Greek noun (neuter) · G647
ἀποστάσιον
apostasionap-os-tas'-ee-on
in cl., only in phrase ἀποστασίου δίκη, an action against a freedman for forsaki; In LXX, βιβλίον ἀποστασίου, a bill of divorce
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: apostásion
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G647is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G647
properly, something separative, i.e. (specially) divorce
The King James renders it: (writing of) divorcement.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
apostasion is rendered "in cl., only in phrase ἀποστασίου δίκη, an action against a freedman for forsaki; In LXX, βιβλίον ἀποστασίου, a bill of divorce". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "in cl., only in phrase ἀποστασίου δίκη, an action against a freedman for forsaki".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:31It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’
Matthew 5:31ἀποστάσιον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: in cl., only in phrase ἀποστασίου δίκη, an action against a freedman for forsaki, and In LXX, βιβλίον ἀποστασίου, a bill of divorce.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| in cl., only in phrase ἀποστασίου δίκη, an action against a freedman for forsaking his προστάτης (Dem.). | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereMatthew 5:31It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’ |
| In LXX, βιβλίον ἀποστασίου, a bill of divorceMat.19:7 | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 5:31It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’ |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀποστέλλω | apostello | to send | Uses132 |
| ἀπόστολος | apostolos | apostle | Uses79 |
| ἀποστρέφω | apostrepho | to turn away | Uses9 |
| ἀποστερέω | apostereo | to defraud | Uses6 |
| ἀποσπάω | apospao | to draw away | Uses4 |
| ἀποστολή | apostole | apostleship | Uses4 |
| ἀποσυνάγωγος | aposynagogos | excommunicated | Uses3 |
| ἀποστασία | apostasia | apostasy | Uses2 |
| ἀποστυγέω | apostygeo | to abhor | Uses1 |
| ἀποσκευάζω | aposkeuazo | to pack up | Uses1 |
| ἀποσκίασμα | aposkiasma | shadow | Uses1 |
| ἀποστεγάζω | apostegazo | to unroof | Uses1 |
and 1 more on the stem.
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀποστασίου2
- ἀποστάσιον1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular2N-GSN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular1N-ASN
Matthew
two uses
It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’
- ἀποστάσιονapostasionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a letter of divorce.’
“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”
- ἀποστασίουapostasiounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of divorce
Mark
one use
They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
- ἀποστασίουapostasiounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of divorce
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.