G567 ἀπέχομαι
Strong's Greek Concordance · 7 KJV occurrences
ἀπέχομαι
apéchomai
Definition
to hold oneself off, i.e. refrain
KJV Renderings
abstain
Derivation / Etymology
middle voice (reflexively) of G568 (ἀπέχω);
KJV Verses (7)
- Acts 15:20But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
- Acts 15:29That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
- 1 Thessalonians 4:3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
- 1 Thessalonians 5:22Abstain from all appearance of evil.
- 1 Timothy 4:3Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
- 1 Peter 2:11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;