ἀποστασία

See also: αποστασία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀπόστασις (apóstasis)

Etymology

From ἀφίστημι (aphístēmi, “I withdraw, revolt”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pos.ta.sí.aː/ → /a.pos.taˈsi.a/ → /a.pos.taˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pos.ta.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.pos.taˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.pos.taˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.pos.taˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.pos.taˈsi.a/

Noun

ἀποστασίᾱ • (apostasíā) f (genitive ἀποστασίᾱς); first declension

1. defection, revolt, rebellion
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Galba 1:

     […] τὴν ἀπὸ Νέρωνος ἀποστασίαν προδοσίαν γενομένην.

     […] tḕn apò Nérōnos apostasían prodosían genoménēn.

     […] turning the revolt from Nero into treachery.

2. (religion) apostasy
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Jeremiah 2.19:

     παιδεύσει σε ἡ ἀποστασία σου καὶ ἡ κακία σου ἐλέγξει σε

     paideúsei se hē apostasía sou kaì hē kakía sou elénxei se

     Your evil will chastise you, and your apostasy will reprove you. (ESV)

3. departure

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀποστασῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἀποστασῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀποστασῐ́ᾱ hē apostasĭ́ā	τὼ ἀποστασῐ́ᾱ tṑ apostasĭ́ā	αἱ ἀποστασῐ́αι hai apostasĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ἀποστασῐ́ᾱς tês apostasĭ́ās	τοῖν ἀποστασῐ́αιν toîn apostasĭ́ain	τῶν ἀποστασῐῶν tôn apostasĭôn
Dative	τῇ ἀποστασῐ́ᾳ tēî apostasĭ́āi	τοῖν ἀποστασῐ́αιν toîn apostasĭ́ain	ταῖς ἀποστασῐ́αις taîs apostasĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ἀποστασῐ́ᾱν tḕn apostasĭ́ān	τὼ ἀποστασῐ́ᾱ tṑ apostasĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ἀποστασῐ́ᾱς tā̀s apostasĭ́ās
Vocative	ἀποστασῐ́ᾱ apostasĭ́ā	ἀποστασῐ́ᾱ apostasĭ́ā	ἀποστασῐ́αι apostasĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀποστασία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀποστασία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀποστασία in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἀποστασία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• G646 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible