ἈΠΟΣΤΑΤΗΝ, ἀποστατην
APOSTATĒN, apostatēn
Sounds Like: ap-os-TAH-teen
Translations: apostate, a rebel, a renegade
From the root: ἈΠΟΣΤΑΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to someone who abandons their religious faith, political party, or cause. It is a compound word formed from 'ἀπό' (apo), meaning 'from' or 'away from', and 'ἵστημι' (histēmi), meaning 'to stand'. Thus, it literally means 'one who stands away from'. It describes a person who has defected or revolted.
Inflection: Accusative, Singular, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0646 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Job — 26:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΠΟΣΤΑΤΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΠΟΣΤΑΤΑΙΣ — apostates, rebels, renegades
- ἈΠΟΣΤΑΤΗ — apostate, a rebel, a deserter, a renegade, of an apostate, of a rebel, of a deserter, of a renegade, to an apostate, to a rebel, to a deserter, to a renegade
- ἈΠΟΣΤΑΤΗΣ — apostate, rebel, a rebel, deserter, a deserter
- ἈΠΟΣΤΑΤΩΝ — of apostates, of rebels, of renegades, of deserters, of traitors
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