noun · feminine

apostasias

Greekἀποστασία (apostasia)

Strong’sG646

defection, apostasy

stem apostasi-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

forsake1×rebellion1×

What it means

† ἀποστασία, -ας, ἡ

(< ἀφίστημι), [in LXX for מַעַל, etc.;]

defection, apostasy, revolt; in late Gk. (MM, Exp., viii; Lft., Notes, 111; Cremer, 308) for cl. ἀπόστασις, freq. in sense of political revolt, in LXX (e.g. Jos 22:22, II Ch 29:19, Je 2:19) and NT always of religious apostasy: Ac 21:21, II Th 2:3.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G646 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidap-os-tas-ee'-ah

defection from truth (properly, the state) ("apostasy")

Fromfeminine of the same as G647;

King Jamesfalling away, forsake.

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	apostasias1×ἀποστασία	apostasiais
object accusative	apostasian1×ἀποστασίαν	apostasiain
direct address vocative	apostasiar	apostasiair
of, belonging to genitive	apostasiau	apostasiaiu
to, for dative	apostasia	apostasiai

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

apostasistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

apostasia 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

Words built on the same stem

apostasiem — ἀποστάσιον, repudiation, divorce

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

apostasias“rebellion”subjectnominative singular1×

2 Thessalonians 2:3“rebellion”mē tinos vin exapatateia kata mēdenon tropon; hoti ean mē erchateia tas apostasias prōtem kai apokaluptiteia tos anthrōpos tau anomiau, tos huios tau apōleiau,Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness — the son of destruction — is revealed.

apostasian“forsake”objectaccusative singular1×

Acts 21:21“forsake”katēchila de peri su hoti apostasian didaskasō apo Mōusou toin kata teim ethneim pantoin Ioudaioin, legarōtos mē peritemnarō autoin teim tekneim mēde tei ethei peripatarō.But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.