ἀποστασία
apostasia · apostasy, defection
Greek word · Strong’s number G646 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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apostasia (ἀποστασία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “apostasy, defection”.
Defection, turning away from what one was faithful to; rebellion.
How to say it
a·pos·ta·si·a
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Abandoning faith and God's law to go another way.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 21:21
and they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the nations apostasy from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:3
Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,