ἀθέτησις
athetēsis · setting aside, cancellation
Greek word · Strong’s number G115 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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athetēsis (ἀθέτησις) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “setting aside, cancellation”.
Making something of no effect.
How to say it
a·the·tē·sis
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
- Removing something and voiding it.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Hebrews 7:18
For on the one hand, there is a setting aside of the former commandment because of its weakness and uselessness
- Hebrews 9:26
for then it would have been necessary for him to suffer many times since the foundation of the world; but now once at the end of the ages he has been revealed for the setting aside of sin by his sacrifice.