Strong G683ἀπωθέω
to reject
- Transliteration
- apōtheomai apōthomai
- Pronunciation
- ap-o-theh'-om-ahee ap-o'-thom-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G575 and the middle voice of ὠθέω ōtheō or ὤθω ōthō (to shove); to push off figuratively to reject: - cast away put away (from) thrust way (from).
Detailed definition
ἀπ-ωθέω, -ῶ
[in LXX for זָנַח, מָאַס, etc.;]
to thrust away. Mid., to thrust away from oneself, refuse, reject: with accusative of person(s) (MM, see word), Act.7:27, 39 13:46, Rom.11:1-2, 1Ti.1:19.†
(AS)
[in LXX for זָנַח, מָאַס, etc.;]
to thrust away. Mid., to thrust away from oneself, refuse, reject: with accusative of person(s) (MM, see word), Act.7:27, 39 13:46, Rom.11:1-2, 1Ti.1:19.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G683 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- thrust2
- cast2
- hath2
- put2
- away1
- them1
- you1
First verses
- Acts 7:27But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
- Acts 7:39To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
- Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
- Romans 11:1I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
- Romans 11:2God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
- 1 Timothy 1:19Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀπωθέω,
future infinitive ἀπωσέμεν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.367)]: aorist ἀπέωσα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.81, ἀπῶσα)] probably corrupt in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 479)]:—middle, future ἀπεώσομαι[LXX (LXX.2Ki.21.14)]: aorist ἀπωσάμην[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below), ἀπεωσάμην 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.32, etc., ἀπωθησάμην 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 38.28 codices:)]perfect ἀπῶσμαι· ἀπώθησα, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)], infinitive ἀπεῶσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.39)]:—passive, perfect participle ἀπωσμένος[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.33)] W.:—thrust away, push back, ὤϊξε πύλας καὶ ἀπῶσεν ὀχῆας[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.446, compare 21.537)]; ἀ. ἐπάλξεις pushed them off the wall, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.23)]:—middle, thrust away from oneself, χερσὶν ἀπώσασθαι λίθον[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.305)]; ἀπώσατο ἦκα γέροντα pushed him gently away, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.508; αἱ χεῖρες τὸ τόξον -οῦνταί τε καὶ προσέλκονται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 439b.)]
2 drive away, ἠέρα μὲν σκέδασεν καὶ ἀπῶσεν ὀμίχλην [Ζεύς] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.649)]; of the wind, beat from one's course, Βορέης ἀπέωσε[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.81)] (so in middle, σφέας κεῖθεν ἀπώσατο ἲς ἀνέμοιο[Refs (13.276).)]
3 with genitive, εἴ κέ μιν οὐδοῦ ἀπώσομεν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (22.76, compare 2.130; γῆς ἀπῶσαί [με] πατρίδος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 641)]:—middle, thrust from oneself, drive away, μνηστῆρας ἀπώσεαι ἐκ μεγάροιο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.270)]:—passive, to be expelled, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.173; ἀπωθοῦμαι δόμων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 450; γῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 670.)]
4 thrust aside, spurn, [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 446, +others)]:—passive, τὸν δῆμον πρότερον ἀπωσμένον pushed aside, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.69.)]
5 repel, drive back, in middle, Τρῶας ἀπώσασθαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.206; νεῖκος ἀπωσαμένους 12.276; ἀπώσασθαι κακὰ νηῶν 15.503; νηῶν μὲν ἀπωσάμενοι δήϊον πῦρ 16.301; πένθος 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 9.10; νοῦσον “Anthologia Graeca” 6.190 (1st c.AD: Gaetulicus, Cn. Lentulus Epigrammaticus))]:— also in Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.4.6, etc.: with double _accusative_, τὴν ναυμαχίαν ἀπεωσάμεθα Κορινθίους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.32.)]
6 in middle, reject, τὸ ἀργύριον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.199; τὸν αὐλόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 216(Lyric poetry); φιλότητα [prev. author] “Ph.” 1122(Lyric poetry); τὰς σπονδάς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.22; τὰ ἐξ ἀδικίας κέρδη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 366a)]; ἀ. πόνους decline them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 789)]; τὴν δουλοσύνην shake off slavery, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.95)]; ὕπνον shake off sleep, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 571c)]: absolutely, refuse, ποιήσω κοὐκ ἀπώσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1249.)]
future infinitive ἀπωσέμεν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.367)]: aorist ἀπέωσα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.81, ἀπῶσα)] probably corrupt in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 479)]:—middle, future ἀπεώσομαι[LXX (LXX.2Ki.21.14)]: aorist ἀπωσάμην[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below), ἀπεωσάμην 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.32, etc., ἀπωθησάμην 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 38.28 codices:)]perfect ἀπῶσμαι· ἀπώθησα, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)], infinitive ἀπεῶσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.39)]:—passive, perfect participle ἀπωσμένος[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.33)] W.:—thrust away, push back, ὤϊξε πύλας καὶ ἀπῶσεν ὀχῆας[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.446, compare 21.537)]; ἀ. ἐπάλξεις pushed them off the wall, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.23)]:—middle, thrust away from oneself, χερσὶν ἀπώσασθαι λίθον[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.305)]; ἀπώσατο ἦκα γέροντα pushed him gently away, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.508; αἱ χεῖρες τὸ τόξον -οῦνταί τε καὶ προσέλκονται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 439b.)]
2 drive away, ἠέρα μὲν σκέδασεν καὶ ἀπῶσεν ὀμίχλην [Ζεύς] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.649)]; of the wind, beat from one's course, Βορέης ἀπέωσε[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.81)] (so in middle, σφέας κεῖθεν ἀπώσατο ἲς ἀνέμοιο[Refs (13.276).)]
3 with genitive, εἴ κέ μιν οὐδοῦ ἀπώσομεν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (22.76, compare 2.130; γῆς ἀπῶσαί [με] πατρίδος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 641)]:—middle, thrust from oneself, drive away, μνηστῆρας ἀπώσεαι ἐκ μεγάροιο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.270)]:—passive, to be expelled, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.173; ἀπωθοῦμαι δόμων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 450; γῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 670.)]
4 thrust aside, spurn, [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 446, +others)]:—passive, τὸν δῆμον πρότερον ἀπωσμένον pushed aside, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.69.)]
5 repel, drive back, in middle, Τρῶας ἀπώσασθαι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.206; νεῖκος ἀπωσαμένους 12.276; ἀπώσασθαι κακὰ νηῶν 15.503; νηῶν μὲν ἀπωσάμενοι δήϊον πῦρ 16.301; πένθος 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 9.10; νοῦσον “Anthologia Graeca” 6.190 (1st c.AD: Gaetulicus, Cn. Lentulus Epigrammaticus))]:— also in Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.4.6, etc.: with double _accusative_, τὴν ναυμαχίαν ἀπεωσάμεθα Κορινθίους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.32.)]
6 in middle, reject, τὸ ἀργύριον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.199; τὸν αὐλόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 216(Lyric poetry); φιλότητα [prev. author] “Ph.” 1122(Lyric poetry); τὰς σπονδάς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.22; τὰ ἐξ ἀδικίας κέρδη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 366a)]; ἀ. πόνους decline them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 789)]; τὴν δουλοσύνην shake off slavery, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.95)]; ὕπνον shake off sleep, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 571c)]: absolutely, refuse, ποιήσω κοὐκ ἀπώσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1249.)]