ἀποστάσιον

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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)