Aposteréō — G650

Definition

verb

to despoil

1. to be behindhand, come too late (ἀπό so as to be far from, or to fail, a person or thing)
2. transitively, to cause to fail, to withdraw, take away from, defraud

Usually translated as

defraud, destitute, kept back by fraud

Origin

from G575 and steréō (to deprive)

• apó (G575)

Occurrences

Aposteréō occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Mark (1), 1 Corinthians (3), 1 Timothy (1), James (1)

• Mark 10:19 — Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud (ἀποστερήσῃς) not, Honour thy father and mother.
• 1 Corinthians 6:7 — Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded (ἀποστερεῖσθε)?
• 1 Corinthians 6:8 — Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud (ἀποστερεῖτε), and that your brethren.
• 1 Corinthians 7:5 — Defraud (ἀποστερεῖτε) ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
• 1 Timothy 6:5 — Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute (ἀπεστερημένων) of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
• James 5:4 — Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud (ἀπεστερημένος), crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.