου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.13; ἐς τὴν πόλιν [prev. author] 3.24; ἀποτρεπόμενοι ἵεντο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.13.)]
II.5 dissuade, deter, τινά[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.13.1.)]
II.6 beat off, repulse, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Brutus” 42.)]
turn away from, εἰ δὲ σὺ.. τιν᾽ ἄλλον.. ἀποτρέψεις πολέμοιο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.249, compare 20.256; ὅθεν.. ἀπέτραπε λαὸν Ἀθήνη 11.758)]; deter or dissuade from, τινός τινα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.39; τινὰ τῆς κακουργίας [prev. author] 6.38; τῆς γνώμης 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.21, etc.)]: with infinitive, ἀ. προσωτέρω τὸ μὴ πορεύεσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.105; ἀ. βοᾶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supp..” 900 (Lyric poetry); δηλοῦν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 60.26, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.7.5, 6)]: with participle, ἀ. τινὰ ὑβρίζοντα[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 880)]:—passive, ὁ παραβαίνειν τι βουλόμενος τῷ μὴ προὔχων ἂν ἐπελθεῖν -τρέπεται[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.11, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 19.)]
2 with accusative person only, turn away or back, πάντας ἀπέτραπε καὶ μεμαῶτας[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.276: with _dative_ modi, οὔ μ᾽ ἐπέεσσιν ἀποτρέψεις μεμαῶτα 20.256, compare 109)]; τοὺς ἀλαζόνας ἀ. deter them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 173c)]; opposed to παροξῦναι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.37)]; opposed to συμβουλεύω, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1391b33, etc.)]
3 with accusative of things, turn back again, ποτὶ χέρσον ἔντεα ναός[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.69.)]
4 turn aside, avert, ἀπὸ δὲ.. ἔγχεος ὁρμὴν ἔτραπε[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 455)]; pervert, δίκας κέλευθον ὀρθᾶς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 10.27)]; τὸ σφάλμα ἀ. prevent, avert it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.207; τὸ μέλλον γενέσθαι [prev. author] 3.65, compare 8.29, +others)]; ἀ. βλάβην, συμφοράν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 509b, “Phdr.” 231d)]; ἀ. τὴν εἰρήνην prevent its being made, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.3.12.)]
5 turn from others against one, ἐπὶ τῷδε.. οὐκ ἔγχος τις.. ἀποτρέψε; see reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1013 (Lyric poetry))]:—passive, ἀποτετράφθαι πρὸς τὴν ἄλλην Ἰταλίαν[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 19:)] —middle, ἀποτραπόμενος πρὸς θυσίαν, i.e. turning away from other objects to this one, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Rom.” 7; εἰς τὴν μεσογείαν -τραπόμενος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 52.)]
II middle and (later) passive, turn from, desist from, with participle, ἀπετράπετ᾽ ὄβριμος Ἕκτωρ ὀλλὺς Ἀργείους[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.200)]: with infinitive, λέγειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 410, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.32, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 23 (b); ἀ. ἐκ κινδύνων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.40; ἀ. τοῦ ἐρωτήματος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 15.13.)]
II.2 turn away, turn a deaf ear, οὐδέ.. ἀπετράπετ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἀπίθησεν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.329: _absolutely_, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 206d.)]
II.3 with accusative of things, turn away from, shrink from, δεῖμα πολιτῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1065 (_anapaest meter_); τἀληθές 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 336 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.68, and late Prose, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cleomenes” 9, etc.)]
II.4 turn back, return, ἐπ᾽ ὄκου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.13; ἐς τὴν πόλιν [prev. author] 3.24; ἀποτρεπόμενοι ἵεντο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.13.)]
II.5 dissuade, deter, τινά[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.13.1.)]
II.6 beat off, repulse, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Brutus” 42.)]