Gloss
to defend oneself, speak in one's own behalf
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἀπολογέομαι
Greek transliteration
apologeomai
Simplified transliteration
apologeomai
Principal Parts
(ἀπελογούμην), -, ἀπελογησάμην, -, -, ἀπελογήθην
Numbers
Strong's number
626
GK Number
664
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
10
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
cv-1d(2a)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for ἀπολογέομαι
| Luke 12:11 | When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry: How or what words should you use in your defense (apologēsēsthe | ἀπολογήσησθε | aor mid subj 2 pl)? or, What should you say? |
| Luke 21:14 | So determine in your hearts not to rehearse beforehand how to defend (apologēthēnai | ἀπολογηθῆναι | aor pass inf ) yourself, |
| Acts 19:33 | And some of the crowd prompted Alexander, the Jews pushing him forward. And Alexander motioned with his hand and wanted to make (apologeisthai | ἀπολογεῖσθαι | pres mid inf ) a defense to the crowd. |
| Acts 24:10 | And Paul responded, when the governor motioned to him to speak: “Knowing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation, gladly do I make my own defense (apologoumai | ἀπολογοῦμαι | pres mid ind 1 sg) concerning these things. |
| Acts 25:8 | Paul argued in his defense (apologoumenou | ἀπολογουμένου | pres mid ptcp gen sg masc), “Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I committed any offense.” |
| Acts 26:1 | So Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began to make his defense: (apelogeito | ἀπελογεῖτο | imperf mid ind 3 sg) |
| Acts 26:2 | “Regarding all the things of which I am being accused by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate that it is before you that I am about to (apologeisthai | ἀπολογεῖσθαι | pres mid inf ) make (apologeisthai | ἀπολογεῖσθαι | pres mid inf ) my (apologeisthai | ἀπολογεῖσθαι | pres mid inf ) defense (apologeisthai | ἀπολογεῖσθαι | pres mid inf ) today, |
| Acts 26:24 | As (apologoumenou | ἀπολογουμένου | pres mid ptcp gen sg masc) Paul was (apologoumenou | ἀπολογουμένου | pres mid ptcp gen sg masc) saying (apologoumenou | ἀπολογουμένου | pres mid ptcp gen sg masc) these things in (apologoumenou | ἀπολογουμένου | pres mid ptcp gen sg masc) his (apologoumenou | ἀπολογουμένου | pres mid ptcp gen sg masc) defense (apologoumenou | ἀπολογουμένου | pres mid ptcp gen sg masc), Festus said in a loud voice, “You are out of your mind, Paul! Much learning is driving you insane!” |
| Romans 2:15 | They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their conflicting thoughts accusing or else defending (apologoumenōn | ἀπολογουμένων | pres mid ptcp gen pl masc) them, |
| 2 Corinthians 12:19 | Have you been thinking all along that we (apologoumetha | ἀπολογούμεθα | pres mid ind 1 pl) are (apologoumetha | ἀπολογούμεθα | pres mid ind 1 pl) defending (apologoumetha | ἀπολογούμεθα | pres mid ind 1 pl) ourselves (apologoumetha | ἀπολογούμεθα | pres mid ind 1 pl) to you? We are speaking before God as those in Christ; and all that we do, dear friends, is for your upbuilding. |
