Word Summary
apostereō: to defraud, deprive of
Original Word: ἀποστερέωTransliteration: apostereō
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-os-ter-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to defraud, deprive of
Meaning: to defraud, deprive of
Strong's Concordance
defraud, deprive
From apo and stereo (to deprive); to despoil -- defraud, destitute, kept back by fraud.
see GREEK apo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 650: ἀποστερέωἀποστερέω,
ἀποστέρω; 1 aorist
ἀπεστέρησα; (passive, present
ἀποστεροῦμαι); perfect participle
ἀπεστερημένος;
to defraud, rob, despoil: absolutely,
Mark 10:19;
1 Corinthians 6:8;
ἀλλήλους to withhold themselves from one another, of those who mutually deny themselves cohabitation,
1 Corinthians 7:5. Middle
to allow oneself to be defrauded (
Winer's Grammar, § 38, 3):
1 Corinthians 6:7;
τινα τίνος (as in Greek writings),
to deprive one of a thing; passive
ἀπεστερήμενοι τῆς ἀληθείας,
1 Timothy 6:5 (
Winers Grammar, 196 (185);
Buttmann, 158 (138));
τί to defraud of a thing, to withdraw or keep back a thing by fraud: passive
μισθός ἀπεστερημένος,
James 5:4 (
T Tr WH ἀφυστερημενος, see
ἀφυστερέω; (cf. also
ἀπό, II. 2 d. bb., p. 59b)) (
Deuteronomy 24:14 ((16)
Alex.);
Malachi 3:5).
STRONGS NT 650: ἀφυστερέωἀφυστερέω, ἀφυστέρω: (a later Greek word);
1. to be behindhand, come too late (ἀπό so as to be far from, or to fail, a person or thing); used of persons not present at the right time: Polybius 22, 5, 2; Posidon. quoted in Athen. 4, 37 (i. e. 4, p. 151 e.); (others); ἀπό ἀγαθῆς ἡμέρας to fail (to make use of) a good day, to let the opportunity pass by, Sir. 14:14.
2. transitively, to cause to fail, to withdraw, take away from, defraud: τό μάννα σου οὐκ ἀφυστέρησας ἀπό στόματος αὐτῶν, Nehemiah 9:20 (for מָנַע to withhold); perfect passive participle ἀφυστερημενος (μισθός), James 5:4 T Tr WH after א B* (Rec. ἀπεστερημένος, see ἀποστερέω, also under the word ἀπό, II. 2 d. bb., p. 59{b}).