Word

ἀποστερέω

aposteréō · G650 · Greek · 6 occurrences

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Meanings

to defraud, to deprive by deception

To take something from someone by means of deception or trickery

Examples
Mark 10:19 “You know the commandments: ‘DO NOT MURDER, DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, DO NOT STEAL, DO NOT GIVE FALSE TESTIMONY, Do not defraud, HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER.’”
1 Corinthians 6:8 On the contrary, you yourselves do wrong and defraud. And this to your brothers and sisters!
James 5:4 Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of armies.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

6 occurrences in 4 groups

Not stated: you (more than one) 2
Not stated (participle) 2
σύyou 1
Not stated: you (one person) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἀλλήλωνeach other, one another 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

διάthrough+ τίςwho? what?, why? for what reason? 1
ἀπόfrom+ σύyou 1

With adverbsAdverbs

3 occurrences in 3 groups

μήnot 2
μᾶλλονmore, more than, to a greater degree 1
οὐχίnot 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

μισθόςreward, wages 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 2 words

κλέπτω kléptō · G2813 · to steal, theft: While κλέπτω focuses on the act of stealing (taking secretly), ἀποστερέω emphasizes defrauding or depriving someone of what is rightfully theirs, often through deception or withholding. Both involve wrongful deprivation of property, but ἀποστερέω carries the additional nuance of cheating or keeping back what is due.
ἀφαιρέω aphairéō · G851 · to put away, to put out of the way, to remove: ἀφαιρέω is a more general term for taking away or removing, which can be used in contexts of deprivation. However, ἀποστερέω specifically carries the sense of defrauding or depriving by deception/withholding what is due, making it more ethically loaded than the neutral ἀφαιρέω.

Contrasting words 1 word

ἀποδίδωμι apodídōmi · G591 · to return, to give back, to pay: ἀποδίδωμι means to give back, restore, or pay what is due—the direct opposite of ἀποστερέω which means to deprive or defraud someone of what is rightfully theirs. One gives what is owed, the other withholds or takes it away.

In the other Testament 2 words

גָּזַל gâzal · H1497 · to seize, to snatch away, to rob: The Hebrew verb גָּזַל denotes robbing or seizing by force/fraud, closely parallel to ἀποστερέω's sense of defrauding or depriving someone of what is rightfully theirs. Both terms describe wrongful deprivation of property or rights.
עָשַׁק ʻâshaq · H6231 · to practice extortion, to defraud, to abuse: The Hebrew verb עָשַׁק specifically denotes oppression through defrauding or withholding what is due, a direct semantic match for ἀποστερέω in contexts of economic injustice and deprivation by deception.

Semantic domains 2 entries

To defraud, to deprive by deception57.248: In Mark 10:19, Jesus lists the commandments, including “do not give false testimony, Do not defraud (aposterḗsēis), honor your father and mother,” describing wrongfully withholding what belongs to another through deceit.
To deprive of57.47: In 1 Corinthians 7:5, Paul instructs married couples, “stop depriving (apostereĩte) one another, except by agreement for a time so that you may devote yourselves to prayer,” describing withholding something owed within marriage, with no deception implied.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀποστέρω; 1 aorist ἀπεστέρησα; (passive, present ἀποστεροῦμαι); perfect participle…

ἀποστέρω; 1 aorist ἀπεστέρησα; (passive, present ἀποστεροῦμαι); perfect participle ἀπεστερημένος; to defraud, rob, despoil: absolutely, Mk 10:19; 1 Cor 6:8; ἀλλήλους to withhold themselves from one another, of those who mutually deny themselves cohabitation, 1 Cor 7:5. Middle to allow oneself to be defrauded (Winer's Grammar, § 38, 3): 1 Cor 6:7; τινα τίνος (as in Greek writings), to deprive one of a thing; passive ἀπεστερήμενοι τῆς ἀληθείας, 1 Tim 6:5 (Winers Grammar, 196 (185); Buttmann, 158 (138)); τί to defraud of a thing, to withdraw or keep back a thing by fraud: passive μισθός ἀπεστερημένος, Jas 5:4 (T Tr WH ἀφυστερημενος, see ἀφυστερέω; (cf. also ἀπό, II. 2 d. bb., p. 59b)) (Deut 24:14 ((16) Alex.); Mal 3:5).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Need, Lack4 occurrences Pay, Price, Cost1 occurrence Steal, Rob3 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0