apōtheomai · reject, push away

What it means

apōtheomai (ἀπωθέομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “reject, push away”.

Push away, reject, thrust aside.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Thrust away from oneself, as with a shove.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• rejected ×3
• pushed away ×1
• they pushed him away ×1
• you reject ×1

Where it appears

• Acts×3
• Romans×2
• 1 Timothy×1

• Acts 7:27

  But the one who was wronging his neighbor pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge over us?

• Acts 7:39

  Our fathers were not willing to be obedient to him, but they pushed him away and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

• Acts 13:46

  And Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you reject it and judge yourselves not worthy of eternal life, look, we are turning to the nations.

• Romans 11:1

  I say then, God has not rejected his people, has he? By no means! For I too am an Israelite, of the offspring of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

• Romans 11:2

  God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

• 1 Timothy 1:19

  holding faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.