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aÌ„l´yen-aÌ„t (עבר, ‛aÌ„bhar; ἀπαλλοτÏιοÌω, apallotrioÌoÌ„, “to estrange fromâ€): In Old Testament, for the break between husband and wife caused by unfaithfulness to the marriage vow (; ); also applied to the diversion of property (). In New Testament, spiritually, for the turning of the soul from God (; ). The Greek alloÌtrios, which is the root of the verb, is the opposite of ıÌd-i-os, “one's own.†The word implies a former state, whence the person or thing has departed, and that, generally, by deterioration.