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ἀποστροφή

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Gloss: rejection

Transliteration: apostrophē

Strong’s: G6493

1. a turning back , (Xenophon Historicus); ἀποστροφὴν λαμβάνειν to have one's course turned, (Plutarch)
2. a turning away from, an escape from a thing, with genitive, (Aeschulus Tragicus)
3. a resort, resource , (Herdotus Historicus):—;with genitive objecti, ὕδατος ἀπ. a resource or means for getting water, (Euripides); σωτηρίας ἀπ. (Thucydides) (ML)
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