Strong's #874: aphorme (pronounced af-or-may')

from a compound of 575 and 3729; a starting-point, i.e. (figuratively) an opportunity:--occasion.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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aphormē

1) a place from which a movement or attack is made, a base of operations

2) metaphorically that by which endeavour is excited and from which it goes forth

2a) that which gives occasion and supplies matter for an undertaking, the incentive

2b) the resources we avail ourselves of in attempting or performing anything

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: from a compound of G575 and G3729

Citing in TDNT: 5:472, 730

Usage:

This word is used 7 times:

 

Romans 7:8: "But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought"
Romans 7:11: "For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived"
2 Corinthians 5:12: "but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that"
2 Corinthians 11:12: "will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein"
2 Corinthians 11:12: "I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory,"
Galatians 5:13: "use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by"
1 Timothy 5:14: "guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully."