ἀποστάσιον
apostasion · divorce certificate
Greek word · Strong’s number G647 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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apostasion (ἀποστάσιον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “divorce certificate”.
Certificate of divorce.
How to say it
a·pos·ta·si·on
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
- A paper by which a husband sent his wife away.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Matthew 5:31
And it was said, ‘Whoever sends away his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’
- Matthew 19:7
They say to him, “Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce and to divorce her?”
- Mark 10:4
And they said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and to divorce her.”