ἀθετέωathetéō
to set aside, i.e. (by implication) to disesteem, neutralize or violate
Greek (New Testament) · G114
Meanings
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, 1 Corinthians 1:19, Galatians 2:21.
3. to reject: Mark 6:26, Luke 10:16, John 12:48, 1 Thessalonians 4:8, Jude 1:8.
Same root
- ΑA · G1the first letter of the alphabet; figuratively, only (from its use as a numeral) the first:
- τίθημιtíthēmi · G5087to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from G2476 (ἵστημι), which properly denotes an upright and active position, while G2749 (κεῖμαι) is properly reflexive and utterly prostrate)
- ἀθέτησιςathétēsis · G115cancellation (literally or figuratively)
Where it appears
Appears 16 times in the Bible.
- Mark 6:26 Then the king deeply regretted what he had said; but because of the vows he had made in front of his guests, he couldn’t refuse her.
- Mark 7:9 Then he said, “You skillfully sidestep God’s law in order to hold on to your own tradition.
- Luke 7:30 But the Pharisees and experts in religious law rejected God’s plan for them, for they had refused John’s baptism.
- Luke 10:16 Then he said to the disciples, “Anyone who accepts your message is also accepting me. And anyone who rejects you is rejecting me. And anyone who rejects me is rejecting God, who sent me.”
- John 12:48 But all who reject me and my message will be judged on the day of judgment by the truth I have spoken.
- 1 Corinthians 1:19 As the Scriptures say, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.