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567 GREEK
απεχομαι,
APECHOMAI
ap-ekh'-om-ahee
middle voice (reflexively) of απεχω, - apecho G 568; to hold oneself off, i.e. refrain:--abstain.
απεχεσθαι Acts 15:20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. Acts 15:29 That ye abstain 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 Th 4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 1 Ti 4:3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 1 Pe 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
απεχεσθε 1 Th 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
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