Word Study · Strong's G647 · Greek
ἀποστάσιον
apostasion
ap-os-tas'-ee-on
Strong's 1890 spelling: apostásion
“properly, something separative, i.e. (specially) divorce”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, something separative, i.e. (specially) divorce
Rendered in the KJV as
(writing of) divorcement.
- 3occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- ἀποστασίου2
- ἀποστάσιον.1
How it is rendered · 2
- of divorce2
- a letter of divorce.’1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular2
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular1
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- N-GSN · 2
- N-ASN · 1
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Where this word lives
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Matthew2 occurrences
- Matthew 5:31ἀποστάσιον.apostasionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularIt has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’here: a letter of divorce.’
- Matthew 19:7ἀποστασίουapostasiounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”here: of divorce