Words the Bible translates as reject
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 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
- atheteōἀθετέωto set aside what has been established, treating as void something that was meant to stand: to nullify it, reject it, or break faith with 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
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- to flow away or run: to dissolve and drain off like water or a sore
- paraiteomaiπαραιτέομαιto press a personal request in order to get, escape, or turn something away: to ask for, beg off, decline, refuse, or avoid
- zanaḥזָנַחto reject: to cast off decisively, refusing to keep or accept
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- to become foul: (of standing water) to grow stagnant and rancid
- apodokimazōἀποδοκιμάζωto look someone or something over, judge it not good enough, and turn it away
- exoutheneōἐξουθενέωto count someone or something as worth nothing; to despise as of no account
- ga'alגָּעַלto loathe: to turn against someone or something in deep disgust and push it away
- salahסָלָהto rejectnot studied yet
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