UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Notes: It is possible that ἐπανίστημι and ἐπίστασις[b], with the prefix ἐπι, differ in some measure from ἀνίστημι[h] and στάσις[a] by virtue of the prefixal element which may suggest action directed specifically toward some object, but there is insufficient contextual evidence to support such distinct meanings.

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: ἀποστασία; -ας

Related lemmas: ἵστημι

Sense 1: to rebel against, to revolt, to engage in insurrection, rebellion

Semantic entry: 39.34

Semantic domains: Hostility, Strife

Subdomains: Rebellion

Definition: to rise up in open defiance of authority, with the presumed intention to overthrow it or to act in complete opposition to its demands{N:001}

Notes: It is also possible that ἀποστασία differs slightly in meaning from ἐπίστασις[b] by virtue of the differences in prefixal formation, but there is insufficient contextual evidence to support such a view.

ACT 21:21: RV ACT 21:21 · LV ACT 21:21 · Read together ACT 21:21

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OET-RV ACT 21:21

21 But they’ve heard reports that you’ve been teaching the Yehudim that live outside our country that they don’t have to obey what Mosheh wrote—telling them that they don’t have to have their children circumcised and that they don’t have to follow our Jewish customs.

OET-LV ACT 21:21

21 And they _were _instructed concerning you, that you _are _teaching apostasy from Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) all Youdaiōns the ones among the pagans, saying them not to _be _circumcising their children, nor to _be _walking in _the customs.

TH2 2:3: RV TH2 2:3 · LV TH2 2:3 · Read together TH2 2:3

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OET-RV TH2 2:3

3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, because before that happens many people will turn away from the good message, and the lawless man will be revealed—the conveyor of destruction

OET-LV TH2 2:3

3 Not someone you _all may _deceive in not _one manner, because if not may _come the apostasy first, and may _be _revealed the man of_ the _lawlessness, the son of_ the _destruction,

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀποστασία

Form 1

Sense 1: to rebel against, to revolt, to engage in insurrection, rebellion