Quick Definition
ἀπουσία, ας, ἡ n.f. absence
Strong's Definition
a being away
Derivation: from the participle of G548 (ἄπειμι);
KJV Usage: absence
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | εἰμί
85.28 · Existence in Space · Be in a Place
being absent, absence, being away from the state of being absent
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπουσία apousia 1x
absence, Phil. 2:12*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἀπουσία, -ας, ἡ
(< ἄπειμι);
absence (Æsch., Thuc.): Phl 2:12.
deficiency, waste (MM, s.v).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀπουσία. For ἀ. in the NT sense of ‘‘absence” (Phil 213), see P Amh IT. 1355 (early ii/a.D) μὴ ἀμελεῖν μου ἐν ἀπουσίᾳ τοιαύτῃ, “᾿ποΐ to forget me in my long absence,” BGU I. 195%8 (A.D. 161) κατα φ]ρονηθεὶς ἐκ τῆς περὶ [τὴ]ν στρατίαν ἀπουσία [9] pov, 26. 2425 (Commodus) κατὰ τὴν ἐμὴ[ν] ἀπουσίαν, P Gen I. 34 (a.p. 175-80) κατὰ ἀπουσίαν. E:]sewhere it is used in the sense of “‘ waste,” ‘‘ deficiency,” e.g. BGU IV. 1065! (A.D. 97) δώσει ἑκάστου μναϊαίου [ὑπ]ὲρ ἀπουσίας τετάρτην μίαν, P Oxy X. 1273% (a.p. 260—a marriage contract) τ]ὴν τούτων πάντων τρῖψιν Kal ἀπουσίαν εἶναι πρὸς τὸν γαμοῦντα “the responsibility for the wear and loss of all these’’ (Edd.). Cf. the use of the corresponding verb in Artem. I. 78, ὃ δὲ εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ θυγατέρα ἀπουσιάσει, cited by Suidas Zex., where ἀπρεπές is given as a meaning of ἀπόν. ᾿Απουσία was borrowed in Syriac to express a similar sense, as in the Acts of Thomas (iii/A.D.), according to Prof. R. H. Kennett (in a letter). ‘The corresponding Greek (Acta Thomae, ed. Tischendorf, p- 196) has βρῶσιν μηδεμίαν ὅλως ἀπουσίαν ἔχουσαν. But as late as P Oxy IX. 1223 (late iv/a.p.) διὰ τὴν ἀπουσίαν Tov yeovxXov 15 still ‘owing to the absence of the landlord” (Ed.). =I bo
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀπουσία (apousia) — absence. ἀπουσία, ἡ, (ἀπεῖναι) absence, [NT+5th c.BC+]
II. waste, as in smelting ore, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. ={ἀποσπερματισμός}, [Refs 1st c.AD+]