arneomai (to deny)

Meaning

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

How it's translated

denied 5
he denied 4
denying 4
will deny 2
having denied 2
to deny 2
may deny 1
he was denying 1

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

Where it's used most

Luke 4
John 4
Acts 4
Matthew 3
2 Timothy 3
Mark 2

13 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Titus 1:16In contextThey profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Titus 2:12In contextTeaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
2 Peter 2:1In contextBut there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
Jude 1:4In contextFor there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Matthew 10:33But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 26:70But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.

All 30 verses, by book

Matthew 3: 10:33 26:70 26:72
Mark 2: 14:68 14:70
Luke 4: 8:45 9:23 12:9 22:57
John 4: 1:20 13:38 18:25 18:27
Acts 4: 3:13 3:14 4:16 7:35
1 Timothy 1: 5:8
2 Timothy 3: 2:12 2:13 3:5
Titus 2: 1:16 2:12
Hebrews 1: 11:24
2 Peter 1: 2:1
1 John 2: 2:22 2:23
Jude 1: 1:4
Revelation 2: 2:13 3:8

Greek dictionary

ἀρνέομαι arneomai · to deny

ἀρνέομαι -οῦμαι, depon., [in LXX: Gen.18:15 (כָּחַשׁ pi.), Wis.12:27 16:16 17:10, 4Ma.8:7 4Mac 10:15 * ;] 1. to deny, say no, opposite to είπεῖν: absol., Mat.26:70, Luk.8:45; before ἅτι, 1Jn.2:22; with inf., Heb.11:24 2. In late Gk. (MM, see word), with accusative of person(s), to deny, refuse to acknowledge, disown: Act.3:14 7:35; Ἰησοῦν, Mat.10:33, 2Ti.2:12, 1Jn.2:22, Ju 4; ἑαυτόν, Luk.9:23, 2Ti.2:13 (prove false to) 3. C. accusative of thing(s) (in cl. to refuse), to deny, abjure: 1Ti.5:8, Tit.2:12, 2Ti.3:5 (cf. ἀπαρνέομαι) (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

DENY, verb transitive

To contradict; to gainsay; to declare a statement or position not to be true.
To refuse to grant; as, we asked for bread, and the man denied us.
Not to afford; to withhold.
To disown; to refuse or neglect to acknowledge; not to confess.

All definitions

To reject; to disown; not to receive or embrace.“He hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel” 1 Timothy 5:8“DENYing ungodliness and worldly lusts” Titus 2:12
Not to afford or yield.

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