ἀθετέω

ἀθετέω, -ῶ (τίθημι), [in LXX for seventeen different words, פּשׁע, מרד, בּגד, מעל, etc., often meaning, as 1 Sam 13,3 (Heb., al.), to revolt; properly, to make ἄθετον , or do away with what has been laid down (see DCG, i, 453 f.)].

1. to set aside, disregard (in Gramm., to reject as spurious): διαθήκην , Gal 3,16 ἐντολήν , Mark 7,9 νόμον . Hebr 10,28 πίστιν , 1 Tim 5,12,

2. to nullify, make void: Luk 7,30 (see Field, Notes, 59), 1 Kor 1,19, Gal 2,21.

3. to reject: Mark 6,26 (Field, op. cit., 30), Luk 10,16, Joh 12,48, I Th 48, Jud 8 (for exx. in π., see MM, VGT, see word).

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