Dictionary entry

ἀπολογία

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** 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.†