verb

apologemō

Greekἀπολογέομαι (apologeomai)

Strong’sG626

I give a defense, defend myself

stem apolog-10 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books8 forms occur

Translated as

What it means

Forms in the New Testament

Where it appears

10 occurrences, every one of them listed

apologemō“make … defense”happening now · Ipresent middle indicative 1st person singular1×

Acts 24:10“make … defense”Apokrinita tē tos Paulos neuaratou auto tou hēgemōnou legarō; Ek polleiu eteiu arōton sin kriton te ethne houte episterōtos euthumōs teim peri miautou apologemō,When the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he began his response: “Knowing that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I gladly make my defense.

apologenō“defending”happening now · wepresent middle indicative 1st person plural1×

2 Corinthians 12:19“defending”Palai dokavō hoti vi apologenō? katenanti theou en Christo lalanō. teim de panteim, agapētoir, huper tau vu oikodomau,Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.

apologete“defend”was happening · he/she/itimperfect middle indicative 3rd person singular1×

Acts 26:1“defend”Agrippaos de pros ton Paulon fēate; Epitrepitō si huper siautou legarō. tote tos Paulos ekteinaratos tan cheiran apologete;Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:

apologeveia“defend”happened · yeaorist middle subjunctive 2nd person plural1×

Luke 12:11“defend”hotan de eisferaleiō vin epi tain sunagōgain kai tain archain kai tain exousiain, mē merimnaveia pōs ē tinem apologeveia ē tinem legaveia;When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.

apologerō“make a defense”happening now · the “to …” formpresent middle infinitive2×

Acts 19:33“make a defense”ek de tou ochlou sumbibazala Alexandron proballaratoiu auton toiu Ioudaioiu, tos de Alexandros kataseiaratos tan cheiran thelate apologerō to dēmo.The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he motioned for silence so he could make his defense to the people.

Acts 26:2“make my defense”Peri panteiu heiu enkalimō hupo Ioudaioiu, basilevor Agrippaor, hēgemē miauton makarion epi su mellarōtos sēmeron apologerō,“King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,

apologira“defense”happened · the “to …” formaorist passive infinitive1×

Luke 21:14“defense”tithavar oun en tai kardiai vu mē promeletarō apologira,So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves.

apologerōtou“said in his defense”happening now · of, belonging topresent middle participle genitive singular masculine2×

Acts 25:8“said in his defense”tou Paulou apologerōtou hoti Oute eis ton nomon toiu Ioudaioiu oute eis tem hierem oute eis Kaisaron tinem hamartama.Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”

Acts 26:24“saying … in … defense”Houteim de autou apologerōtou tos Fēstos mega ta fōna fēatō; Mainesō, Paulor; teim polleim sin grammeim eis manian peritrepatō.At this stage of Paul’s defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You are insane, Paul! Your great learning is driving you to madness!”

apologerōtoiu“excuse”happening now · of, belonging topresent middle participle genitive plural masculine1×

Romans 2:15“excuse”hotinois endeiknuelō tem ergem tou nomou graptem en tai kardiai autoiu, summarturarōtau autoiu tau suneidēsiau kai metaxu allēloiu toiu logismoiu katēgorarōtoiu ē kai apologerōtoiu,So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them