Apostasy
ἀποστασίαStrong’s G0646apostasia
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Apostasia is the Greek word usually translated “apostasy”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;”
Meaning
Usually translated “apostasy”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- apostasy 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
- 2 Thessalonians 1
2 books in all.
Greek dictionary
ἀποστασία apostasia · apostasy
άποστασία, -ας, ἡ (ἀφίστημι), [in LXX for מַעַל, etc. ;] defection, apostasy, revolt; in late Gk. (MM, Exp., viii; Lft., Notes, 111; Cremer, 308) for cl. ἀπόστασις, frequently in sense of political revolt, in LXX (e.g. Jos.22:22, 2Ch.29:19, Jer.2:19) and NT always of religious apostasy: Act.21:21, 2Th.2:3.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “apostasy” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
APOS'TASY, noun
[Gr. a defection, to depart.]
- An abandonment of what one has professed; a total desertion, or departure from one's faith or religion.
- The desertion from a party to which one has adhered.
- Among physicians, the throwing off of exfoliated or fractured bone, or the various solution of disease.
- An abscess.
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.