What does ἀποστερέω · ἀλήθεια mean in the Bible?
ἀποστερέω · ἀλήθεια is a Greek phrase meaning "deprived of the truth".
Greek · G650, G225
ἀπεστερημένων τῆς ἀληθείας
To despoil · truth
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ἀποστερέω G650 to despoil
Pronunciation aposteréō
To defraud someone of what is rightfully theirs, especially through breach of trust or withholding owed support.
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ἀλήθεια G225 truth
Pronunciation alḗtheia
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What does ἀπεστερημένων τῆς ἀληθείας (apesterēmenōn tēs alētheias) mean in the Bible?
ἀποστερέω · ἀλήθεια is a Greek phrase meaning "deprived of the truth".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G650, G225?
G650, G225 is connected to 5 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. deprived of the truth
Source Gloss
deprived of the truth
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 4 Aligned forms 5 Tenses Aorist, Present, Perfect Voices Active, Passive
Tenses
Voices
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 1×
Aorist Active Mark 10:19 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 2×
Present Passive 1 Cor 6:7 1×
Present Active 1 Cor 6:8 1×
Imperative command or strong request 1×
Present Active 1 Cor 7:5 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Perfect Passive 1 Tim 6:5 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 5 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 2 perfect 2 aorist 1
Voice
passive 3 active 2
Mood
participle 2 indicative 1 imperative 1 subjunctive 1
NT Occurrences
Mark 10:19 ἀποστερήσῃς aorist active subjunctive subjunctive 1 Corinthians 6:7 ἀποστερεῖσθε present passive indicative ongoing 1 Corinthians 7:5 ἀποστερεῖτε present active imperative imperative 1 Timothy 6:5 ἀπεστερημένων perfect passive participle participle James 5:4 ἀφυστερημένος perfect passive participle participle
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
ἀπεστερημένων τῆς ἀληθείας 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