noun · feminine
aformas
Strong’sG874
an occasion, opportunity
stem aform-7 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἀφ-ορμή, -ῆς, ἡ,
[in LXX: Ez 5:7 (הָמַן), Pr 9:9, III Mac 3:2*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G874 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
starting-point, especially in war, base of operations, ἀναχώρησίς τε καὶ ἀ.Refs 5th c.BC+; place of safety, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 generally, starting-point, origin, occasion or pretext, ἀφορμαὶ λόγωνNT+5th c.BC+; ἵνα ἀ. γένοιτο τιμῆςRefs 1st c.BC+; ἀ. καὶ πρόφασιςRefs 2nd c.BC+; occasion, origin of an illness, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰδέ τις οἴεται μικρὰν ἀ. εἶναι σιτηρέσιον τοῖς στρατευομένοις ὑπάρχειν a small inducement, Refs 4th c.BC+; instigation, incitement, Refs 2nd c.AD+
3 means with which one begins a thing, resources, ἀ. τοῦ βίουRefs 5th c.BC+; πίστις ἀ. μεγίστη πρὸς χρηματισμόν good faith is the best asset for business, Refs; ἀ. ἐπί.. Refs; especially means of war, Refs 5th c.BC+means for levying Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. ἔργων means for undertaking.., Refs 4th c.BC+
4 capital of a banker, etc., Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀφορμῆς δίκη suit for restitution of capital, Refs 4th c.BC+
5 Rhet., food for argument, material, subject, ὑποθέσεις καὶ ἀφορμαὶ λόγωνRefs 2nd c.AD+
6 aptitude, inclination, εἰς φιλανθρωπίανRefs 1st c.BC+
II Stoic term for repulsion (opposed to ὁρμή), Refs 3rd c.BC+
III release of water from sluice, Refs 4th c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | aformas | aformais |
| object accusative | aforman7×ἀφορμὴν | aformain |
| direct address vocative | aformar | aformair |
| of, belonging to genitive | aformau | aformaiu |
| to, for dative | aforma | aformai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
aforma is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
aforman“opportunity”objectaccusative singular7×
Romans 7:8aforman de labarantas tas hamartas dia tau …But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me …
Romans 7:11tas gar hamartas aforman labarantas dia tau entolau exapatata min …For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and …
2 Corinthians 5:12“opportunity”ouk palin heautoin sustēanō vi, alla aforman dōarōntois vi kauchēmeu huper nu, hina …We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can …
2 Corinthians 11:12“opportunity”… poiamō kai poiami, hina ekkoptameia tan aforman toiu thelarōntoiu aforman, hina en he …… 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 …
2 Corinthians 11:12… hina ekkoptameia tan aforman toiu thelarōntoiu aforman, hina en he kaucholō heuriskileia kathōs …… to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals …
Galatians 5:13… adelfoir; monem mē tan eleutherian eis aforman ta sarka, alla dia tau agapau …… not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one …
1 Timothy 5:14“opportunity”… oun neoterain gamarō, teknogonarō, oikodespotarō, mēdenan aforman dōarō to antikeiorōnto loidoriau charin;… advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.