Deprivation
ἀποβολήStrong’s G0580apobolē
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Apobolē is the Greek word usually translated “loss” and “rejection”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.”
Meaning
Usually translated “loss” and “rejection”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- loss 1
- rejection 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
- Romans 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ἀποβολή apobolē · deprivation
ἀπο-βολή, -ῆς, ἡ (ἀποβάλλω); 1. a throwing away, rejection: opposite to πρόσλημψις, Rom.11:15. 2. a losing, loss: Act.27:22.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “deprivation” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEPRIVATION, noun
- The act of depriving; a taking away.
- A state of being deprived; loss; want; bereavement by loss of friends or of goods.
- In law, the act of divesting a bishop or other clergyman of his spiritual promotion or dignity; the taking away of a preferment; deposition.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.