To reject
ἀπωθέωStrong’s G0683apōtheō
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Apōtheō is the Greek word usually translated “did reject”, “pushed away” and “thrust away”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:”
Meaning
Usually translated “did reject”, “pushed away” and “thrust away”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- did reject 2
- pushed away 1
- they thrust away 1
- you thrust away 1
- having cast away 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
- Romans 2
- 1 Timothy 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 7:27But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
- Acts 7:39To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
- Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
- Romans 11:1I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
- Romans 11:2God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
Greek dictionary
ἀπωθέω apōtheō · to reject
ἀπ-ωθέω, -ῶ [in LXX for זָנַח, מָאַס, etc. ;] to thrust away. Mid., to thrust away from oneself, refuse, reject: with accusative of person(s) (MM, see word), Act.7:27, 39 13:46, Rom.11:1-2, 1Ti.1:19.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.