ἀποστασία
apostasia
- apostasy
- defection
- revolt
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Glosses: 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.†
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Abbott-Smith
Glosses: defection; apostasy; revolt
defection; apostasy; revolt