apostasia

 

Refering to II Thessalonians 2

 

Friberg Greek Lexicon

3252  avpostasi,a, aj, h` as a condition resulting from changing loyalties revolt, desertion; as a religious technical term; (1) apostasy, rebellion (2TH 2.3); (2) defection, abandonment (AC 21.21)

 

3253  avpostasi,a N-NF-S avpostasi,a

3254  avpostasi,an N-AF-S avpostasi,a

 

3255  avposta,sion, ou, to, as a legal technical term, the act of putting away a wife divorce (MT .7); by metonymy certificate of divorce (MT 5.31)

 

UBS Greek Dictionary

777  avpostasi,a , aj f apostasy, rebellion 

 

778  avposta,sion , ou n (with or without bibli,on) written notice of divorce 

 

Louw  Nida Lexicon

810  avpostasi,a aj f rebellion .34 

 

811 avposta,sion ou n notice of divorce 33.41 

 

Thayer Greek Lexicon

670  avpostasi,a

avpostasi,a, avpostasiaj, h` (avfistamai), a falling away, defection, apostasy; in the Bible namely, from the true religion: Acts 21:21; 2 Thess. 2:3; ((Josh. 22:22; 2 Chr. 29:19; 33:19); Jer. 2:19; :(29) 32 Complutensian LXX; 1 Macc. 2:15). The earlier Greeks say avpo,stasij; see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 528; (Winer's Grammar, 24).*

 

671  avposta,sion

avposta,sion, avpostasi,ou, to,, very seldom in native Greek writings, defection, of a freedman from his patron, Demosthenes 35, 48 (940, 16); in the Bible:

 

. divorce, repudiation:  Matt. 19:7; Mark 10:4 (bibli,on avpostasi,ou, equivalent to ttuyrIK. rp,se book or bill of divorce, Deut. 24:1,3; (Isa. 50:1; Jer. 3:8)).

 

. a bill of divorce:  Matt. 5:31.  Grotius at the passage and Lightfoot, Horae Hebrew at the passage, We a copy of one.*

 

 

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