ἀθετέω atheteō

Greek word for “to reject” · Strong’s G114 · used 16 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

ἀθετέω, -ῶ (τίθημι).;

How it is translated

Glosses given for atheteō in context, with how often each is used:

• rejecting 3
• rejects 2
• refuse 1
• do you set aside 1
• rejected 1
• will frustrate 1
• do set aside 1
• sets aside 1
• rejecting this 1
• disregards 1
• have cast off 1
• having set aside 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Mark 6 (1), Mark 7 (1), Luke 7 (1), Luke 10 (1), John 12 (1), 1 Corinthians 1 (1), Galatians 2 (1), Galatians 3 (1), 1 Thessalonians 4 (1), 1 Timothy 5 (1)

Forms

• ἀθετῶν 4
• ἀθετεῖ 4
• ἠθέτησαν 2
• ἀθετῆσαι 1
• ἀθετεῖτε 1
• ἀθετήσω 1
• ἀθετῶ 1
• ἀθετήσας 1
• ἀθετοῦσιν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with atheteō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀποθνήσκω apothnēskō “to die” 2
• νόμος nomos “law” 2
• ἤ ē “or” 2

Key verses

The verses using atheteō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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.
• Mark 7:9 — And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
• Luke 7:30 — But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Galatians 2:21 — I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
• 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.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:8 — He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
• 1 Timothy 5:12 — Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
• Hebrews 10:28 — He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
• Jude 1:8 — Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.