King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G647
Transliteration: 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
ἀποστάσιον, ἀποστασίου, τό, very seldom in native Greek writings, defection, of a freedman from his patron, Demosthenes 35, 48 (940, 16); in the Bible:
Word 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.