- ἀποστάσιον
- ἀποστάσιον, ου, τό (a legal t.t. found as early as Lysias, Hyperid. [Fgm. Or. 17] and Demosth. [cp. Renehan ’75, 38], and freq. in pap [cp. Wilcken, APF 2, 1903, 143 and 388f; 4, 1908, 183 and 456f; Preisigke, Fachwörter 1915; Taubenschlag, Law2 274] since PHib 96, 3 [258 B.C.]; PSI 551, 9 [III B.C.] in the sense of relinquishment of property after sale, abandonment, etc. The consequent giving up of one’s claim explains the meaning that the word acquires in Jewish circles:) δοῦναι βιβλίον ἀποστασίου (Jer 3:8; Just., D. 114, 5) notice of divorce give (one’s wife) a certificate of divorce Mt 19:7. διδόναι ἀποστάσιον, w. the same mng. 5:31. For this γράφειν β. ἀ. (Dt 24:1, 3) Mk 10:4.—S. lit. on ἀπολύω 5; also Mishnah Gitten (Certificates of Divorce).—DELG s.v. ἵστημι. EDNT. M-M.
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