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Strong's #627 - ἀπολογία
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- verbal defence, speech in defence
- a reasoned statement or argument
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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.
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).
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** 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.†
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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.
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