Lexical Summary apostasion: a forsaking, (bill of) divorce Original Word: ἀποστάσιονTransliteration: apostasion Phonetic Spelling: (ap-os-tas'-ee-on) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a forsaking, (bill of) divorce Meaning: a forsaking, (bill of) divorce Strong's Concordance certificate of divorceNeuter of a (presumed) adjective from a derivative of aphistemi; properly, something separative, i.e. (specially) divorce -- (writing of) divorcement. see GREEK aphistemi Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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. |
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