To reject

Usually translated “rejected” and “was rejected”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• rejected 5
• to be rejected 3
• he was rejected 1

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

• Luke 3
• Mark 2
• 1 Peter 2
• Matthew 1
• Hebrews 1

5 books in all.

• To reject (maas)
• To reject (zanach)
• To reject (atheteō)
• To reject (exoutheneō)

• Mark 8:31And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
• Mark 12:10And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
• Luke 9:22Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
• Luke 17:25But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
• Luke 20:17And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
• Hebrews 12:17For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

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

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

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.