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ἀφίστημι
aphístēmi

to remove, i.e. (actively) instigate to revolt; usually (reflexively) to desist, desert, etc.

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Definition

From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Strong’s Definition

to remove, i.e. (actively) instigate to revolt; usually (reflexively) to desist, desert, etc.

Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

trans. to put away, separate; to draw off or away, withdraw, induce to revolt, Acts 5:37; intrans., and mid., to depart, go away from, Lk. 2:37; met. to desist or refrain from, let alone, Acts 5:38; 22:29; 2 Cor. 12:8; to make defection, fall away, apostatize, Lk. 8:13; 1 Tim. 4:1; Heb. 3:12; to withdraw from, have no intercourse with, 1 Tim. 6:5; to abstain from, 2 Tim. 2:19

Source: Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary

Translated in KJV as

departdraw (fall) awayrefrainwithdraw self

Etymology

from G575 (ἀπό) and G2476 (ἵστημι);

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