G626 – apologeomai – ἀπολογέομαι – to plead, verbally defend
- Strong’s ID:
- G626
- Greek Word:
- ἀπολογέομαι
- Transliteration:
- apologeomai
- Pronunciation:
- ap-ol-og-eh’-om-ahee
- Part of Speech:
- verb
- Etymology:
- middle voice from a compound of G575 and G3056
- Usage Count:
- 10
- Search:
- Find “apologeomai” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
1) to plead
2) to verbally defend
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
middle voice from a compound of G575 and G3056; to give an account (legal plea) of oneself, i.e. exculpate (self):—answer (for self), make defence, excuse (self), speak for self.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) to defend one’s self, make one’s defence
2) to defend a person or a thing
3) to give a full account of
3a) to calculate or consider well
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.