Words the Bible translates as refuse
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 16 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- apostrephōἀποστρέφωto turn away or turn back: to send a person or thing away from what it was facing, and so to remove it, put it back, or refuse it
- apōtheōἀπωθέωto push something away from yourself: to shove a person off, and so to refuse or cast aside
- ma'asמָאַסto reject: to refuse someone or something as worthless and push it away
+1 more meaning
- to flow away or run: to dissolve and drain off like water or a sore
- avahאָבָהto be willing: to consent and go along with what someone else asks or wants
- ma'enמָאֵןto refuse: to set oneself against doing what is asked, commanded, or offered, and decline to do it
- arneomaiἀρνέομαιto deny: to say no, refusing a claim, disowning a person, or turning down an obligation.
- paraiteomaiπαραιτέομαιto press a personal request in order to get, escape, or turn something away: to ask for, beg off, decline, refuse, or avoid
- apodokimazōἀποδοκιμάζωto look someone or something over, judge it not good enough, and turn it away
- paraפָּרַעto let loose or set free from restraint: to unbind, release, or let go of what was being held in check
+1 more meaning
- to lead, to take the lead (a contested sense resting on a single verse)
- pereshפֶּרֶשׁthe dung of a sacrificial animal: the half-digested contents of its stomach and intestines, the waste discarded when the animal is cut open.
- piggulפִּגּוּלfoul, rejected meat: consecrated or forbidden flesh that has become desecrated and unfit to eat or offer
- skubalonσκύβαλονwhat gets thrown out: the worthless leftovers swept away once the useful part has been taken
- mappalמַפָּלrefusenot studied yet
- ma'osמָאוֹסrefusenot studied yet
- parshedonahפַּרְשְׁדֹנָהrefusenot studied yet
- ramutרָמוּתrefusenot studied yet
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