I responded to this most common argument by those who think that the Greek noun apostasia in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 refers to the rapture. I explained that they have to define a noun by its cognate verb meaning. In lexical semantics this is called the cognate fallacy. A word-study error to avoid! It is a […] Related Posts: H. Wayne House’s Inability to Produce a Single… The Greek Noun Apostasia Never Means a ‘Physical-Spatial… The Greek Noun Apostasia Never Means a ‘Physical-Spatial… The post The Greek Noun Apostasia Never Means a ‘Physical-Spatial Departure,’ e.g. the Rapture in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 (Part 3) – Ep. 86 appeared first on ALAN E. KURSCHNER.