Strong G208ἀκυρόω

to nullify

Transliteration
akuroō
Pronunciation
ak-oo-ro'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G1 (as a negative particle) and G2964; to invalidate: - disannul make of none effect.

Detailed definition

ἀκυρόω, -ῶ
(κῦρος, authority), [in LXX: 1Es.6:32 Est.6:1-34, 2Ma.6:1-31 *;]
to revoke, invalidate (MM, VGT, see word): Mat.15:6, Mrk.7:13, Gal.3:17 (Plut.).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G208 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • effect2
  • make2
  • disannul1

First verses

  1. Matthew 15:6
    And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
  2. Mark 7:13
    Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
  3. Galatians 3:17
    And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀκῡρόω,
cancel, set aside, ψήφισμα, δόγμα, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.63, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.24; ὀφειλήματα “SIG” 742.30 (_passive_, Ephesus),compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.4.10)] (passive, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.72, “BGU” 1053 ii 14 (1st c.BC).)]
2 set at naught, treat as of no effect, [LXX+NT+1st c.AD+ (LXX.1Esd.6.32; λόγον θεοῦ NT.Matt.15.6, compare 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 18.8.8.)]
2.b reject, deny the validity of, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 30.)]
3 metaphorically, render powerless, τῷ λογισμῷ τὸν τῶν παθῶν οἶστρον[LXX (LXX.4Mac.2.3.)]