STRONGS G671:
ἀπόχρησις,
-εως,
ἡ, (
ἀποχράομαι to use to the full, to abuse),
abuse, misuse:
Colossians 2:22 ἅ ἐστιν πάντα εἰς φθορὰν τῇ ἀποχρήσει "all which
(i. e. things forbidden) tend to destruction (bring destruction) by abuse"; Paul says this from the standpoint of the false teachers, who in any use of those things whatever saw an "abuse,"
i. e. a blameworthy use. In opposition to those who treat the clause as parenthetical and understand
ἀπόχρησις to mean
consumption by use (
a being used up, as in Plutarch, moral., p. 267f. [quaest. Rom. 18]), so that the words do not give the sentiment of the false teachers but Paul's judgment of it, very similar to that set forth in
Matthew 15:17;
1 Corinthians 6:13, cf. DeWette at the passage. [But see Meyer, Ellicott, Lightfoot.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Matthew
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15:17
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1 Corinthians
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6:13
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Colossians
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2:22