- ἀποστάσιον
- repudiation, divorce
- repudiation, divorce; met: bill of divorce.
- ἀποστάσιον
- divorce
- G:N-N
- ἀποστάσιον, -ου, τό
(< ἀφίστημι), [in LXX;(כְּרִיתוּת) * ;]Refs
Deu.24:1, 3, Jer.3:8, Isa.50:1
__1. in cl., only in phrase ἀποστασίου δίκη, an action against a freedman for forsaking his προστάτης (Dem.).
__2. In LXX, βιβλίον ἀποστασίου, a bill of divorce:; in same sense ἀ. alone (MM, see word), Mat.5:31 (for other late exx., see MM, l.with; Kennedy, Sources, 121).†Refs
Mat.19:7, Mrk.10:4
(AS)
1) divorce, repudiation
2) a bill of divorce
2) a bill of divorce
ἀποστάσιον
apostasion
ap-os-tas'-ee-on
Neuter of a (presumed) adjective from a derivative of G868; properly something separative, that is, (specifically) divorce
KJV Usage: (writing of) divorcement.