Greek · G650, G225 · unreviewed

ἀπεστερημένων τῆς ἀληθείας

To despoil · truth

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ἀποστερέω G650 to despoil
Pronunciation aposteréō
To defraud someone of what is rightfully theirs, especially through breach of trust or withholding owed support.
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ἀλήθεια G225 truth
Pronunciation alḗtheia
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What does ἀπεστερημένων τῆς ἀληθείας (apesterēmenōn tēs alētheias) mean in the Bible?

ἀποστερέω · ἀλήθεια is a Greek word meaning "deprived of the truth".

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Meaning

deprived of the truth
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses
Aorist Present Perfect
Voices
Active Passive
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose
Aorist Active Mark 10:19
Indicative states a fact or reality
Present Passive 1 Cor 6:7
Present Active 1 Cor 6:8
Imperative command or strong request
Present Active 1 Cor 7:5
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality
Perfect Passive 1 Tim 6:5
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 5 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
ongoing 1 imperative 1 subjunctive 1 participle 2
Tense
present 2 perfect 2 aorist 1
Voice
passive 3 active 2
Mood
participle 2 indicative 1 imperative 1 subjunctive 1

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 13 — The More Excellent Way of Love 1 Corinthians 5 — Purge the Evil, Keep the Feast, and Guard the Holiness of the Church 1 Corinthians 6 — Judge Righteously, Flee Sexual Immorality, and Glorify God in Your Body 1 Corinthians 7 — Marriage, Singleness, Calling, and Undistracted Devotion to the Lord Acts 26 — Paul Before Agrippa: The Risen Christ Sends Light to Jews and Gentiles Ephesians 6 — Household Faithfulness and Standing Firm in the Armor of God Galatians 2 — Justified by Faith: Gospel Unity, Apostolic Confrontation, and Life in Christ John 1 — The Word Made Flesh, Witnessed, and Followed John 14 — The Way, the Truth, and the Life, the Father Revealed in the Son, and the Promise of the Spirit John 15 — The True Vine, Abiding Fruitfulness, Christlike Love, and the World’s Hatred John 16 — The Spirit’s Convicting Witness, the Disciples’ Sorrow Turned to Joy, and Christ’s Victory over the World John 17 — The Son’s High Priestly Prayer: Glory, Preservation, Sanctification, Unity, Mission, and Love John 18 — The Arrested King: Betrayal, Sovereign Surrender, Denial, Trial, and the Kingdom Not of This World John 4 — Living Water, True Worship, and the Savior of the World John 8 — The Light of the World, True Freedom, and the I AM Before Abraham Mark 10 — The Way of the Servant King: Marriage, Children, Wealth, Cross, Ransom, and Sight Mark 5 — The Authority of Jesus over Demons, Disease, and Death Romans 1 — The Gospel Reveals the Righteousness of God and the Wrath of God Romans 15 — Bearing with the Weak, Welcoming One Another, and Paul’s Priestly Mission to the Gentiles Romans 2 — God’s Righteous Judgment and the Exposure of Religious Presumption Romans 9 — God’s Faithfulness, Sovereign Mercy, and Israel’s Stumbling Over Christ

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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