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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #671 - ἀπόχρησις

Transliteration

apóchrēsis

Phonetics

ap-okh'-ray-sis

Origin

from a compound of (G575) and (G5530)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer's

abuse, misuse

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (1)

Colossians

NAS (1)

Colossians

HCS (1)

Colossians

BSB (1)

Colossians

ESV (1)

Colossians

WEB (1)

Colossians

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἀπό-χρησις, εως, ἡ,

I getting rid of, τῶν περιττῶν dub. in Plu. 2.267f.

II consumption, using up, Colossians 2:22.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

*† ἀπό -χρησις , -εως , ἡ

(< ἀποχράομαι , to use to the full, abuse),

abuse, misuse: Colossians 2:22 (MM, s.v.).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

One or two instances of the verb ἀποχράομαι may be cited to illustrate the expressive ἀπόχρησις, which is found in the Greek Bible only in Colossians 2:22. OGIS 665.16 (A.D. 49) ὑπὸ τῶν πλεονεκτικῶς καὶ ἀναιδῶς ταῖς ἐξουσίαις ἀποχρωμένων = abutentibus : the Prefect Cn. Vergilius Capito issues an edict against the abuse of the libera legatio. P Hib I. 52.7 (c. B.C. 245) κ ̣[αὶ ὧ ]ν ̣τινων κλήρων ἀποκέχρηνται ταῖς νομαῖς, ";the holdings in which they have used up the pastures"; (Edd.).

List of Word Forms

αποχρησει αποχρήσει ἀποχρήσει apochresei apochrēsei apochrḗsei

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