To nullify
ἀκυρόωStrong’s G0208akuroō
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Akuroō is the Greek word usually translated “made void”, “making void” and “does annul”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “made void”, “making void” and “does annul”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- you made void 1
- making void 1
- does annul 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- Galatians 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 7:13Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
- Galatians 3:17And 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.
Greek dictionary
ἀκυρόω akuroō · to nullify
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “nullify” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NUL'LIFY, verb transitive
[Latin none, and to make.]
To annul; to make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force or efficacy.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.