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To renounce

ἀπεῖπονStrong’s G0550

apeipon

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Apeipon is the Greek word usually translated “we have renounced”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.”
2 Corinthians 4:2 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “we have renounced”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • we have renounced 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Corinthians 1

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture
    Greek dictionary

    ἀπεῖπον apeipon · to renounce

    ἀπ-εῖπον, 2 aor. without present in use [in LXX for מָאַס, אָמַר, etc. ;] 1. to tell out. 2. to forbid (3Ki.11:2). 3. to renounce: 1 aor. mid. (WH, App., 164; MM, VGT, see word), 2Co.4:2.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “renounce” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    RENOUNCE, verb transitive

    renouns'. [Latin renuncio; re and nuncio, to declare, from the root of nomen, name.]

    1. To disown; to disclaim; to reject; as a title or claim; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to; as, to renounce a title to land or a claim to reward; to renounce all pretensions to applause.
    2. To deny; to cast off; to reject; to disclaim; as an obligation or duty; as, to renounce allegiance.
    3. To cast off or reject, as a connection or possession; to forsake; as, to renounce the world and all its cares.“We have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty” 2 Corinthians 4:2
    All definitions and other forms of “renounce”

      RENOUNCE, verb intransitive

      renouns'. To declare a renunciation.

        RENOUNCE, noun

        renouns'. The declining to follow suit, when it can be done.

          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.