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verb

Greekἀποτρέπομαι (apotrepomai)
Biblang

apotrepomō

Strong’sG665

I turn away from, shun

stem apotrep-once in the New Testament1 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.

** 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.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
ἀποτρέπ-ω,
turn away from, εἰ δὲ σὺ.. τιν᾽ ἄλλον.. ἀποτρέψεις πολέμοιοRefs 8th c.BC+; deter or dissuade from, τινός τιναRefs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, ἀ. προσωτέρω τὸ μὴ πορεύεσθαιRefs 5th c.BC+: with participle, ἀ. τινὰ ὑβρίζονταRefs 4th c.BC+:—passive, ὁ παραβαίνειν τι βουλόμενος τῷ μὴ προὔχων ἂν ἐπελθεῖν -τρέπεταιRefs 5th c.BC+
2 with accusative person only, turn away or back, πάντας ἀπέτραπε καὶ μεμαῶταςRefs 8th c.BC+; τοὺς ἀλαζόνας ἀ. deter them, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to παροξῦναι, Refs 4th c.BC+; opposed to συμβουλεύω, Refs 4th c.BC+
3 with accusative of things, turn back again, ποτὶ χέρσον ἔντεα ναόςRefs 5th c.BC+
4 turn aside, avert, ἀπὸ δὲ.. ἔγχεος ὁρμὴν ἔτραπεRefs 8th c.BC+; pervert, δίκας κέλευθον ὀρθᾶςRefs 5th c.BC+; τὸ σφάλμα ἀ. prevent, avert it, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. βλάβην, συμφοράν, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. τὴν εἰρήνην prevent its being made, Refs 5th c.BC+
5 turn from others against one, ἐπὶ τῷδε.. οὐκ ἔγχος τις.. ἀποτρέψε; see reading in Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, ἀποτετράφθαι πρὸς τὴν ἄλλην ἸταλίανRefs 1st c.AD+ —middle, ἀποτραπόμενος πρὸς θυσίαν, i.e. turning away from other objects to this one, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II middle and (later) passive, turn from, desist from, with participle, ἀπετράπετ᾽ ὄβριμος Ἕκτωρ ὀλλὺς ἈργείουςRefs 8th c.BC+: with infinitive, λέγεινRefs 5th c.BC+
II.2 turn away, turn a deaf ear, οὐδέ.. ἀπετράπετ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἀπίθησενRefs 8th c.BC+
II.3 with accusative of things, turn away from, shrink from, δεῖμα πολιτῶνRefs 5th c.BC+
II.4 turn back, return, ἐπ᾽ ὄκουRefs 5th c.BC+
II.5 dissuade, deter, τινάRefs 2nd c.BC+
II.6 beat off, repulse, Refs 1st 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.

avoid1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
apotreposōrἀποτρέπουhappening now · youpresent middle or passive imperative 2nd person singularavoid1×

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 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfecthas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularapotrepomōapotrepomeapotrepomēapotrepomelē
you 2nd person singularapotreposōapotreposeapotreposēapotreposelē
he/she/it 3rd person singularapotrepotōapotrepoteapotrepotēapotrepotelē
we 1st person pluralapotreponōapotreponeapotreponēapotreponelē
ye 2nd person pluralapotrepovōapotrepoveapotrepovēapotrepovelē
they 3rd person pluralapotrepolōapotrepoleapotrepolēapotrepolelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
I 1st person singularapotrepomeiōapotrepomeiē
you 2nd person singularapotreposeiōapotreposeiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularapotrepoteiōapotrepoteiē
we 1st person pluralapotreponeiōapotreponeiē
ye 2nd person pluralapotrepoveiōapotrepoveiē
they 3rd person pluralapotrepoleiōapotrepoleiē
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularapotreposōr1×ἀποτρέπουapotreposēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularapotrepotōrapotrepotēr
ye 2nd person pluralapotrepovōrapotrepovēr
they 3rd person pluralapotrepolōrapotrepolēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now present
I 1st person singularapotrepomoiō
you 2nd person singularapotreposoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singularapotrepotoiō
we 1st person pluralapotreponoiō
ye 2nd person pluralapotrepovoiō
they 3rd person pluralapotrepoloiō
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voiceapotreporōapotreporē
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voiceapotreporōntosapotreporēntos

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+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen 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

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

apotreposōr“avoid”happening now · youpresent middle or passive imperative 2nd person singular1×

2 Timothy 3:5“avoid”… de dunamian autau arnorēntois; kai houtoin apotreposōr.… of godliness but denying its power. Turn away …