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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #627 - ἀπολογία

Transliteration

apología

Phonetics

ap-ol-og-ee'-ah

Origin

from the same as (G626)

Parts of Speech

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

verbal defence, speech in defence
a reasoned statement or argument

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (8)

Acts 2

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Philippians 2

2 Timothy 1

1 Peter 1

NAS (8)

Acts 2

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Philippians 2

2 Timothy 1

1 Peter 1

HCS (8)

Acts 2

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Philippians 2

2 Timothy 1

1 Peter 1

BSB (8)

Acts 2

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Philippians 2

2 Timothy 1

1 Peter 1

ESV (8)

Acts 2

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Philippians 2

2 Timothy 1

1 Peter 1

WEB (8)

Acts 2

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Philippians 2

2 Timothy 1

1 Peter 1

KJV (8)

answer 3

defence 3

himself 1

yourselves 1

NAS (8)

defense 7

vindication 1

HCS (8)

a defense 1

a desire to clear yourselves 1

defense 4

the defense 1

to give a defense 1

BSB (8)

[the] defense 1

defend himself 1

defense 4

eagerness to clear yourselves 1

give a defense 1

ESV (8)

clear 1

defense 7

WEB (8)

defense 3

give an answer 1

in the defense 1

the defense 1

to make his defense 1

what defense 1

RAH

ANT

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

BEZ

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

BGB

N-AFS 3

N-DFS 2

N-GFS 2

N-NFS 1

BMT

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

BYZ

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

ELZ

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

NA26

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

SBL

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

SCV

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

STV

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

TIS

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἀπολογ-ία, ἡ,

speech in defence, opp. κατηγορία, Antipho 6.7, Th. 3.61, Pl. Ap. 28a, etc.; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι to make a defence, Isa 6.62; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον τῶν τοῦ πατρὸς ἀδικημάτων Lys. 14.29; τῶν κατηγορηθέντων τὸ μὴ λαβὸν ἀπολογίαν Hyp. Eux. 31; ἀ. τοῦ εὐαγγελίου Philippians 1:16; expl. by πληροφορία, Hsch.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἀπολογία, ἀπολογίας, ἡ (see ἀπολογέομαι), verbal defense, speech in defense: Acts 25:16; 2 Corinthians 7:11; Philippians 1:7, 17 (16); 2 Timothy 4:16; with a dative of the person who is to hear the defense, to whom one labors to excuse or to make good his cause: 1 Corinthians 9:3; 1 Peter 3:15; in the same sense, ἡ ἀπολογία ἡ πρός τινα, Acts 22:1 (Xenophon, mem. 4, 8, 5).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** ἀπολογία , -ας , ἡ

(< ἀπολογέομαι ),

[in LXX: Wisdom of Solomon 6:10*;]

a speech in defence: Acts 25:16, 2 Corinthians 7:11, Philippians 1:7; Philippians 1:16, 2 Timothy 4:16; c. dat. pers., 1 Corinthians 9:3, 1 Peter 3:15; seq. πρός , Acts 22:1.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

P Tor I. 1vii. 1 (B.C. 116) (= Chrest. II. p. 36) τὴν δ᾽αὐτὴν ἀπολογίαν ἔχειν, BGU II. 531i. 21 (ii/A.D.) ἀπέχεις οὖν τὴν ἀπολογίαν, P Lips I. 58.18 (A.D. 371) αὐτὰ τὰ ἐν [τ ]άγια πρὸς ἀπολογίαν ἐπὶ τοῦ δικαστηρίω (= ίου), and for ἀπολογισμός in a weakened sense, P Oxy II. 297.3 ff. (A.D. 54) καλῶς ποιήσεις γράψεις διὰ πιττακίων τὸν ἀπολογισμὸν τῶν [π ]ρ [ο ]βάτων, ";kindly write me in a note the record of the sheep"; (Edd.). Ἀπολογία occurs several times in Vettius Valens.

List of Word Forms

απολογια απολογία ἀπολογία ἀπολογίᾳ απολογιαν απολογίαν ἀπολογίαν απολογιας απολογίας ἀπολογίας απόλοιπα απόλοιπον απολοίπου απολοίπων apologia apología apologíāi apologian apologían apologias apologías