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To: af_vet_1981; MHGinTN
apostasía (from 868 /aphístēmi, "leave, depart," which is derived from 575 /apó, "away from" and 2476 /histémi, "stand") – properly, departure (implying desertion); apostasy – literally, "a leaving, from a previous standing." [http://biblehub.com/greek/646.htm]
310 posted on 05/25/2015 6:38:28 AM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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To: CynicalBear
apostasía

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
falling away, apostacy
Feminine of the same as apostasion; defection from truth (properly, the state) ("apostasy") -- falling away, forsake.

see GREEK apostasion

and how appropriate that definition is for this thread ...

312 posted on 05/25/2015 7:26:58 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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