Word study · Greek

apóchrēsis

use

Say it: ap-OKH-ray-sis (approximate)

ἀπόχρησις

What it means

Using up, consuming. In 2:22, the things forbidden "all perish with use." It appears only here.

Range of meaning

  • Using upConsumption.
  • Wearing outPerishing by use.

In Colossians

Every verse (1)

Verses where G0671 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources