Word Summary
apologia: a speech in defense
Original Word: ἀπολογίαTransliteration: apologia
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ol-og-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a speech in defense
Meaning: a speech in defense
Strong's Concordance
answer for oneself, clearing of self, defense.
From the same as apologeomai; a plea ("apology") -- answer (for self), clearing of self, defence.
see GREEK apologeomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 627: ἀπολογίαἀπολογία,
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).