G626
ἀπολογέομαι
apologéomai
to give an account (legal plea) of oneself, i.e. exculpate (self)
Lexicon
Derivation: middle voice from a compound of G575 (ἀπό) and G3056 (λόγος);
to give an account (legal plea) of oneself, i.e. exculpate (self)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: answer (for self), make defence, excuse (self), speak for self
Usage
10 occurrences · 0 OT · 10 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- ye shall answer1 · 9%
- what ye shall answer1 · 9%
- have made his defence1 · 9%
- i do1 · 9%
- answer1 · 9%
- while he answered1 · 9%
- and answered for himself1 · 9%
- answer for myself1 · 9%
- spake for himself1 · 9%
- excusing1 · 9%
- we excuse ourselves1 · 9%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
ἀπολογουμένου2ἀπολογεῖσθαι1ἀπολογεῖσθαι·1ἀπολογοῦμαι·1ἀπολογηθῆναι·1ἀπολογούμεθα.1ἀπολογήσησθε1ἀπελογεῖτο·1ἀπολογουμένων,1
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.