Apologia means “clearing of self” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H627 — acuppah (“assembly”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G627 ἀπολογία (apologia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. apologia (ap-ol-og-ee'-ah) n. 1. a plea ("apology") [from a compound of G575 and G3056] It has 9 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include answer, defence, and clearing. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
apologia (ap-ol-og-ee'-ah) n. 1. a plea ("apology") [from a compound of G575 and G3056] KJV: answer (for self), clearing of self, defence Root(s): G575, G3056 See also: G626
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G627. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
defence
Usage: ἀπολογία, -ας, ἡ (ἀπολογέομαι), [in LXX: Wis.6:10 * ;] a speech in defence: Act.25:16, 2Co.7:11, Php.1:7, 16, 2Ti.4:16; with dative of person(s), 1Co.9:3, 1Pe.3:15; before πρός, Act.22:1.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render apologia, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G627 (ἀπολογία) appears 1 time in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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8 indexed usages in New Testament.
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
For they that keep holiness holily shall be judged holy: And they that have learned such things shall find what to answer.
First 9 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G627.
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
For they that keep holiness holily shall be judged holy: And they that have learned such things shall find what to answer.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G627, grouped by book.
Apologia (Strong's G627) is a Greek word most simply glossed "clearing of self". apologia (ap-ol-og-ee'-ah) n. 1. a plea ("apology") [from a compound of G575 and G3056]
This page currently indexes 9 linked usages for Strong's G627 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G627 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as answer, defence, and clearing. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G627, with linked reader references where each row is available.