Apéchomai — G567

Definition

verb

to hold oneself off, i.e. refrain

1. transitive
1. to hold back, keep off, prevent
2. to have wholly or in full, to have received
3. ἀπέχει, impersonally, it is enough, sufficient
2. intransitive, to be away, absent, distant
3. Middle to hold oneself off, abstain

Usually translated as

abstain

Origin

middle voice (reflexively) of G568

• apéchō (G568)

Occurrences

Apéchomai occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (2), 1 Thessalonians (2), 1 Timothy (1), 1 Peter (1)

• Acts 15:20 — But that we write unto them, that they abstain (ἀπέχεσθαι) from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
• Acts 15:29 — That ye abstain (ἀπέχεσθαι) 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 4:3 — For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain (ἀπέχεσθαι) from fornication:
• 1 Thessalonians 5:22 — Abstain (ἀπέχεσθε) from all appearance of evil.
• 1 Timothy 4:3 — Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain (ἀπέχεσθαι) from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
• 1 Peter 2:11 — Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain (ἀπέχεσθαι) from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;