Lexicon astocheó: to miss the mark Original Word: ἀστοχέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: astocheó Phonetic Spelling: (as-tokh-eh'-o) Short Definition: I miss the mark, miss my aim, make a false aim Definition: I miss the mark, miss my aim, make a false aim, fail. HELPS word-Studies 795 astoxéō (from 1 /A "not" and stoxos, "a target") – properly, off-target (without aim); figuratively, out of line; out of step (cadence) with God. 795 /astoxéō ("swerve out of line") refers to missing God's preferred-will (2307 /thélēma), i.e. deviating from "God's target (line)" by walking "off line." 795 (astoxéō) emphasizes the divine disapproval that goes with walking "off (God's) line." NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom alpha (as a neg. prefix) and stochos (a mark) Definitionto miss the mark NASB Translationgone astray (2), straying (1).
Thayer's 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).)
Strong's 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 |
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