Quick Definition
ἀπόχρησις, εως, ἡ n.f. using up
Strong's Definition
the act of using up, i.e. consumption
Derivation: from a compound of G575 (ἀπό) and G5530 (χράομαι);
KJV Usage: using
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | χράομαι
42.24 · Perform, Do · Do, Perform
being used up, being con sumed, consumption the activity of using up something
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπό-χρησις, -ews, 7, (ἀποχράομαι to use to the full, to abuse), abuse, misuse: Col. ii. 22 ἅ ἐστιν πάντα εἰς φθορὰν τῇ ἀποχρήσει “all which (i. 6. things forbidden) tend to destruction (bring destruction) by abuse”; Paul says this from the standpoint of the false teachers, who in any use of those things whatever saw an “abuse,” i.e. a blameworthy use. In opposition to those who treat the clause as parenthetical and understand ἀπόχρησις to mean consumption by use (a being used up, as in Plut. moral. p. 267 f. [quaest. Rom. 18]), so that the words do [From 14, ete.; see also Polyb. 17, 11, 2; Polyc. ad Phil. 6, 17." | not give the sentiment of the false teachers but Paul’s judgment of it, very similar to that set forth in Mt. xv. 17; 1 Co. vi. 13, cf. De Wette ad loc. [But see Meyer, Ellicott, Lightfoot. ]}* E
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπόχρησις apochrēsis 1x
a using up, or, a discharge of an intended use, Col. 2:22*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† ἀπό-χρησις, -εως, ἡ
(< ἀποχράομαι, to use to the full, abuse),
abuse, misuse: Col 2:22 (MM, s.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀπόχρησις. One or two instances of the verb ἀποχράομαι may be cited to illustrate the expressive ἀπόχρησις, which is found in the Greek Bible only in Col 255. OG/S 6651® (A.D. 49) ὑπὸ τῶν πλεονεκτικῶς Kal ἀναιδῶς ταῖς ἐξουσίαις ἀποχρωμένων = abutentibus: the Prefect Cn. Vergilius Capito issues an edict against the abuse of the ἀόεγα /egatéo. P Hib I. 527 (c. B.C. 245) κ[αὶ ὥ]ντινων κλήρων ἀποκέχρηνται ταῖς νομαῖς, “*the holdings in which they have used up the pastures ” (Edd,).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀπόχρησις (apochrēsis) — using up. ἀπό-χρησις, εως, ἡ, getting rid of, τῶν περιττῶν uncertain in [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. consumption, using up, [NT]