Strong G874ἀφορμή
opportunity
- Transliteration
- aphormē
- Pronunciation
- af-or-may'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀφ-ορμή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX: Eze.5:7 (הָמוֹן), Pro.9:9, 3Ma.3:2 *;]
prop., a starting point; in war, a base of operations; metaphorically, an occasion, incentive, opportunity (MM, see word): 2Co.11:12, Gal.5:13; ἀφ. λαμβάνειν, Luk.11:24, WH, mg., Rom.7:8, 11; ἀφ. διδόναι, 2Co.5:12, 1Ti.5:14.*
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[in LXX: Eze.5:7 (הָמוֹן), Pro.9:9, 3Ma.3:2 *;]
prop., a starting point; in war, a base of operations; metaphorically, an occasion, incentive, opportunity (MM, see word): 2Co.11:12, Gal.5:13; ἀφ. λαμβάνειν, Luk.11:24, WH, mg., Rom.7:8, 11; ἀφ. διδόναι, 2Co.5:12, 1Ti.5:14.*
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G874 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- occasion6
First verses
- Romans 7:8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
- Romans 7:11For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
- 2 Corinthians 5:12For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
- 2 Corinthians 11:12But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
- Galatians 5:13For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
- 1 Timothy 5:14I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀφορμ-ή, ἡ,
starting-point, especially in war, base of operations, ἀναχώρησίς τε καὶ ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.90, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.41.6, etc.)]; place of safety, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 342.)]
2 generally, starting-point, origin, occasion or pretext, ἀφορμαὶ λόγων[NT+5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Hec.” 1239, “Ph.” 199; ἀφορμὴν παρέχειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.156; δεδωκέναι [prev. author] 21.98, cf. NT.2Cor.5.12; λαβεῖν ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.61, NT.Rom.7.8; εὑρεῖν “BGU” 615.6(2nd c.AD), 923.22 (1st-2nd c.AD))]; ἵνα ἀ. γένοιτο τιμῆς[Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Inscription Prien.” 105.16 (1st c.BC))]; ἀ. καὶ πρόφασις[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.52.3)]; occasion, origin of an illness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 2.1.11, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.29)]; εἰδέ τις οἴεται μικρὰν ἀ. εἶναι σιτηρέσιον τοῖς στρατευομένοις ὑπάρχειν a small inducement, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.29; τὸ γὰρ εὖ πράττειν παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν ἀ. τοῦ κακὼς φρονεῖν [prev. author] 1.23)]; instigation, incitement, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 237 vii 21 (2nd c.AD).)]
3 means with which one begins a thing, resources, ἀ. τοῦ βίου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24.24; εἰς τὸν βίον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.12.4; τίνας εἶχεν ἀφορμὰς ἡ πόλι; 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.233; ἀφελεῖν τὴν ἀ. δι᾽ ἣν ὑβρίζει [prev. author] 21.98)]; πίστις ἀ. μεγίστη πρὸς χρηματισμόν good faith is the best asset for business, [Refs ([prev. author] 36.44, compare 11.16)]; ἀ. ἐπί.. [Refs ([prev. author] 3.33)]; especially means of war, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.109; ἀ. εἰς ξένους χιλίους)]means for levying [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1000 mercenaries, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.8.33)]; ἀ. ἔργων means for undertaking.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Mem.” 2.7.11, compare 3.5.11; πρὸς ἀφορμὴν ἐμπορίας ἢ γεωργίας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1320a39; πάντων ἀ. τῶν καλῶν 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 110.)]
4 capital of a banker, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 1.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.7.12, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 26, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 14.30, 36.11)]; ἀφορμῆς δίκη suit for restitution of capital, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Arg. Demosthenes Orator 36.)]
5 Rhet., food for argument, material, subject, ὑποθέσεις καὶ ἀφορμαὶ λόγων[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Rh.Pr.” 18, cf. Men.Rh. p.334S., Aps. p.264H.)]
6 aptitude, inclination, εἰς φιλανθρωπίαν[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.53 W. (_plural_).)]
II Stoic term for repulsion (opposed to ὁρμή), [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.42, compare 40, 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Epictetum commentaria” p.22D.)]
III release of water from sluice, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PAmh.” 2.143.17 (4th c.AD).)]
starting-point, especially in war, base of operations, ἀναχώρησίς τε καὶ ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.90, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.41.6, etc.)]; place of safety, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 342.)]
2 generally, starting-point, origin, occasion or pretext, ἀφορμαὶ λόγων[NT+5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Hec.” 1239, “Ph.” 199; ἀφορμὴν παρέχειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.156; δεδωκέναι [prev. author] 21.98, cf. NT.2Cor.5.12; λαβεῖν ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.61, NT.Rom.7.8; εὑρεῖν “BGU” 615.6(2nd c.AD), 923.22 (1st-2nd c.AD))]; ἵνα ἀ. γένοιτο τιμῆς[Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Inscription Prien.” 105.16 (1st c.BC))]; ἀ. καὶ πρόφασις[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.52.3)]; occasion, origin of an illness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 2.1.11, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.29)]; εἰδέ τις οἴεται μικρὰν ἀ. εἶναι σιτηρέσιον τοῖς στρατευομένοις ὑπάρχειν a small inducement, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.29; τὸ γὰρ εὖ πράττειν παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν ἀ. τοῦ κακὼς φρονεῖν [prev. author] 1.23)]; instigation, incitement, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 237 vii 21 (2nd c.AD).)]
3 means with which one begins a thing, resources, ἀ. τοῦ βίου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24.24; εἰς τὸν βίον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.12.4; τίνας εἶχεν ἀφορμὰς ἡ πόλι; 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.233; ἀφελεῖν τὴν ἀ. δι᾽ ἣν ὑβρίζει [prev. author] 21.98)]; πίστις ἀ. μεγίστη πρὸς χρηματισμόν good faith is the best asset for business, [Refs ([prev. author] 36.44, compare 11.16)]; ἀ. ἐπί.. [Refs ([prev. author] 3.33)]; especially means of war, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.109; ἀ. εἰς ξένους χιλίους)]means for levying [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1000 mercenaries, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.8.33)]; ἀ. ἔργων means for undertaking.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Mem.” 2.7.11, compare 3.5.11; πρὸς ἀφορμὴν ἐμπορίας ἢ γεωργίας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1320a39; πάντων ἀ. τῶν καλῶν 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 110.)]
4 capital of a banker, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 1.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.7.12, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 26, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 14.30, 36.11)]; ἀφορμῆς δίκη suit for restitution of capital, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Arg. Demosthenes Orator 36.)]
5 Rhet., food for argument, material, subject, ὑποθέσεις καὶ ἀφορμαὶ λόγων[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Rh.Pr.” 18, cf. Men.Rh. p.334S., Aps. p.264H.)]
6 aptitude, inclination, εἰς φιλανθρωπίαν[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.53 W. (_plural_).)]
II Stoic term for repulsion (opposed to ὁρμή), [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.42, compare 40, 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Epictetum commentaria” p.22D.)]
III release of water from sluice, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PAmh.” 2.143.17 (4th c.AD).)]