Apobolḗ — G580

Definition

feminine noun

rejection; figuratively, loss

1. rejection, repudiation (ἀποβάλλεσθαι to throw away from oneself, cast off, repudiate)
2. a losing, loss (from ἀποβάλλω in the sense of lose)

Usually translated as

loss, casting away

Origin

from G577

• apobállō (G577)

Occurrences

Apobolḗ occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (1), Romans (1)

• Acts 27:22 — And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss (ἀποβολὴ) of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.
• Romans 11:15 — For if the casting away (ἀποβολὴ) of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?