ἀπολογέομαι apologeomai · G0626

to defend oneself

ἀπολογέομαι, -οῦμαι; (ἀπό, λόγος), [in LXX: Jer.12:1 (רִיב) Jer.31:6, 2Ma.13:26 * ; ] ; 1. to defend: with accusative, Rom.2:15. ; 2. to defend one's self: absol., Luk.21:14, Act.26:1; before ὅτι, Act.25:8; τί, to adduce something in one's defence, Luk.12:11, Act.26:24 (ταῦτα) Act.24:10 (τὰ περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ); περί, with genitive of thing(s), and ἐπί, with genitive of person(s), Act.26:2; with dative of person(s), Act.19:33, 2Co.12:19.†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ἀπολογ-έομαι, ; aorist ἀπελογησάμην[]; also aorist passive ἀπελογήθην[]: perfect ἀπολελόγημαι[]:—speak in defence, defend oneself, opposed to κατηγορεῖν, περί τινος about a thing, []; πρὸς τὴν μαρτυρίαν in reference or answer to the evidence, []before.., []; ἀ. ὑπέρ τινος speak in another's behalf, []; ἀ. ὑπέρ τινος speak in support of a fact, []; πρὸς Μέλητον in answer to him, []the defendant, []; 2 with accusative of things, defend oneself against, ἀ. τὰς διαβολάς[]; τὰς πράξεις defend what …

Where it's used 10 times

Luke 12:11 · Luke 21:14 · Acts 19:33 · Acts 24:10 · Acts 25:8 · Acts 26:1 · Acts 26:2 · Acts 26:24 · Romans 2:15 · 2 Corinthians 12:19

Source: TBESG G0626; TFLSJ G0626

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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