874 - aphormé

Strong's Concordance

Original word: ἀφορμή
Transliteration: aphormé
Definition (short): opportunity
Definition (full): a starting point, an occasion

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from apo and hormaó
Definition: a starting point, i.e. fig. an occasion
NASB Translation: occasion (2), opportunity (5).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From a compound of apo and hormao; a starting-point, i.e. (figuratively) an opportunity -- occasion.

see GREEK apo

see GREEK hormao

References

Strong's 874: 7 Occurrences
KJV: But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
NASB: But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind; for apart from the Law sin is dead.
KJV: For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
NASB: for sin, taking an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.
KJV: For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
NASB: We are not again commending ourselves to you but are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you will have an answer for those who take pride in appearance and not in heart.
KJV: But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
NASB: But what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may cut off opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the matter about which they are boasting.