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Strong G114ἀθετέω

to reject

Transliteration
atheteō
Pronunciation
ath-et-eh'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From a compound of G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G5087; to set aside that is (by implication) to disesteem neutralize or violate: - cast off despise disannul frustrate bring to nought reject.

Detailed definition

ἀθετέω, -ῶ (τίθημι), [in LXX for seventeen different words, פּשׁע, מרד, בּגד, מעל, etc., often meaning, as 1Ki.13:3 (Heb., al.), to revolt; properly, to make ἄθετον , or do away with what has been laid down (see DCG, i, 453 f.)].

1. to set aside, disregard (in Gramm., to reject as spurious): διαθήκην , Gal.3:16; ἐντολήν , Mrk.7:9; νόμον . Heb.10:28; πίστιν , 1Ti.5:12.

2. to nullify, make void: Luk.7:30 (see Field, Notes, 59), 1Co.1:19, Gal.2:21.

3. to reject: Mrk.6:26 (Field, op. cit., 30), Lk 10:16, Jhn.12:48, I Th 48, Ju 8 (for exx. in π., see MM, VGT, see word).
† (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G114 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • reject3
  • despiseth2
  • despise2
  • bring1
  • cast1
  • disannulleth1
  • do1
  • frustrate1
  • he1
  • rejecteth1

First verses

  1. Mark 6:26
    And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
  2. Mark 7:9
    And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
  3. Luke 7:30
    But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
  4. Luke 10:16
    He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
  5. John 12:48
    He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
  6. 1 Corinthians 1:19
    For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
  7. Galatians 2:21
    I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
  8. Galatians 3:15
    Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
  9. 1 Thessalonians 4:8
    He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
  10. 1 Timothy 5:12
    Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
  11. Hebrews 10:28
    He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
  12. Jude 1:8
    Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀθετ-έω, ἄθετος
) set at naught a treaty, promise, etc., πίστιν[NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.36.5; θυσίαν LXX.1Ki.2.17; διαθήκην NT.Gal.3.15; θεόν NT.1Thes. 4.8; σύμφωνον “OGI” 444.18 (from Ilium))]; deny, disprove, τἀληθές[Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.5 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, compare “Sign.” 37 (_passive_))]:—passive, to be struck off a register, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 74.29 (2nd c.BC))]; to be rejected, of a petition, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“POxy.” 1120.8(iii 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus D))]:—Astrology texts, cancel, render ineffectual, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 115.3, compare 105.8 (_passive_).)]
2 with dative, refuse one's assent, τοῖς ὑπὸ Τιμαίου εἰρημένοις[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.14.6.)]
3 deal treacherously with, break faith with, τινά[NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.36.10, LXX.Isa.1.2, NT.Mark.6.26; εἴς τινα LXX.1Ki.12.19; ἐν Ἰσραήλ LXX.4Ki.1.1: _absolutely_, “IG” 12(5).129 (from Paros).)]
II Grammars, reject as spurious, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Dinarcho” 9, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.34, etc.)]
III absolutely, to be unsuitable, unfit, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 1 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]