Lexicon apostasion: a forsaking, spec. (bill of) divorce Original Word: ἀποστάσιον, ου, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: apostasion Phonetic Spelling: (ap-os-tas'-ee-on) Short Definition: repudiation, divorce Definition: repudiation, divorce; met: bill of divorce. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom aphistémiDefinitiona forsaking, spec. (bill of) divorce NASB Translationcertificate of divorce (1), divorce (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 647: ἀποστάσιονἀποστάσιον, ἀποστασίου, τό, very seldom in native Greek writings, defection, of a freedman from his patron, Demosthenes 35, 48 (940, 16); in the Bible: 1. divorce, repudiation: Matthew 19:7; Mark 10:4 (βιβλίον ἀποστασίου, equivalent to כְּרִיתֻת סֵפֶר book or bill of divorce, Deuteronomy 24:1, 3; (Isaiah 50:1; Jeremiah 3:8)). 2. a bill of divorce: Matthew 5:31. Grotius at the passage and Lightfoot, Horae Hebrew at the passage, We a copy of one.
Strong's certificate of divorce Neuter of a (presumed) adjective from a derivative of aphistemi; properly, something separative, i.e. (specially) divorce -- (writing of) divorcement. see GREEK aphistemi |
    |