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βιβλίον ἀποστασίου

A roll · divorce

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βιβλίον G975 a roll
Pronunciation biblíon
A written document, especially a scroll or codex containing text meant to be read aloud or studied.
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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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What does βιβλίον ἀποστασίου (biblion apostasiou) mean in the Bible?

βιβλίον · ἀποστάσιον is a Greek word meaning "certificate of divorce".

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Meaning

certificate of divorce
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Neuter Luke 4:17 · Rev 6:14 · Rev 20:12 3×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Rev 20:12 1×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Heb 10:7 · Rev 22:7 · Rev 22:9 · Rev 22:10 · Rev 22:18 · Rev 22:19 6×
Dative · Singular · Neuter John 20:30 · Gal 3:10 · Rev 13:8 · Rev 21:27 · Rev 22:18 · Rev 22:19 6×
Dative · Plural · Neuter Rev 20:12 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 19:7 · Mark 10:4 · Luke 4:17 · Luke 4:20 · Heb 9:19 · Rev 1:11 · Rev 5:1 · Rev 5:2 · Rev 5:3 · Rev 5:4 · Rev 5:5 · Rev 5:8 · Rev 5:9 · Rev 10:8 · Rev 17:8 15×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter John 21:25 · 2 Tim 4:13 2×
34 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
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.

John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness Mark 10 — The Way of the Servant King: Marriage, Children, Wealth, Cross, Ransom, and Sight 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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