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Strong's G114 · Greek

ἀθετέω

atheteo · ath-et-eh'-o

from a compound of 1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of 5087; to set aside, i.e. (by implication) to disesteem, neutralize or violate


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἀθετέω (G114)

16 † ἀθετέω , -ῶ ( τίθημι ), [in LXX for seventeen different words, פּשׁע , מרד , בּגד , מעל , etc., often meaning, as I Ki 13:3 (Heb., al.), to revolt ; properly, to make ἄθετον , or do away with what has been laid down (v. DCG , i, 453 f.)]. to set aside, disregard (in Gramm., to reject as spurious ): διαθήκην , Ga 3:16 ; ἐντολήν , Mk 7:9 ; νόμον , He 10:28 ; πίστιν , I Ti 5:12 . to nullify, make void : Lk 7:30 (v. Field, Notes , 59), I Co 1:19 , Ga 2:21 . to reject : Mk 6:26 (Field, op. cit., 30), Lk 10:16 , Jo 12:48 , I Th 4:8 , Ju 8 (for exx. in π. , v. MM, VGT , s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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