noun · neuter

apostasiem

Greekἀποστάσιον (apostasion)

Strong’sG647

repudiation, divorce

stem apostasi-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

divorce2×certificate of divorce1×

What it means

ἀποστάσιον, -ου, τό

(< ἀφίστημι), [in LXX; De 24:1, 3, Je 3:8, Is 50:1 (כְּרִיתֻת, כְּרִיתוּת)*;]

1. in cl., only in phrase ἀποστασίου δίκη, an action against a freedman for forsaking his προστάτης (Dem.).

2. In LXX, βιβλίον ἀποστασίου, a bill of divorce: Mt 19:7, Mk 10:4; in same sense ἀ. alone (MM, s.v.), Mt 5:31 (for other late exx., v. MM, s.v.; Kennedy, Sources, 121).†

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

Strong’s G647 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidap-os-tas'-ee-on

properly, something separative, i.e. (specially) divorce

Fromneuter of a (presumed) adjective from a derivative of G868;

King James(writing of) divorcement.

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 or object direct	apostasiem	apostasieim
of, belonging to genitive	apostasieu2×ἀποστασίου	apostasieiu
to, for dative	apostasie	apostasiei

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+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

apostasie 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

apostasias — ἀποστασία, defection, apostasy

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

apostasieu“divorce”of, belonging togenitive singular2×

Matthew 19:7“divorce”legalō auto; Tinem oun Mōusos entelleta dōara bibliem apostasieu kai apoluara autan?“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

Mark 10:4“divorce”tois de legala; Epitrepata Mōusos bibliem apostasieu grafara kai apoluara.They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.”

apostasiem1×

Matthew 5:31“certificate of divorce”Legita de; Hos an apoluateia tan gunaikan autou, dōatar auta apostasiem.It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’