Lexical Summary astocheō: to miss the mark Original Word: ἀστοχέωTransliteration: astocheō Phonetic Spelling: (as-tokh-eh'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to miss the mark Meaning: to miss the mark Strong's Concordance err, swerve. From a compound of a (as a negative particle) and stoichos (an aim); to miss the mark, i.e. (figuratively) deviate from truth -- err, swerve. see GREEK a Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 795: ἀστοχέωἀστοχέω, ἀστόχω: 1 aorist ἠστόχησα; (to be ἄστοχος, from στόχος a mark), to deviate from, miss (the mark): with the genitive (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 6), to deviate from anything, 1 Timothy 1:6 (Sir. 7:19 Sir. 8:9); περί τί, 1 Timothy 6:21; 2 Timothy 2:18. (Polybius, Plutarch, Lucian, (others).) |