Ancient Greek lemma · Strong’s G874

ἀφορμή

aphormi · /af-or-may'/ — “base”

starting-point; base of operations; place of safety; starting-point, origin, occasion; pretext; occasion, origin; inducement; instigation, incitement; means with which one begins; resources; asset; means of war; means…

Full entry

starting-point; base of operations; place of safety; starting-point, origin, occasion; pretext; occasion, origin; inducement; instigation, incitement; means with which one begins; resources; asset; means of war; means for levying; means for undertaking; capital; restitution of capital; food for argument, material, subject; aptitude, inclination; repulsion; release

Derivation: from ἀπό (from) + ὁρμή (impulse, onset)