Apochresis refers to the use through which things perish in the verse where it appears.

The attested use concerns things being used up or perishing through use, in a statement about regulations directed toward perishable things.

1. Use associated with perishing things · dominant

   In Colossians 2:22, the dative singular feminine form occurs in the clause about things that perish; the APB renders the verse, “These refer to things that all perish with use, according to the commandments and teachings of men.”

   Colossians 2:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Colossians 2:22, the APB presents the clause as things that “perish with use.” It does not isolate the term's exact English equivalent.