noun · feminine

apochrēsias

Greekἀπόχρησις (apochrēsis)

Strong’sG671

using up

stem apochrēsi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

use1×

What it means

*† ἀπό-χρησις, -εως, ἡ

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

abuse, misuse: Col 2:22 (MM, s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G671 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidap-okh'-ray-sis

the act of using up, i.e. consumption

Fromfrom a compound of G575 and G5530;

King Jamesusing.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	apochrēsias	apochrēsiais
object accusative	apochrēsian	apochrēsiain
direct address vocative	apochrēsiar	apochrēsiair
of, belonging to genitive	apochrēsiau	apochrēsiaiu
to, for dative	apochrēsia1×ἀποχρήσει	apochrēsiai

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

apochrēsistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

apochrēsia 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

apochrēsia“use”to, fordative singular1×

Colossians 2:22“use”heim atō panteim eis fthoran ta apochrēsia, kata teim entalmeim kai didaskaliain toiu anthrōpoiu?These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.