ἀποστάσιον.” [1 verse](part sg fut act neut acc) "A writing of divorcement" is apostasion, which is most likely the future participle of the verb, aphesteco, which means "to be absent" or "to be away from." The sense in the Greek here is that divorce is but one step away from adultery. -- This "writing of divorce" is not the a Greek word for "divorce" or "divorce papers." It isn't a noun at all, but a verb meaning "to be absent" or "to be away from." It is in the form of an adjective, "going-to-be-absent" or, since it is used as a noun "a going-to-be-absent" or as we would say in English, a "going to leave you note.". This is the Greek word used in the Septuagint for divorce papers, starting with Deu 24:1.There is even a connection to idolatry, which we will discuss in the next verse.