verb

apotrepemō

Greekἀποτρέπομαι (apotrepomai)

Strong’sG665

I turn away from, shun

stem apotrep-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

avoid1×

What it means

** ἀπο-τρέπω,

[in LXX: Si 20:29 48:18, III Mac 1:23, IV Mac 1:33 16:12*;]

to turn away; mid., to turn oneself away from: c. acc., II Ti 3:5.†

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

Strong’s G665 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidap-ot-rep'-o

to deflect, i.e. (reflexively) avoid

Fromfrom G575 and the base of G5157;

King Jamesturn away.

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

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
apotrepesōrἀποτρέπου	happening now · youpresent middle imperative 2nd person singular	avoid	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	apotrepemō	apotrepeme	apotrepemi	apotrepema	apotrepemē	apotrepemelē
you 2nd person singular	apotrepesō	apotrepese	apotrepesi	apotrepesa	apotrepesē	apotrepeselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	apotrepetō	apotrepete	apotrepeti	apotrepeta	apotrepetē	apotrepetelē
we 1st person plural	apotrepenō	apotrepene	apotrepeni	apotrepena	apotrepenē	apotrepenelē
ye 2nd person plural	apotrepevō	apotrepeve	apotrepevi	apotrepeva	apotrepevē	apotrepevelē
they 3rd person plural	apotrepelō	apotrepele	apotrepeli	apotrepela	apotrepelē	apotrepelelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	apotrepemeiō	apotrepemeia	apotrepemeiē
you 2nd person singular	apotrepeseiō	apotrepeseia	apotrepeseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	apotrepeteiō	apotrepeteia	apotrepeteiē
we 1st person plural	apotrepeneiō	apotrepeneia	apotrepeneiē
ye 2nd person plural	apotrepeveiō	apotrepeveia	apotrepeveiē
they 3rd person plural	apotrepeleiō	apotrepeleia	apotrepeleiē

Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	apotrepesōr1×ἀποτρέπου	apotrepesar	apotrepesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	apotrepetōr	apotrepetar	apotrepetēr
ye 2nd person plural	apotrepevōr	apotrepevar	apotrepevēr
they 3rd person plural	apotrepelōr	apotrepelar	apotrepelēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	apotrepemoiō	apotrepemoia
you 2nd person singular	apotrepesoiō	apotrepesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	apotrepetoiō	apotrepetoia
we 1st person plural	apotrepenoiō	apotrepenoia
ye 2nd person plural	apotrepevoiō	apotrepevoia
they 3rd person plural	apotrepeloiō	apotrepeloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	apotreperō	apotreperi	apotrepera	apotreperē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	apotreperōtos	apotreperitos	apotreperatos	apotreperētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

apotrepstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

apotrep 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

apotrepesōr“avoid”happening now · youpresent middle imperative 2nd person singular1×

2 Timothy 3:5“avoid”echarōtois morfōsian eusebeiau tan de dunamian autau arnerētois; kai houtoin apotrepesōr.having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!