aphistēmi (to leave)

Meaning

Usually translated “departed”, “do depart” and “was departing”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

departed 3
do depart 2
was departing 1
fall away 1
drew away 1
do withdraw 1
having withdrawn 1
having departed 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Acts 6
Luke 4
1 Timothy 2
2 Corinthians 1
2 Timothy 1
Hebrews 1

6 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

1 Timothy 6:5In contextPerverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
Luke 2:37And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
Luke 4:13And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
Luke 8:13They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
Luke 13:27But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
Acts 5:37After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.

All 15 verses, by book

Luke 4: 2:37 4:13 8:13 13:27
Acts 6: 5:37 5:38 12:10 15:38 19:9 22:29
2 Corinthians 1: 12:8
1 Timothy 2: 4:1 6:5
2 Timothy 1: 2:19
Hebrews 1: 3:12

Greek dictionary

ἀφίστημι aphistēmi · to leave

ἀφ-ίστημι [in LXX for סוּר, מָעַל, etc. (41 words in all) ;] 1. trans. in pres., impf., fut., 1 aor., to put away, lead away; metaphorically, to move to revolt: Act.5:37. 2. Intrans. in pf., plpf., 2 aor., to stand off, depart from, withdraw from: with genitive, Luk.2:37; before ἀπό, Luk.4:13 13:27, Act.5:38 12:10 15:38 19:9 22:29, 2Co.12:8; metaphorically, ἀπὸ ἀδικίας, 2Ti.2:19; ἀπὸ θεοῦ, (fall away, apostatize), Heb.3:12 Mid. (exc. 1 aor., WH. is trans.), to withdraw oneself from, absent oneself from: Luk.2:37; metaphorically, fall away, apostatize: absol., Luk.8:13; with genitive, 1Ti.4: …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “depart” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

DEPART, verb intransitive

To go or move from.“DEPART from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire” Matthew 25:41
To go from; to leave; to desist, as from a practice.
To leave; to deviate from; to forsake; not to adhere to or follow; as, we cannot depart from our rules.“I have not departed from thy judgments” Psalms 119:102
To desist; to leave; to abandon; as, he would not depart from his purpose, resolution, or demand.

All definitions and other forms of “depart”

To be lost; to perish; to vanish; as, his glory has departed.
To die; to decease; to leave this world.“Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word” Luke 2:29
To cease.
To deviate; to vary from.
To vary; to deviate from the title or defense in pleading.
To part with.

DEPART, verb transitive

To divide or separate; to part.

DEPART, noun

The act of going away; death.
Division; separation.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.