G0647 G0647
certificate of divorce, legal document of marital dissolution
This noun phrase (literally 'of divorce') refers to the written legal document that officially dissolves a marriage. Jesus references the Mosaic provision allowing a man to give his wife a 'certificate of divorce' and send her away (Matt 5:31; 19:7; Mark 10:4). The term appears in discussions about the permissibility and limitations of divorce under the law. It represents the formal, legal dimension of marital separation, contrasting with Jesus's teaching about God's original intent for marriage. The 'certificate' made the divorce official and protected the divorced woman's rights.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Appears exclusively in Jesus's teaching on divorce, referencing the Mosaic provision. Matthew 5:31 mentions the requirement to give a 'certificate of divorce' (ἀποστασίου). Matthew 19:7 and Mark 10:4 record Pharisees asking why Moses commanded giving a 'certificate of divorce' (ἀποστασίου). Jesus responds that this was permitted due to hard hearts but wasn't God's original design. The multilingual terms ('certificado-de-divorcio,' 'certificat-de-divorce') emphasize the legal, documentary nature of this marital dissolution instrument. 3×
AR["طَلَاقٍ", "كِتَابَ-طَلَاقٍ"]·ben["ত্যাগপত্র:", "ত্যাগের", "বিচ্ছেদের"]·DE["ἀποστάσιον", "ἀποστασίου"]·EN["certificate-of-divorce", "of-divorce"]·FR["certificat-de-divorce"]·heb["גֵּט", "כְּרִיתוּת"]·HI["त्यअग-क", "त्याग-का", "त्यागपत्र"]·ID["cerai", "perceraian", "surat-cerai"]·IT["apostasion", "apostasiou"]·jav["layang-pegatan", "pegatan"]·KO["이혼-의", "이혼-증서", "증서-를"]·PT["carta-de-divórcio", "de-divórcio", "de-divórcio,"]·RU["развода", "развода,", "разводную"]·ES["certificado-de-divorcio", "de-divorcio"]·SW["hati-ya-talaka", "na", "ya-talaka"]·TR["boşanma", "boşanma-kâğıdı"]·urd["طلاق-نامہ", "طلاق-کا", "فراق-کا"]
Related Senses
H5971a 1. people, nation (1836×)H5973a 1. accompaniment, together with (956×)H0854 1. with (accompaniment) (665×)H1471a 1. nations, peoples (plural/collective) (466×)G3326 1. with (368×)H1285 1. covenant, pact, treaty (284×)G2453 1. Jewish person, Jew (194×)H4150 1. meeting (tent of meeting) (151×)G2992 1. people/nation (an ethnic or political community) (142×)G4862 1. (129×)G1484 1. Gentiles, non-Jewish nations (128×)H1471a 2. nation, people-group (singular) (98×)H3162b 1. together (97×)H1616 1. sojourner, resident alien (92×)H0567 1. Amorite (people group) (87×)H3064 1. Jew, Jewish person (81×)H3669a 1. Canaanite (ethnic designation) (70×)G1122 1. scribe / expert in the Law (63×)H2114a 1. stranger, foreigner (person) (54×)H5608b 1. scribe, royal secretary (48×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Included with: ἀπο-στᾰσίου δίκη action against a freedman for having forsaken his προστάτης and chosen another, ἀ. ὀφλεῖνRefs 4th c.BC+ __II ἀποστασίου βιβλίον writing or bill of divorce, LXX+NT __III ἀποστασίου συγγραφή deed of cession, conveyance, Refs 3rd c.BC+; ἀντίγραφονίουRefs 2nd c.AD+; with συγγραφή omitted, especially in phrase πρᾶσις καὶ ἀποστασίουRefs 1st c.AD+