Aphorme means “occasion” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H874 — baar (“declare”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G874 ἀφορμή (aphorme) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. aphorme (af-or-may') n. 1. a starting-point 2. (figuratively) an opportunity It has 9 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include occasion. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
aphorme (af-or-may') n. 1. a starting-point 2. (figuratively) an opportunity [from a compound of G575 and G3729] KJV: occasion Root(s): G575, G3729
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G874. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
opportunity
Usage: ἀφ-ορμή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX: Eze.5:7 (הָמוֹן), Pro.9:9, 3Ma.3:2 * ;] prop., a starting point; in war, a base of operations; metaphorically, an occasion, incentive, opportunity (MM, see word): 2Co.11:12, Gal.5:13; ἀφ. λαμβάνειν, Luk.11:24, WH, mg., Rom.7:8, 11; ἀφ. διδόναι, 2Co.5:12, 1Ti.5:14.* (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render aphorme, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G874 (ἀφορμή) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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6 indexed usages in New Testament.
But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Give an opportunity to a wise man, and he will be wiser: Instruct a just man, and he will receive more instruction.
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Because your occasion for sin has been taken from the nations round about you, and ye have not walked in my statutes, nor kept mine ordinances, nay, ye have not even done according to the ordinances of the nations round about you; therefore thus saith the Lord;
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
While this was going on, an invidious rumor was uttered abroad by men who had banded together to injure the Jewish race. The purport of their charge was, that the Jews kept them away from the ordinances of the law.
First 9 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G874.
Give an opportunity to a wise man, and he will be wiser: Instruct a just man, and he will receive more instruction.
Therefore thus saith the Lord, Because your occasion for sin has been taken from the nations round about you, and ye have not walked in my statutes, nor kept mine ordinances, nay, ye have not even done according to the ordinances of the nations round about you; therefore thus saith the Lord;
But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
While this was going on, an invidious rumor was uttered abroad by men who had banded together to injure the Jewish race. The purport of their charge was, that the Jews kept them away from the ordinances of the law.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G874, grouped by book.
Aphorme (Strong's G874) is a Greek word most simply glossed "occasion". aphorme (af-or-may') n. 1. a starting-point 2. (figuratively) an opportunity
This page currently indexes 9 linked usages for Strong's G874 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G874 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as occasion. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G874, with linked reader references where each row is available.