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Strong's G646 · Greek

ἀποστασία

apostasia · ap-os-tas-ee'-ah

feminine of the same as 647; defection from truth (properly, the state) ("apostasy")


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἀποστασία (G646)

2 † ἀποστασία , -ας, ἡ ( ἀφίστημι ), [in LXX for מַעַל , etc.;] defection , apostasy , revolt ; in late Gk. (MM, Exp. , viii; Lft., Notes , 111; Cremer, 308) for cl. ἀπόστασις , freq. in sense of political revolt, in LXX (e.g. Jos 22:22 , II Ch 29:19 , Je 2:19 ) and NT always of religious apostasy: Ac 21:21 , II Th 2:3 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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