"to hold oneself from" (apo, "from," echomai, the Middle Voice of echo, "to have," i.e., to keep oneself from), in the NT, invariably refers to evil practices, moral and ceremonial, Acts 15:20,29; 1 thess. 4:3; 5:22; 1—Timothy 4:3; 1—Peter 2:11; so in the Sept. in Job 1:1; 2:3 . See ENOUGH , RECEIVE.
Acts 27:21Acts 27:33
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