Atheteō ἀθετέω

Atheteō (Greek ἀθετέω, Strong's G114) is a Greek verb meaning “to reject”. It occurs 16 times in 12 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Atheteō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Mark

• Mark 6:26
  And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.
• Mark 7:9
  And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.

Luke

• Luke 7:30
  But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.
• Luke 10:16
  He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

John

• John 12:48
  He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 1:19
  For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”

Galatians

• Galatians 2:21
  I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.
• Galatians 3:15
  Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.

1 Thessalonians

• 1 Thessalonians 4:8
  He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.

1 Timothy

• 1 Timothy 5:12
  Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.and thus will incur judgment because they are setting aside their first faith.

Hebrews

• Hebrews 10:28
  He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Jude

• Jude 1:8
  Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).