ἀφίστημιaphístēmi
to remove, i.e. (actively) instigate to revolt; usually (reflexively) to desist, desert, etc.
Greek (New Testament) · G868
Meanings
1. transitive in present, imperfect, future, 1 aorist, to put away, lead away; metaphorically, to move to revolt: Acts 5:37.
2. Intrans. in perfect, plpf., 2 aorist, to stand off, depart from, withdraw from: with genitive, Luke 2:37; followed by ἀπό, Luke 4:13, Luke 13:27, Acts 5:38, Acts 12:10, Acts 15:38, Acts 19:9, Acts 22:29, 2 Corinthians 12:8; metaphorically, ἀπὸ ἀδικίας, 2 Timothy 2:19; ἀπὸ θεοῦ, (fall away, apostatize), Hebrews 3:12. Mid. (exc. 1 aorist, wh. is transitive), to withdraw oneself from, absent oneself from: Luke 2:37; metaphorically, fall away, apostatize: absolutely, Luke 8:13; with genitive, 1 Timothy 4:1.
Same root
- ἀπόapó · G575"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
- ἵστημιhístēmi · G2476to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively)
- ἀποστάσιονapostásion · G647properly, something separative, i.e. (specially) divorce
Where it appears
Appears 14 times in the Bible.
- Luke 2:37 Then she lived as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the Temple but stayed there day and night, worshiping God with fasting and prayer.
- Luke 4:13 When the devil had finished tempting Jesus, he left him until the next opportunity came.
- Luke 8:13 The seeds on the rocky soil represent those who hear the message and receive it with joy. But since they don’t have deep roots, they believe for a while, then they fall away when they face temptation.
- Luke 13:27 And he will reply, ‘I tell you, I don’t know you or where you come from. Get away from me, all you who do evil.’
- Acts 5:37 After him, at the time of the census, there was Judas of Galilee. He got people to follow him, but he was killed, too, and all his followers were scattered.
- Acts 5:38 “So my advice is, leave these men alone. Let them go. If they are planning and doing these things merely on their own, it will soon be overthrown.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.