noun · feminine
apousias
Greekἀπουσία (apousia)
Strong’sG666
absence
stem apousi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* ἀπουσία, -ας, ἡ
(< ἄπειμι);
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G666 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidap-oo-see'-ah
a being away
Fromfrom the participle of G548;
King Jamesabsence.
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 | apousias | apousiais |
| object accusative | apousian | apousiain |
| direct address vocative | apousiar | apousiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | apousiau | apousiaiu |
| to, for dative | apousia1×ἀπουσίᾳ | apousiai |
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
apousia 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
apousia“absence”to, fordative singular1×
Philippians 2:12“absence”Hōste, agapētoir mu, kathōs pantote hupakouava, mē hōs en ta parousia mu monem alla nun polle mallon en ta apousia mu, meta fobou kai tromou tan heautoiu sōtērēan katergazevōr,Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.