ἀποστάσιον apostasion · G0647

divorce

ἀποστάσιον, -ου, τό; (ἀφίστημι), [in LXX; Deu.24:1, 3, Jer.3:8, Isa.50:1 (כְּרִיתוּת) * ; ] ; 1. in cl., only in phrase ἀποστασίου δίκη, an action against a freedman for forsaking his προστάτης (Dem.). ; 2. In LXX, βιβλίον ἀποστασίου, a bill of divorce: Mat.19:7, Mrk.10:4; in same sense ἀ. alone (MM, see word), Mat.5:31 (for other late exx., see MM, l.with; Kennedy, Sources, 121).†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

Included with: ἀπο-στᾰσίου δίκη ; action against a freedman for having forsaken his προστάτης and chosen another, ἀ. ὀφλεῖν[]; II ἀποστασίου βιβλίον writing or bill of divorce, []; III ἀποστασίου συγγραφή deed of cession, conveyance, []; ἀντίγραφονίου[]; with συγγραφή omitted, especially in phrase πρᾶσις καὶ ἀποστασίου[]

Where it's used 3 times

Matthew 5:31 · Matthew 19:7 · Mark 10:4

Source: TBESG G0647; TFLSJ G0647

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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