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ἀποστάσιον

apostasionG:N-N

divorce

ἀποστάσιον, -ου, τό (ἀφίστημι), [in LXX; Deu.24:1, 3, Jer.3:8, Isa.50:1 (כְּרִיתוּת) * ;] __1. in cl., only in phrase ἀποστασίου δίκη, an action against a freedman for forsaking his προστάτης (Dem.). __2. In LXX, βιβλίον ἀποστασίου, a bill of divorce: Mat.19:7, Mrk.10:4; in same sense ἀ. alone (MM, see word), Mat.5:31 (for other late exx., see MM, l.with; Kennedy, Sources, 121).† (AS)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

ἀποστάσιον — apostásion

ἀποστάσιον, ἀποστασίου, τό, very seldom in native Greek writings, defection, of a freedman from his patron, Demosthenes 35, 48 (940, 16); in the Bible:

1. divorce, repudiation: Mat 19:7; Mar 10:4 (βιβλίον ἀποστασίου, equivalent to כְּרִיתֻת סֵפֶר book or bill of divorce, Deu 24:1; Deu 24:3; (Isa 50:1; Jer 3:8)).

2. a bill of divorce: Mat 5:31. Grotius at the passage and Lightfoot, Horae Hebrew at the passage, We a copy of one.

3 occurrences

Matthew (2), Mark (1)