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ἀποστάσιον

Divorce · to release: release

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ἀποστάσιον G647 divorce
Pronunciation apostásion
A legal document formally severing the marriage bond, not mere separation but official dismissal
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ἀπολύω G630 to release: release
Pronunciation apolýō
Release from restraint or obligation, including forgiveness of debts and dissolution of marriage bonds.
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What does ἀποστάσιον (apostasion) mean in the Bible?

ἀποστάσιον · ἀπολύω is a Greek word meaning "a written notice or certificate of divorce".

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Meaning

a written notice or certificate of divorce
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 19:7 · Mark 10:4 2×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 5:31 1×
3 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 65 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 14 ongoing 2 prospective 3 resultant 1 imperative 7 background 2 subjunctive 13 infinitive 14 participle 9
Tense
aorist 49 present 7 perfect 4 future 3 imperfect 2
Voice
active 55 passive 9 middle 1
Mood
indicative 22 infinitive 14 subjunctive 13 participle 9 imperative 7
NT Occurrences
Matthew 1:19 ἀπολῦσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 5:31 ἀπολύσῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 5:32 ἀπολύων present active participle participle Matthew 14:15 ἀπόλυσον aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 14:22 ἀπολύσῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 14:23 ἀπολύσας aorist active participle participle Matthew 15:23 Ἀπόλυσον aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 15:32 ἀπολῦσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 15:39 ἀπολύσας aorist active participle participle Matthew 18:27 ἀπέλυσεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 19:3 ἀπολῦσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 19:7 ἀπολῦσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 19:8 ἀπολῦσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 19:9 ἀπολύσῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 19:9 ἀπολελυμένην perfect passive participle participle Matthew 27:15 ἀπολύειν present active infinitive infinitive Matthew 27:17 ἀπολύσω aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 27:21 ἀπολύσω aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 27:26 ἀπέλυσεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 6:36 ἀπόλυσον aorist active imperative imperative Mark 6:45 ἀπολύει present active indicative ongoing Mark 8:3 ἀπολύσω aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 8:9 ἀπέλυσεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 10:11 ἀπολύσῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 10:12 ἀπολύσασα aorist active participle participle Mark 10:2 ἀπολῦσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Mark 10:4 ἀπολῦσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Mark 15:11 ἀπολύσῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 15:15 ἀπέλυσεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 15:6 ἀπέλυεν imperfect active indicative background Mark 15:9 ἀπολύσω aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Luke 2:29 ἀπολύεις present active indicative ongoing Luke 6:37 ἀπολύετε present active imperative imperative Luke 6:37 ἀπολυθήσεσθε future passive indicative prospective Luke 8:38 ἀπέλυσεν aorist active indicative completed Luke 9:12 Ἀπόλυσον aorist active imperative imperative Luke 13:12 ἀπολέλυσαι perfect passive indicative resultant Luke 14:4 ἀπέλυσεν aorist active indicative completed Luke 16:18 ἀπολύων present active participle participle Luke 23:16 ἀπολύσω future active indicative prospective +25 more occurrences

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 28 — Paul in Rome: The Kingdom Proclaimed Without Hindrance John 18 — The Arrested King: Betrayal, Sovereign Surrender, Denial, Trial, and the Kingdom Not of This World Luke 13 — Repentance, Kingdom Reversal, and the Urgent Narrow Door Luke 6 — The Lord of the Sabbath Forms a Kingdom People Mark 10 — The Way of the Servant King: Marriage, Children, Wealth, Cross, Ransom, and Sight Mark 8 — Seeing Jesus Clearly: Bread, Blindness, Confession, Cross, and Discipleship Matthew 14 — The Death of John, the Compassion of Jesus, and the Son of God over Bread, Sea, and Fear Matthew 15 — Tradition, the Heart, Gentile Faith, and the Compassionate Bread of the Messiah Matthew 18 — Kingdom Humility, Care for the Little Ones, Discipline, and Forgiveness in Christ’s Community Matthew 19 — Marriage from Creation, Children Received, Riches Renounced, and the Reward of Following Christ Matthew 5 — Kingdom Blessedness, Fulfilled Law, and Heart-Level Righteousness

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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