114. atheteó

Strong's Lexicon

atheteó: To reject, to nullify, to set aside, to disregard

Original Word: ἀθετέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: atheteó
Pronunciation: ath-et-eh'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (ath-et-eh'-o)
Definition: To reject, to nullify, to set aside, to disregard
Meaning: I annul, make of no effect, set aside, ignore, slight; I break faith with.

Word Origin: From the Greek prefix ἀ- (a-, "not") and τίθημι (tithēmi, "to place, set"), meaning "to set aside" or "to nullify."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often involves terms like מָאַס (ma'as, "to reject") or פָּרַר (parar, "to break, frustrate"), which convey similar meanings of rejection or nullification.

Usage: The verb ἀθετέω (atheteó) is used in the New Testament to convey the act of rejecting or nullifying something, often with a sense of disregarding or setting aside established norms, covenants, or commands. It implies a deliberate decision to invalidate or dismiss something that is considered authoritative or binding.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of rejecting or nullifying agreements, laws, or traditions was significant, as it often involved legal and social implications. In the context of the New Testament, ἀθετέω is used to describe actions that go against divine commands or covenants, reflecting a serious breach of faith or duty. The term underscores the gravity of rejecting God's word or authority, which was a critical issue in the early Christian communities as they navigated their identity in relation to Jewish law and Roman society.

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114 athetéō (literally, a-thetos, "un-place") – properly, do away with; reject what is already laid down; to set aside (disregard as spurious); nullify, make void; to break faith (Abbott-Smith); remove out of an appointed (proper) place, i.e. reject as invalid; refuse to respect (even "despise"); to cancel, disannul, abrogate (passive, "be set aside" because perceived to lack value); to disregard, pass over (refuse to acknowledge).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from athetos (without position or place); from alpha (as a neg. prefix) and tithémi
Definition
to do away with what has been laid down, set aside
NASB Translation
nullify (1), refuse (1), reject (1), rejected (1), rejects (6), rejecting (1), set aside (3), sets...aside (1), setting aside (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 114: ἀθετέω

ἀθετέω, (ῶ; future ἀθετήσω; 1 aorist ἠθέτησα; a word met with first (yet very often) in the Sept. and Polybius;

a. properly, to render ἄθετον; do away with θετόν τί, i. e. something laid down, prescribed, established: διαθήκην, Galatians 3:15 (1 Macc. 11:36; 2 Macc. 13:25, etc.); according to the context, 'to act toward anything as though it were annulled'; hence, to deprive a law of force by opinions or acts opposed to it, to transgress it, Mark 7:9; Hebrews 10:28 (Ezekiel 22:26); πίστιν, to break one's promise or engagement, 1 Timothy 5:12; (Polybius 8, 2, 5; 11, 29, 3, others; Diodorus excerpt. (i. e.de virt. et vit.), p. 562, 67). Hence,

b. to thwart the efficacy of anything, nullify, make void?, frustrate: τήν βουλήν τοῦ Θεοῦ, Luke 7:30 (they rendered inefficacious the saving purpose of God); τήν συνέσω to render prudent plans of no effect, 1 Corinthians 1:19 (Isaiah 29:14 (where κρύψω, yet cf. Bos's note)).

c. to reject, refuse, slight; τήν χάριν τοῦ Θεοῦ, Galatians 2:21 (others refer this to b.); of persons: Mark 6:26 (by breaking the promise given her); Luke 10:16; John 12:48; 1 Thessalonians 4:8; Jude 1:8 (for which καταφρόνειν is used in the parallel passage 2 Peter 2:10). (For examples of the use of this word see Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

cast off, despise, bring to nought, reject.

From a compound of a (as a negative particle) and a derivative of tithemi; to set aside, i.e. (by implication) to disesteem, neutralize or violate -- cast off, despise, disannul, frustrate, bring to nought, reject.

see GREEK a

see GREEK tithemi

Forms and Transliterations

αθετει αθετεί άθετει ἀθετεῖ αθετειτε αθετείτε ἀθετεῖτε αθετηθή αθετήματα αθετησαι αθετήσαι ἀθετῆσαι αθετησας αθετήσας ἀθετήσας αθετήσει αθετήσεις αθετησω αθετήσω ἀθετήσω αθετήσωσι αθετούντες αθετούντων αθετούσι αθετουσιν αθετούσιν ἀθετοῦσιν αθετω αθετώ ἀθετῶ αθετων αθετών άθετων ἀθετῶν ηθετήκασιν ηθετημένην ηθετησαν ηθέτησαν ηθέτησάν ἠθέτησαν ηθέτησας ηθέτησε ηθέτησεν ηθέτουν athetei atheteî atheteite atheteîte athetesai athetêsai athetēsai athetē̂sai athetesas athetēsas athetḗsas atheteso athetēsō athetḗso athetḗsō atheto athetô athetō athetō̂ atheton athetôn athetōn athetō̂n athetousin athetoûsin ethetesan ethétesan ēthetēsan ēthétēsan

Englishman's Concordance

Mark 6:26 V-ANA
GRK: οὐκ ἠθέλησεν ἀθετῆσαι αὐτήν
NAS: he was unwilling to refuse her.
KJV: he would not reject her.
INT: not would he reject her

Mark 7:9 V-PIA-2P
GRK: αὐτοῖς Καλῶς ἀθετεῖτε τὴν ἐντολὴν
NAS: to them, You are experts at setting aside the commandment
KJV: Full well ye reject the commandment
INT: to them Well do you set aside the commandment

Luke 7:30 V-AIA-3P
GRK: τοῦ θεοῦ ἠθέτησαν εἰς ἑαυτούς
NAS: and the lawyers rejected God's
KJV: lawyers rejected the counsel
INT: of God rejected as to themselves

Luke 10:16 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: καὶ ὁ ἀθετῶν ὑμᾶς ἐμὲ
NAS: to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects
KJV: and he that despiseth you
INT: and he that rejects you me

Luke 10:16 V-PIA-3S
GRK: ὑμᾶς ἐμὲ ἀθετεῖ ὁ δὲ
NAS: to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects
KJV: you despiseth me;
INT: you me rejects he that moreover

Luke 10:16 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: δὲ ἐμὲ ἀθετῶν ἀθετεῖ τὸν
NAS: you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects
KJV: me; and he that despiseth me despiseth
INT: moreover me rejects rejects the [one]

Luke 10:16 V-PIA-3S
GRK: ἐμὲ ἀθετῶν ἀθετεῖ τὸν ἀποστείλαντά
NAS: Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent
KJV: me despiseth him that sent
INT: me rejects rejects the [one] having sent

John 12:48 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: ὁ ἀθετῶν ἐμὲ καὶ
NAS: He who rejects Me and does not receive
KJV: He that rejecteth me, and
INT: He that rejects me and

1 Corinthians 1:19 V-FIA-1S
GRK: τῶν συνετῶν ἀθετήσω
NAS: OF THE CLEVER I WILL SET ASIDE.
KJV: and will bring to nothing the understanding
INT: of the intelligent ones I will frustrate

Galatians 2:21 V-PIA-1S
GRK: Οὐκ ἀθετῶ τὴν χάριν
NAS: I do not nullify the grace of God,
KJV: I do not frustrate the grace of God:
INT: not I do set aside the grace

Galatians 3:15 V-PIA-3S
GRK: διαθήκην οὐδεὶς ἀθετεῖ ἢ ἐπιδιατάσσεται
NAS: no one sets it aside or
KJV: no man disannulleth, or
INT: covenant no on sets aside or adds thereto

1 Thessalonians 4:8 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: τοιγαροῦν ὁ ἀθετῶν οὐκ ἄνθρωπον
NAS: So, he who rejects [this] is not rejecting
KJV: He therefore that despiseth, despiseth
INT: So then he that sets aside not man

1 Thessalonians 4:8 V-PIA-3S
GRK: οὐκ ἄνθρωπον ἀθετεῖ ἀλλὰ τὸν
NAS: he who rejects [this] is not rejecting man
KJV: that despiseth, despiseth not
INT: not man sets aside but

1 Timothy 5:12 V-AIA-3P
GRK: πρώτην πίστιν ἠθέτησαν
NAS: because they have set aside their previous
KJV: because they have cast off their first
INT: first faith they cast off

Hebrews 10:28 V-APA-NMS
GRK: ἀθετήσας τις νόμον
NAS: Anyone who has set aside the Law
KJV: He that despised Moses' law
INT: Having set aside anyone [the] law

Jude 1:8 V-PIA-3P
GRK: κυριότητα δὲ ἀθετοῦσιν δόξας δὲ
NAS: the flesh, and reject authority,
KJV: the flesh, despise dominion, and
INT: authority moreover set aside of glories moreover

Strong's Greek 114
16 Occurrences

ἀθετῆσαι — 1 Occ.
ἀθετήσας — 1 Occ.
ἀθετήσω — 1 Occ.
ἀθετεῖ — 4 Occ.
ἀθετεῖτε — 1 Occ.
ἀθετῶ — 1 Occ.
ἀθετῶν — 4 Occ.
ἀθετοῦσιν — 1 Occ.
ἠθέτησαν — 2 Occ.