noun · feminine
apobolas
Greekἀποβολή (apobolē)
Strong’sG580
a casting away, rejection, loss
stem apobol-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* ἀπο-βολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< ἀποβάλλω);
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G580 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidap-ob-ol-ay'
rejection; figuratively, loss
Fromfrom G577;
King Jamescasting away, loss.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | apobolas2×ἀποβολὴ | apobolais |
| object accusative | apobolan | apobolain |
| direct address vocative | apobolar | apobolair |
| of, belonging to genitive | apobolau | apobolaiu |
| to, for dative | apobola | apobolai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
apobola is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
apobolas“loss”subjectnominative singular2×
Acts 27:22“loss”kai teim nun parainamō vin euthumarō, apobolas gar psuchau oudenas eti ek vu plēn teu ploieu;But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because you will not experience any loss of life, but only of the ship.
Romans 11:15“rejection”ei gar tas apobolas autoiu katallagas kosmou, tinas tas proslēmpsias ei mē zōas ek nekroiu?For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?