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ἀφίστημι
How the KJV Renders It
TranslationStrong’s lists the renderings but not their weight. These are counted from the King James text of the tagged verses — the bar under each is how often the translators actually reached for it. Select one to filter the occurrences below.
Grammatical Forms
MorphologyIn the Greek New Testament, this word appears as a verb across 15 occurrences, inflected in 12 grammatical forms — each row is one form, and the bar is how often it is that form. Select any form to read what each part of its name means, and to filter the occurrence list to it.
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ἀπέστη
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Singular
- One.
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ἀπόστητε
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- 2nd
- Second person — the one addressed ("you").
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Imperative
- A command or entreaty.
- Plural
- More than one.
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ἀποστήτω
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Imperative
- A command or entreaty.
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Singular
- One.
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ἀπέστησαν
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Plural
- More than one.
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ἀποστῆναι
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Infinitive
- The verb as a noun — "to do".
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ἀποστάντα
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Participle
- A verbal adjective — describes while carrying the verb's action.
- Accusative
- The direct object of the verb.
- Singular
- One.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
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ἀποστὰς
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Participle
- A verbal adjective — describes while carrying the verb's action.
- Nominative
- The subject of the verb.
- Singular
- One.
- Masculine
- Masculine grammatical gender.
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ἀποστῇ
- 2nd Aorist
- An aorist (simple past) — "2nd" refers only to spelling.
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Subjunctive
- Possibility or purpose — "might", "should".
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Singular
- One.
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ἀποστήσονταί
- Future
- Action yet to take place.
- Middle Deponent
- Middle in form but active in meaning.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Plural
- More than one.
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ἀφίστατο
- Imperfect
- Ongoing or repeated action in the past — "was doing".
- Middle Or Passive
- Can be read as middle or passive; context decides.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Singular
- One.
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Ἀφίστασο
- Present
- Action in progress or repeated — happening now or continually.
- Middle Or Passive
- Can be read as middle or passive; context decides.
- Imperative
- A command or entreaty.
- 2nd
- Second person — the one addressed ("you").
- Singular
- One.
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ἀφίστανται
- Present
- Action in progress or repeated — happening now or continually.
- Middle Or Passive
- Can be read as middle or passive; context decides.
- Indicative
- A plain statement of fact.
- 3rd
- Third person — the one spoken about ("he"/"they").
- Plural
- More than one.
Biblical Distribution
DistributionAppears in 15 verses across 6 of the 27 books. Most frequent in Acts (6 verses); never once in the other 21.
Every Occurrence
ConcordanceEvery verse where the word is tagged in the King James text. Filter by book, by the English word the translators chose, by grammatical form, or search within the verses.
Sources. Definition and numbering: James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890). Morphology: STEPBible / Tyndale House (CC BY). Verse tagging: the King James text keyed to Strong’s numbers. Every count on this page is computed from the tagged corpus, not estimated.