Quick Definition
ἀπολογία, ας, ἡ n.f. a verbal defense
Strong's Definition
from the same as 626; a plea ("apology")
KJV Usage: answer (for self), clearing of self, defence
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | λέγω
33.435 · Communication · Defend, Excuse
to defend oneself to speak on behalf of oneself or of others against accusations presumed to be false
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπολογία, -as, 7}, (See απολογέομαι), verbal defence, speech in defence: Acts xxv. 16; 2 Co. vii. 11; Phil. i. 7, 17 (16); 2 Tim. iv. 16; with a dat. of the pers. who is to hear the defence, to whom one labors to excuse or to make good his cause: 1 Co. ix. 3; 1 Pet. ili. 15; in the same sense ἡ ἀπολ. ἡ πρός Twa, Acts xxii. 1, (Xen. mem. 4, 8, 5).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπολογία apologia 8x
a verbal defence, Acts 22:1; 25:16
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀπολογία, -ας, ἡ
(< ἀπολογέομαι), [in LXX: Wi 6:10*;]
a speech in defence: Ac 25:16, II Co 7:11, Phl 1:7, 16, II Ti 4:16; c. dat. pers., I Co 9:3, I Pe 3:15; seq. πρός, Ac 22:1.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀπολογία. P Tor I. 1}.1 (8.6. 116) (= Chrest. IL. p. 36) τὴν δ᾽ αὐτὴν ἀπολογίαν ἔχειν, BGU 11. 531% 24 (ii/a.b.) ἀπέχεις οὖν τὴν ἀπολογίαν, P Lips I. 5815 (a.p. 371) αὐτὰ τὰ ἐν[τ]άγια πρὸς ἀπολογίαν ἐπὶ τοῦ δικαστηρίω (= tov), and for ἀπολογισμός in a weakened sense, P Oxy II. 2973 (Α.Ὁ. 54) καλῶς ποιήσεις γράψεις διὰ πιττακίων τὸν ἀπολογισμὸν τῶν [πἸρ[ο]βάτων, ““Κίπα!ν write me in a note the record of the sheep” (Edd.). ᾿Απολογία occurs several times in Vettius Valens.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀπολογία (apologia) — defence. ἀπολογ-ία, ἡ, speech in defence, opposed to κατηγορία, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι to make a defence, [NT+5th c.BC+]; explanation by πληροφορία, [Refs 5th c.AD+]