ἀφίστημι

ἀφίστημι — aphístēmi

ἀφίστημι: 1 aorist ἀπέστησα; 2 aorist ἀπέστην; middle, present ἀφισταμαι, imperative ἀφίστασο (1Ti 6:5 Rec.; cf. Winer's Grammar, § 14, 1 e.); (imperfect ἀφισταμην); future ἀποστήσομαι;

1. transitively, in present, imperfect, future, 1 aorist active, to make stand off, cause to withdraw, to remove; tropically, to excite to revolt: Act 5:37 (ἀπέστησε λαόν... ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ drew away after him; τινα ἀπό τίνος, Deu 7:4, and in Greek writings from Herodotus 1, 76 down).

2. intransitively, in perfect, pluperfect, 2 aorist active, to stand off, stand aloof, in various senses (as in Greek writings) according to the context: ἀπό with the genitive of person to go away, depart, from anyone, Luk 13:27 (from Psa 6:9; cf. Mat 7:23 ἀποχωρεῖτε ἀπ' ἐμοῦ); Act 12:10; Act 19:9; to desert, withdraw from, one, Act 15:38; to cease to vex one, Luk 4:13; Act 5:38; Act 22:29; 2Co 12:8; to fall away, become faithless, ἀπό Θεοῦ, Heb 3:12; to shun, flee from, ἀπό τῆς ἀδικίας, 2Ti 2:19. Middle, to withdraw oneself from: absolutely, to fall away, Luk 8:13; (τῆς πίστεως, 1Ti 4:1, cf. Winers Grammar, 427, 428 (398)); to keep oneself away from, absent oneself from, Luk 2:37 (οὐκ ἀφίστατο ἀπό (T Tr WH omit ἀπό) τοῦ ἱεροῦ, she was in the temple every day); from anyone's society or fellowship, 1Ti 6:5 Rec.