Lexicon / G6488
ἀπόστασις
apostasis
  • defection

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Glosses: defection

1. a standing away from , and so,

2. a defection, revolt , ἀπό τινος or τινος (Herdotus Historicus); πρός τινα (Thucydides)

3. departure from , βίου (Euripides)

4. distance, interval , (Plato Philosophus) (ML)