What does περί · πίστις · ἀστοχέω mean in the Bible?
περί · πίστις · ἀστοχέω is a Greek phrase meaning "missed the mark concerning the faith".
Greek · G4012, G4102, G795
περὶ τὴν πίστιν ἠστόχησαν
About · faith · to deviate
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περί G4012 about
Pronunciation perí
Concerning/about with causal sense; distinct from ὑπέρ by focusing on the matter itself rather than advocacy.
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πίστις G4102 faith
Pronunciation pístis
Trust in God or Christ as the decisive principle of Christian life and salvation, not mere intellectual assent.
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ἀστοχέω G795 to deviate
Pronunciation astochéō
Missing intended target; in Paul, falling away from faith or sound doctrine through error.
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What does περὶ τὴν πίστιν ἠστόχησαν (peri tēn pistin ēstochēsan) mean in the Bible?
περί · πίστις · ἀστοχέω is a Greek phrase meaning "missed the mark concerning the faith".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4012, G4102, G795?
G4012, G4102, G795 is connected to 332 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. missed the mark concerning the faith
Source Gloss
missed the mark concerning the faith
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 332
Matt 2:8 · Matt 3:4 · Matt 4:6 · Matt 6:28 · Matt 8:18 · Matt 9:36 · Matt 11:7 · Matt 11:10 · Matt 12:36 · Matt 15:7 · Matt 16:11 · Matt 17:13 · Matt 18:19 · Matt 19:17 · Matt 20:3 · Matt 20:5 332×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 3
Voice
active 3
Mood
indicative 2 participle 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
περὶ τὴν πίστιν ἠστόχησαν is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain