Strong G115ἀθέτησις
nullification
- Transliteration
- athetēsis
- Pronunciation
- ath-et'-ay-sis
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G114; cancellation (literally or figuratively): - disannulling put away.
Detailed definition
ἀθέτησις, -εως, ἡ
(ἀθετέω), [in LXX, usually of unfaithful, rebellious action: 1Ki.24:12 (פֶּשַׁע), Jer.12:1 (בֶּגֶד), Da TH 9:7 (מַעַל), 2Ma.14:28 *;]
a disannulling, setting aside: Heb.7:18 9:26 (for similar usage in π., see Deiss., BS, 228 f.; MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
(ἀθετέω), [in LXX, usually of unfaithful, rebellious action: 1Ki.24:12 (פֶּשַׁע), Jer.12:1 (בֶּגֶד), Da TH 9:7 (מַעַל), 2Ma.14:28 *;]
a disannulling, setting aside: Heb.7:18 9:26 (for similar usage in π., see Deiss., BS, 228 f.; MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G115 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- disannulling1
- put1
First verses
- Hebrews 7:18For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
- Hebrews 9:26For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀθέτ-ησις, ἡ,
a setting aside, abolition, ἁμαρτίας[NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Heb.9.26, compare 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.142)]; 'annulling' of a deed, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PLond.” 2.142.24 (1st c.AD).)]
II rejection (of a spurious passage), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 5.8, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 3.66)]; generally, rejection, opposed to ἐποχή, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 6.9.3.)]
III breach of faith, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 191.24 (_plural_).)]
a setting aside, abolition, ἁμαρτίας[NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Heb.9.26, compare 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.142)]; 'annulling' of a deed, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PLond.” 2.142.24 (1st c.AD).)]
II rejection (of a spurious passage), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 5.8, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 3.66)]; generally, rejection, opposed to ἐποχή, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 6.9.3.)]
III breach of faith, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 191.24 (_plural_).)]