What does ἀποστασία (apostasía) mean in the Bible?
ἀποστασία (apostasía): Religious defection from faith, not merely political rebellion; abandonment of Christian truth commitment.
Greek · G646
ἀποστασία
Defection from truth (properly, the state) ("apostasy")
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ἀποστασία G646
Pronunciation apostasía
What does ἀποστασία (apostasía) mean in the Bible?
ἀποστασία (apostasía): Religious defection from faith, not merely political rebellion; abandonment of Christian truth commitment.
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How does the BSB render G646?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include rebellion (1), to forsake (1).
Where does ἀποστασία (apostasía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 21:21. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Thessalonians (1), Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It rebellion 1× 2 Thessalonians 2:3
to forsake 1× Acts 21:21
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 21:21
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Acts 1 2 Thessalonians 1
Source forms
ἀποστασία 1x apostasia 2 Thessalonians 2:3
ἀποστασίαν 1x apostasian Acts 21:21
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Acts 21:21
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x 2 Thessalonians 2:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Religious defection from faith, not merely political rebellion; abandonment of Christian truth commitment.
Strong's G646
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Jeremiah 28:12-17 Source Gloss
defection from truth (properly, the state) ("apostasy")
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Religious defection from faith, not merely political rebellion; abandonment of Christian truth commitment.
(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.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 21:21 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀποστασίαν apostasian
defection, apostasy
Read verse 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀποστασία apostasia
defection, apostasy
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine 2 Thess 2:3 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 21:21 1×
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
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Biblical Witnesses
Religious defection and false prophecy against the Lord's word
Spiritual turning away from righteousness, personal defection from truth
Defection and rebellion against established authority and divine order
Word Origins
ἀποστασία is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain