apostereō · defraud

What it means

apostereō (ἀποστερέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “defraud”.

Take from someone what is theirs; deprive.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Take from another what is theirs, by cheating.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• defraud ×2
• be defrauded ×1
• deprive ×1
• deprived ×1

Where it appears

• Mark×1
• 1 Corinthians×3
• 1 Timothy×1

• Mark 10:19

  You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.’”

• 1 Corinthians 6:7

  Already, then, it is altogether a defeat for you that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

• 1 Corinthians 6:8

  But you wrong and defraud, and that your brothers.

• 1 Corinthians 7:5

  Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and then be together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

• 1 Timothy 6:5

  constant friction of people corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, who think that godliness is a means of gain.