ἈΠΟΣΤΑΤΗΣ, ἀποστατης
APOSTATĒS, apostatēs
Sounds Like: ah-pos-TAH-tays
Translations: apostate, rebel, a rebel, deserter, a deserter
From the root: ἈΠΟΣΤΑΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to someone who abandons their religious faith, political party, or cause. It describes a person who has defected or revolted from a previously held allegiance or belief. It is a compound word derived from 'ἀπό' (away from) and 'ἵστημι' (to stand), literally meaning 'one who stands away from'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0667 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 19:135
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 10 — 11:220
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 5:8
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
- ἈΠΟΣΤΑΤΗΝ — apostate, a rebel, a renegade
- ἈΠΟΣΤΑΤΩΝ — of apostates, of rebels, of renegades, of deserters, of traitors
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