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ἀθετέω

atheteōto rejectHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentVerb16 occurrences9 books12 verses

Definition

ἀθετέω, -ῶ (τίθημι), [in LXX for seventeen different words, פּשׁע, מרד, בּגד, מעל, etc., often meaning, as 1 Samuel 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 , Galatians 3:16; ἐντολήν , Mark 7:9; νόμον . Hebrews 10:28; πίστιν , 1 Timothy 5:12.

2. to nullify, make void: Luke 7:30 (see Field, Notes, 59), 1 Corinthians 1:19, Galatians 2:21.

3. to reject: Mark 6:26 (Field, op. cit., 30), Luke 10:16, John 12:48, I Th 48, Jude 8 (for exx. in π., see MM, VGT, see word).

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

16 total
  1. Mark 6:26ἀθετῆσαι · to refuse
    The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.
  2. Mark 7:9ἀθετεῖτε · You neatly set aside
    He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.
  3. Luke 7:30ἠθέτησαν · rejected
    But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.
  4. Luke 10:16ἀθετῶν · rejects; ἀθετεῖ · rejects; ἀθετῶν · rejects; ἀθετεῖ · rejects
    Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
  5. John 12:48ἀθετῶν · rejects
    There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
  6. 1 Corinthians 1:19ἀθετήσω · I will frustrate
    For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
  7. Galatians 2:21ἀθετῶ · I do not set aside
    I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
  8. Galatians 3:15ἀθετεῖ · be canceled
    Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.
  9. 1 Thessalonians 4:8ἀθετῶν · who rejects [this command]; ἀθετεῖ · reject
    Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
  10. 1 Timothy 5:12ἠθέτησαν · they are setting aside
    …and thus will incur judgment because they are setting aside their first faith.
  11. Hebrews 10:28ἀθετήσας · rejected
    Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
  12. Jude 1:8ἀθετοῦσιν · reject
    Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.