Quick Definition
ἀποβολή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. a casting away, rejection, loss
Strong's Definition
from 577; rejection; figuratively, loss
KJV Usage: casting away, loss
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ῆς | βάλλω
34.38 · Association · Belong To, Be Included in the Membership of, Be Excluded From
rejection, elimination the removal of someone from a particular association In rendering this clause in ROM 11:15, it may be necessary to indicate more specifically the participants and the implied relationships, for example, ‘for if their being rejected meant that people in general were reconciled to God.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-βολή, -ῆς, ἡ, @ throwing away; 1. rejection, repudiation, (ἀποβάλλεσθαι to throw away from one’s self, cast uff, repudiate) : Ro. xi. 15 (opp. to πρόσλημψις αὐτῶν, objec. gen.). 2. a losing, loss, (fr. ἀποβάλλω in the sense of lose): Acts xxvii. 22 ἀποβολὴ ψυχῆς οὐδεμία ἔσται ἐξ ὑμῶν no one of you shall lose his life [W. § 67, 1. 6.1. (Plat., Plut., al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀποβολή apobolē 2x
a casting off; rejection, reprobation, Rom. 11:15; loss, deprivation, of life, etc., Acts 27:22*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἀπο-βολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< ἀποβάλλω);
a throwing away, rejection: opp. to πρόσλημψις, Ro 11:15.
a losing, loss: Ac 27:22.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀποβολή (apobolē) — deprivation. ἀποβολ-ή, ῆς, ἡ, throwing away, e.g. ὅπλων [prev. work = 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges”] 943ef; jettison, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; in Grammars, dropping of a letter, etc., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. loss, opposed to κτῆσις, χρημάτων[Refs 5th c.BC+]
