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aphístēmi

fall away

Say it: af-IS-tay-mee (approximate)

ἀφίστημι

What it means

To leave, to withdraw, to fall away. In 4:1, "some will fall away from the faith" (also 6:5 in some manuscripts), in Luke 8:13 those who "fall away" in time of testing, and in Hebrews 3:12, "falling away from the living God."

Range of meaning

  • Fall awayTurn from.
  • WithdrawGo away.

In 1 Timothy

  • Chapter 4

    "Some will fall away from the faith" (4:1).

Every verse (2)

Verses where G0868 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources