Strong G868ἀφίστημι
to leave
- Transliteration
- aphistēmi
- Pronunciation
- af-is'-tay-mee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀφ-ίστημι
[in LXX for סוּר, מָעַל, etc. (41 words in all);]
1. trans. in pres., impf., fut., 1 aor., to put away, lead away; metaphorically, to move to revolt: Act.5:37.
2. Intrans. in pf., plpf., 2 aor., to stand off, depart from, withdraw from: with genitive, Luk.2:37; before ἀπό, Luk.4:13 13:27, Act.5:38 12:10 15:38 19:9 22:29, 2Co.12:8; metaphorically, ἀπὸ ἀδικίας, 2Ti.2:19; ἀπὸ θεοῦ, (fall away, apostatize), Heb.3:12 Mid. (exc. 1 aor., WH. is trans.), to withdraw oneself from, absent oneself from: Luk.2:37; metaphorically, fall away, apostatize: absol., Luk.8:13; with genitive, 1Ti.4:1 (MM, see word; Cremer, 308).†
(AS)
[in LXX for סוּר, מָעַל, etc. (41 words in all);]
1. trans. in pres., impf., fut., 1 aor., to put away, lead away; metaphorically, to move to revolt: Act.5:37.
2. Intrans. in pf., plpf., 2 aor., to stand off, depart from, withdraw from: with genitive, Luk.2:37; before ἀπό, Luk.4:13 13:27, Act.5:38 12:10 15:38 19:9 22:29, 2Co.12:8; metaphorically, ἀπὸ ἀδικίας, 2Ti.2:19; ἀπὸ θεοῦ, (fall away, apostatize), Heb.3:12 Mid. (exc. 1 aor., WH. is trans.), to withdraw oneself from, absent oneself from: Luk.2:37; metaphorically, fall away, apostatize: absol., Luk.8:13; with genitive, 1Ti.4:1 (MM, see word; Cremer, 308).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G868 appears in 15 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- depart11
- draw1
- fall1
- let1
- refrain1
- withdraw1
First verses
- Luke 2:37And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
- Luke 4:13And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
- Luke 8:13They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
- Luke 13:27But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
- Acts 5:37After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.
- Acts 5:38And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:
- Acts 12:10When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.
- Acts 15:38But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
- Acts 19:9But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
- Acts 22:29Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
- 2 Corinthians 12:8For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
- 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
- 1 Timothy 6:5Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
- 2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
- Hebrews 3:12Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀφίστημι:
causal in present and imperfect, in future ἀποστήσω, and aorist I ἀπέστησα, as also in aorist I middle (see. below):—put away, remove, keep out of the way, τὸ ἀσθενέστατον τοῦ στρατεύματος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.5.23; ἄχος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 416 (Lyric poetry))]; of diseases, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.96, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.846; τὰ συγκείμενα ἀ. ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 282b; ἀ. τῆς ἐλάας τὸν φλοιόν 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.3.2; ἀ. τινὰ λόγου)]hinder from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 912)]; ἀ. τὰς τῶν πολεμίων ἐπιβουλάς frustrate them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.93)]; ἀ. τὸν ἄρχοντα depose him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.45:)] —aorist middle, Ἀργείων δόρυ πυλῶν ἀπεστήσασθε remoued it from your own gates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus ph.1087:—in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.23 ἀποστήσαντες, ={ἀποστάντες})], having retired.
2 cause to revolt, of allies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.19, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 238, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.81; τινὰ ἀπό τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.76, 154, etc.; τινά τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.22.)]
3 in geometrical constructions, cut off, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Hypotyposis astronomicarum positionum” 6.7.)]
II weigh out, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.20; ἀποστησάτωσαν τὰ χρυσία “IG” 7.303.19 (from Oropus))]; pay, δραχμὰς ή ἀργυρίου[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 93.2 (2nd c.BC): also in)]aorist I middle, μὴ.. ἀποστήσωνται Ἀχαιοὶ χρεῖος lest they weigh out (i. e. pay in full) the debt, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.745, compare “IG” 12.91.20, +others:)] —in strict sense of middle, ἀποστήσασθαι τὸν χαλκόν to have the brass weighed out to one, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 49.52.— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus has it _transitive_ only in [prev. cited])]
III middle, give a final decision (or break up, dismiss the assembly), ῥήτρα cited in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 6.)]
B intransitive, in passive, as also in aorist 2 ἀπέστην, imperative ἀπόστηθι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 627, ἀπόστα 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 375:)]perfect ἀφέστηκα in present sense, syncopated. in plural ἀφέστᾰμεν, -στᾰτε, -στᾶσι, as in infinitive ἀφεστάναι, participle ἀφεστώς, -ῶσα, -ός or -ώς: pluperfect ἀφεστήκειν, Attic dialect -κη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 208e)]: future middle ἀποστήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1054, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.64, etc. (while)]aorist I middle is causal (see. above)): for future ἀφεστήξω see entry.:—stand away or aloof from, keep far from, ὅσσον δὲ τροχοῦ ἵππος ἀφίσταται[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.517; οὐ μέν κ᾽ ἄλλη γ᾽ ὧδε γυνὴ.. ἀνδρὸς ἀφεσταίη 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.101; ἀποστᾶσ᾽ ἐκποδών 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1023; ἐς ἄλλο σχῆμ᾽ ἀ. βίου [prev. author] “Med.” 1039; ἀποσταθῶμεν πράγματος τελουμένου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 872)]; ὡς γραφεὺς (or βραβεὺς) ἀποσταθείς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 807; μακρὰν τόποις καὶ χρόνοις ἀ. 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.22: hence in various relations, ἀφεστάναι φρενῶν)] lose one's wits, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 865; φύσεος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1457 (Lyric poetry))]; οὐδενὸς ἀποστήσονται ὅσα ἂν δίκαια λέγητε depart from, object to right proposals, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.118; ἀ. φόνου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1544)]; ἀ. ἀρχῆς to be deposed from office, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 928d)]; simply, resign, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 527.105 (Crete, 3rd c.BC))]; ἀ. τῶν πραγμάτων, τῆς πολιτείας, etc., withdraw from business, politics, have done with it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.1, 18.308, etc.)]; ἔργων ἢ πόνων ἢ κινδύνων shun them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.83, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.5.19, etc.)]; ὧν εἷλεν ἀποστάς giving up all claim to what he had won (at law), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.181; τῶν αὑτῆς [prev. author] 19.147, compare 35.4; ἀφίστασθαι τῶν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ [prev. work]44; οὐδενὸς τῶν ἀνηκόντων τῇ πόλει “Inscription Magn.” 53.65)]; τὴν πολιτείαν.. τὴν ἀφεστηκυῖαν τοῦ μέσου πλεῖον further removed from.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1296b8; ἀποστὰς τῶν πατρῴων 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 12.3)]; ἀ. ἐκ Σικελίας withdraw from the island, give up the expedition, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.28)]; retire, ἐς Ἰθώμην[Refs ([prev. author] 1.101)]: rarely c.accusative, avoid, shrink from, τὸν ἥλιον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 3.3; τὸν πόλεμον [prev. author] “An.” 2.5.7; τινάς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1006; πυγμήν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “de gymnastica” 20 (probably conjecture).)]
B.2 in Prose, ἀ. ἀπό τινος revolt from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.95, 130, etc.; τινός [prev. author] 2.113; οὐκ ἀποστήσομαι ἀπὸ τοῦ δήμου Ἀθηναίων “IG” 12.39.21; but Ἀθηναίων τοῦ πλήθους [prev. work]10.22; also ἀ. εἴς or πρός τινας, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.30, 162, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.6.7; ἐς δημοκρατίαν ἀ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.90)]: absolutely, revolt, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.102, etc.)]; ὑπό τινος at his instigation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.35 (ἀπό codices).)]
B.3 ἀ. τινί make way for another, give way to him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1054, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.37.)]
B.4 with genitive, shrink from, τῶν κινδύνων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.29)]: also with infinitive, shrink from doing, ἀπέστην τοῦτ᾽ ἐρωτῆσαι σαφῶς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 536.)]
B.5 absolutely, stand aloof, recoil from fear, horror, etc., τίπτε καταπτώσσοντες ἀφέστατ;[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.340; πολλὸν ἀφεσταότες 17.375; παλίνορσος ἀπέστη 3.33, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.52, “P.” 4.145; ἐγὼ οὐδέν τι μᾶλλον ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 169b, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.45, etc.)]; desist, μὴ νῦν -ώμεθα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 960e; δοῦλος ἀφεστώς)]a runaway, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 23.7.)]
B.6 in Medicine texts, ἀφίσταται, ={ἀπόστασις γίγνεται, εἰς ἄρθρα} [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.74)]; ἀ. ὀστέον exfoliates, [Refs ([prev. work] 6.45)]; also ἀ. ἀπὸ τῶν ὀστῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 84a; τὸ δέρμα ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 1.5)]; also, project, stand out, ὦτα ἀφεστηκότα[Refs 1st c.BC+ (“PLond.” 3.1209.12 (1st c.BC).)]
B.6.b to be separated by the formation of an abscess, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.116, +others)] (also in active, τὸ πύον ἀφίστησι 7.715).
causal in present and imperfect, in future ἀποστήσω, and aorist I ἀπέστησα, as also in aorist I middle (see. below):—put away, remove, keep out of the way, τὸ ἀσθενέστατον τοῦ στρατεύματος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.5.23; ἄχος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 416 (Lyric poetry))]; of diseases, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.96, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.846; τὰ συγκείμενα ἀ. ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 282b; ἀ. τῆς ἐλάας τὸν φλοιόν 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.3.2; ἀ. τινὰ λόγου)]hinder from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 912)]; ἀ. τὰς τῶν πολεμίων ἐπιβουλάς frustrate them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.93)]; ἀ. τὸν ἄρχοντα depose him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.45:)] —aorist middle, Ἀργείων δόρυ πυλῶν ἀπεστήσασθε remoued it from your own gates, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus ph.1087:—in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.23 ἀποστήσαντες, ={ἀποστάντες})], having retired.
2 cause to revolt, of allies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.19, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 238, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.81; τινὰ ἀπό τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.76, 154, etc.; τινά τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.22.)]
3 in geometrical constructions, cut off, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Hypotyposis astronomicarum positionum” 6.7.)]
II weigh out, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.20; ἀποστησάτωσαν τὰ χρυσία “IG” 7.303.19 (from Oropus))]; pay, δραχμὰς ή ἀργυρίου[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 93.2 (2nd c.BC): also in)]aorist I middle, μὴ.. ἀποστήσωνται Ἀχαιοὶ χρεῖος lest they weigh out (i. e. pay in full) the debt, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.745, compare “IG” 12.91.20, +others:)] —in strict sense of middle, ἀποστήσασθαι τὸν χαλκόν to have the brass weighed out to one, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 49.52.— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus has it _transitive_ only in [prev. cited])]
III middle, give a final decision (or break up, dismiss the assembly), ῥήτρα cited in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 6.)]
B intransitive, in passive, as also in aorist 2 ἀπέστην, imperative ἀπόστηθι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 627, ἀπόστα 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 375:)]perfect ἀφέστηκα in present sense, syncopated. in plural ἀφέστᾰμεν, -στᾰτε, -στᾶσι, as in infinitive ἀφεστάναι, participle ἀφεστώς, -ῶσα, -ός or -ώς: pluperfect ἀφεστήκειν, Attic dialect -κη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 208e)]: future middle ἀποστήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1054, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.64, etc. (while)]aorist I middle is causal (see. above)): for future ἀφεστήξω see entry.:—stand away or aloof from, keep far from, ὅσσον δὲ τροχοῦ ἵππος ἀφίσταται[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.517; οὐ μέν κ᾽ ἄλλη γ᾽ ὧδε γυνὴ.. ἀνδρὸς ἀφεσταίη 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.101; ἀποστᾶσ᾽ ἐκποδών 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1023; ἐς ἄλλο σχῆμ᾽ ἀ. βίου [prev. author] “Med.” 1039; ἀποσταθῶμεν πράγματος τελουμένου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 872)]; ὡς γραφεὺς (or βραβεὺς) ἀποσταθείς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 807; μακρὰν τόποις καὶ χρόνοις ἀ. 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.22: hence in various relations, ἀφεστάναι φρενῶν)] lose one's wits, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 865; φύσεος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1457 (Lyric poetry))]; οὐδενὸς ἀποστήσονται ὅσα ἂν δίκαια λέγητε depart from, object to right proposals, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.118; ἀ. φόνου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1544)]; ἀ. ἀρχῆς to be deposed from office, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 928d)]; simply, resign, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 527.105 (Crete, 3rd c.BC))]; ἀ. τῶν πραγμάτων, τῆς πολιτείας, etc., withdraw from business, politics, have done with it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.1, 18.308, etc.)]; ἔργων ἢ πόνων ἢ κινδύνων shun them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.83, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.5.19, etc.)]; ὧν εἷλεν ἀποστάς giving up all claim to what he had won (at law), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.181; τῶν αὑτῆς [prev. author] 19.147, compare 35.4; ἀφίστασθαι τῶν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ [prev. work]44; οὐδενὸς τῶν ἀνηκόντων τῇ πόλει “Inscription Magn.” 53.65)]; τὴν πολιτείαν.. τὴν ἀφεστηκυῖαν τοῦ μέσου πλεῖον further removed from.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1296b8; ἀποστὰς τῶν πατρῴων 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 12.3)]; ἀ. ἐκ Σικελίας withdraw from the island, give up the expedition, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.28)]; retire, ἐς Ἰθώμην[Refs ([prev. author] 1.101)]: rarely c.accusative, avoid, shrink from, τὸν ἥλιον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 3.3; τὸν πόλεμον [prev. author] “An.” 2.5.7; τινάς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1006; πυγμήν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “de gymnastica” 20 (probably conjecture).)]
B.2 in Prose, ἀ. ἀπό τινος revolt from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.95, 130, etc.; τινός [prev. author] 2.113; οὐκ ἀποστήσομαι ἀπὸ τοῦ δήμου Ἀθηναίων “IG” 12.39.21; but Ἀθηναίων τοῦ πλήθους [prev. work]10.22; also ἀ. εἴς or πρός τινας, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.30, 162, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.6.7; ἐς δημοκρατίαν ἀ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.90)]: absolutely, revolt, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.102, etc.)]; ὑπό τινος at his instigation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.35 (ἀπό codices).)]
B.3 ἀ. τινί make way for another, give way to him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1054, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.37.)]
B.4 with genitive, shrink from, τῶν κινδύνων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.29)]: also with infinitive, shrink from doing, ἀπέστην τοῦτ᾽ ἐρωτῆσαι σαφῶς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 536.)]
B.5 absolutely, stand aloof, recoil from fear, horror, etc., τίπτε καταπτώσσοντες ἀφέστατ;[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.340; πολλὸν ἀφεσταότες 17.375; παλίνορσος ἀπέστη 3.33, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.52, “P.” 4.145; ἐγὼ οὐδέν τι μᾶλλον ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 169b, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.45, etc.)]; desist, μὴ νῦν -ώμεθα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 960e; δοῦλος ἀφεστώς)]a runaway, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 23.7.)]
B.6 in Medicine texts, ἀφίσταται, ={ἀπόστασις γίγνεται, εἰς ἄρθρα} [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.74)]; ἀ. ὀστέον exfoliates, [Refs ([prev. work] 6.45)]; also ἀ. ἀπὸ τῶν ὀστῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 84a; τὸ δέρμα ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 1.5)]; also, project, stand out, ὦτα ἀφεστηκότα[Refs 1st c.BC+ (“PLond.” 3.1209.12 (1st c.BC).)]
B.6.b to be separated by the formation of an abscess, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.116, +others)] (also in active, τὸ πύον ἀφίστησι 7.715).