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GreekG0646Noun (Feminine)

ἀποστασία

apostasia

2Occurrences
G0646Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

defection from truth (properly, the state) ("apostasy")

feminine of the same as G647 (ἀποστάσιον);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
defection, apostasy, revolt; in late Gk. for cl. ἀπόστασις, frequently in sense of political revolt, in LXX (e.g., ) and NT always of religious apostasy.
LXX: for מַעַל, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

ἀποστασία appears 2 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Thessalonians
1
Acts
1

Key Passages

2 Thessalonians 2:3BSB

Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.

Acts 21:21BSB

But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.