ἀφυστερέω
aphustereō
G6632
G:V
Greek
to withhold
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aphustereo describes wages being kept back from workers in James 5:4.
Its sole attested use describes workers’ wages as having been withheld, in the context of their outcry in James 5:4.
Senses in use
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Keeping back workers’ wages · dominant
In James 5:4, the perfect passive participle occurs with “the wage of the workers who mowed your fields”; the APB renders the clause “the wage withheld from you,” while the verse links the unpaid wage with the reapers’ outcries.
In the Anselm Project Bible: In James 5:4, the APB presents the clause as “the wage withheld from you.” This wording confirms the verse’s situation without isolating each Greek word exactly.