Dictionary entry

Aside

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a-sid': "Distinct from others," "privately," such is the sense of the word in2Ki 4:4;Mr 7:33. Also "to withdraw" (Lu 9:10the King James Version;Ac 23:19: hupochoreo, also anachoreo). One is said to have turned aside when he departs from the path of rectitude (Ps 14:3; Sirach 2:7;1Ti 1:6). In a figurative sense it is used to express the thought of putting aside, to renounce, every hindrance or impediment to a consecrated earnest Christian life (Heb 12:1: apotithemi).