ἈΠΟΣΤΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ, ἀποστησουσιν
APOSTĒSOUSIN, apostēsousin
Sounds Like: ap-os-TAY-soo-sin
Translations: they will depart, they will withdraw, they will revolt, they will fall away
From the root: ἈΦΊΣΤΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to depart,' 'to withdraw,' 'to revolt,' or 'to fall away.' It can refer to physical separation, but often implies a separation from allegiance, faith, or a previous state. In a religious context, it frequently means to apostatize or abandon one's faith. It is used here in the future tense, indicating an action that will happen.
Inflection: Future, Active, Indicative, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G0868 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 12:313
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Sirach — 19:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΦΊΣΤΗΜΙ.
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.
- ἈΠΩΣΤΑΙ — they have departed, they have stood away, they have withdrawn, they have revolted, they have apostatized
- ἈΦΙΣΤΑΜΕΝΟΥΣ — departing, withdrawing, revolting, standing away, those departing, those withdrawing, those revolting
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