aparneomai · deny, disown

What it means

aparneomai (ἀπαρνέομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “deny, disown”.

Deny utterly, disown. To "deny oneself" is to stop living for oneself.

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. To say you don't know someone; or stop living for yourself.

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

How it is translated

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

• deny ×5
• you will deny ×4
• will be denied ×1
• you have denied ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• Mark×4
• Luke×3

• Matthew 16:24

  Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

• Matthew 26:34

  Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you that on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”

• Matthew 26:35

  Peter says to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all the disciples said likewise.

• Matthew 26:75

  And Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.

• Mark 8:34

  And summoning the crowd with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

• Mark 14:30

  And Jesus says to him, “Truly I tell you that you today, this night, before the rooster crows twice, will deny me three times.”

• Mark 14:31

  But he kept saying emphatically, “If I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all were also saying the same.

• Mark 14:72

  And at once a second time a rooster crowed. And Peter remembered the word, how Jesus had said to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And breaking down, he was weeping.

• Luke 12:9

  but the one who denies me before people will be denied before the angels of God.

• Luke 22:34

  And he said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know me.”

• Luke 22:61

  And the Lord turned and looked at Peter; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.”