Reject

Reject - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

REJECT', v.t. [L. rejicio, rejectus, re and jacio, to throw.]

1. To throw away, as any thing useless or vile.

2. To cast off.

Have I rejected those that me ador'd?

3. To cast off; to forsake. Jer 7.

4. To refuse to receive; to slight; to despise.

Because thou has rejected knowledge, I will reject thee. Hosea 4. 1 Sam 15.

5. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.

6. To refuse to accept; as, to reject an offer.

Rejected - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

REJECT'ED, pp. Thrown away; cast off; refused; slighted.

Definition

To “reject” someone or something means to refuse to accept that person or thing.

• The term “reject” can also mean to “refuse to believe in” something.
• To reject God also means to refuse to obey him.
• When the Israelites rejected Moses’ leadership, it means that they were rebelling against his authority. They did not want to obey him.
• The Israelites showed that they were rejecting God when they worshiped false gods.
• The term “push away” is the literal meaning of this word. Other languages may have a similar expression that means to reject or refuse to believe someone or something.

Translation Suggestions

• Depending on the context, the term “reject” could also be translated by “not accept” or “stop helping” or “refuse to obey” or “stop obeying.”
• In the expression “stone that the builders rejected,” the term “rejected” could be translated as “refused to use” or “did not accept” or “threw away” or “got rid of as worthless.”
• In the context of people who rejected God’s commandments, rejected could be translated as “refused to obey” his commands or “stubbornly chose to not accept” God’s laws.

(See also: command, disobey, obey, stiff-necked)

Bible References

• Galatians 4:12-14
• Hosea 4:6-7
• Isaiah 41:9
• John 12:48-50
• Mark 7:9

Word Data

• Strong’s: H0947, H0959, H2186, H2310, H3988, H5006, H5034, H5186, H5203, H5307, H5541, H5800, G01140, G04830, G05500, G05790, G05800, G05930, G06830, G07200, G16090, G38680