STRONGS G646:
ἀποστασία,
-ας,
ἡ, (
ἀφίσταμαι),
a falling away, defection, apostasy; in the Bible namely, from the true religion:
Acts 21:21;
2 Thessalonians 2:3; ([
Joshua 22:22;
2 Chronicles 29:19;
2 Chronicles 33:19];
Jeremiah 2:19;
Jeremiah 36:32 (
Jeremiah 29:32) Complutensian; 1 Macc. 2:15). The earlier Greeks say
ἀπόστασις; see
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 528; [Winer's Grammar, 24].
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