Strong's Greek · G874
G874 aphormḗ
ἀφορμή
af-or-may'
opportunity
Looking for Hebrew H874 bâʼar? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G874. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
aphormḗ appears 7 times in Scripture, in Romans, 2 Corinthians, Galatians and 1 Timothy. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a starting-point, i.e. (figuratively) an opportunity
In the King James Version
occasion
Derivation
Appears 7 times in Scripture
“So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.”
“We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.”
“For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.”
“For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.”
“But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.”
“But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
