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Strong's G114 ἀθετέω (atheteo)

Atheteo means “set aside” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H114 — addon in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G114
Language Greek
Linked Usages 65
Books 28

Strong's G114 Quick Answer

Strong's G114 ἀθετέω (atheteo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. atheteo (ath-et-eh'-o) v. 1. to set aside 2. (by implication) to disesteem, neutralize or violate It has 65 linked Bible usages across 28 books. Visible English usage signals include cast. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
atheteo (ath-et-eh'-o) v. 1. to set aside 2. (by implication) to disesteem, neutralize or violate
Usage
65 linked usages
Books
28 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
cast

Meaning and Definition

atheteo (ath-et-eh'-o) v. 1. to set aside 2. (by implication) to disesteem, neutralize or violate [from a compound of G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G5087] KJV: cast off, despise, disannul, frustrate, bring to nought, reject Root(s): G1, G5087

Original Word
ἀθετέω
Transliteration
atheteo
Derivation
Root: τίθημι R1: 1 R2: 5087
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G114. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to reject

Usage: ἀθετέω, -ῶ (τίθημι), [in LXX for seventeen different words, פּשׁע, מרד, בּגד, מעל, etc., often meaning, as 1Ki.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 , Mrk.7:9; νόμον . Heb.10:28; πίστιν , 1Ti.5:12. __2. to nullify, make void: Luk.7:30 (see Field, Notes, 59), 1Co.1:19, Gal.2:21. __3. to reject: Mrk.6:26 (Field, op.

cit., 30), Lk 10:16, Jhn.12:48, I Th 48, Ju 8 (for exx. in π., see MM, VGT, see word). † (AS)

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How Strong's G114 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render atheteo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's G114 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 43 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G114 (ἀθετέω) appears 62 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G114 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G114 in the New Testament

12 indexed usages in New Testament.

Mark 6:26 KJV

And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.

Mark 7:9 KJV

And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

Luke 7:30 KJV

But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

Strong's G114 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

43 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 21:8 Septuagint / Brenton

If she be not pleasing to her master, after she has betrothed herself to him, he shall let her go free; but he is not at liberty to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has trifled with her.

Deuteronomy 21:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And it shall be if thou do not delight in her, thou shalt send her out free; and she shall not by any means be sold for money, thou shalt not treat her contemptuously, because thou hast humbled her.

Judges 9:23 Septuagint / Brenton

And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with the house of Abimelech:

Strong's G114 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

10 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 14:18 Septuagint / Brenton

These slaves have dealt treacherously; one woman of the Hebrews hath brought shame upon the house of King Nebuchadnezzar: for, behold, Holofernes lieth upon the ground without a head.

Judith 16:5 Septuagint / Brenton

He bragged that he would burn up my borders, And kill my young men with the sword, And dash the sucking children against the ground, And make mine infants as a prey, And my virgins as a spoil.

1 Maccabees 6:62 Septuagint / Brenton

Then the king entered into Mount Zion: but when he saw the strength of the place, he broke his oath that he had made, and gave commandment to pull down the wall round about.

Usage Excerpts

First 65 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G114.

Exodus 21:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If she be not pleasing to her master, after she has betrothed herself to him, he shall let her go free; but he is not at liberty to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has trifled with her.
Deuteronomy 21:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall be if thou do not delight in her, thou shalt send her out free; and she shall not by any means be sold for money, thou shalt not treat her contemptuously, because thou hast humbled her.
Judges 9:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with the house of Abimelech:
1 Kingdoms 2:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for they set at nought the offering of the Lord.
1 Kingdoms 13:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jonathan smote Nasib the Philistine that dwelt in the hill; and the Philistines hear of it, and Saul sounds the trumpet through all the land, saying, The servants have despised us.
3 Kingdoms 8:50 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thou shalt be merciful to their unrighteousness wherein they have trespassed against thee, and according to all their transgressions wherewith they have transgressed against thee, and thou shalt cause them to be pitied before them that carried them captives, and they shall have compassion on them:
3 Kingdoms 12:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Israel rebelled against the house of David until this day.
4 Kingdoms 1:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
4 Kingdoms 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, after the death of Ahab, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
4 Kingdoms 3:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to war? And he said, I will go up: thou art as I, I am as thou; as my people, so is thy people, as my horses, so are thy horses.
4 Kingdoms 8:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and they made a king over themselves.
4 Kingdoms 8:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah till this day. Then Libnah revolted at that time.
4 Kingdoms 18:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord was with him; and he was wise in all that he undertook: and he revolted from the king of the Assyrians, and served him not.
4 Kingdoms 18:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast said (but they are mere words), I have counsel and strength for war. Now then in whom dost thou trust, that thou hast revolted from me?
4 Kingdoms 24:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In his days went up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years; and then he turned and revolted from him.
4 Kingdoms 24:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For it was according to the Lord’s anger against Jerusalem and on Judah, until he cast them out of his presence, that Zedekiah revolted against the king of Babylon.
1 Chronicles 2:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Carmi; Achan the troubler of Israel, who was disobedient in the accursed thing.
1 Chronicles 5:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But they rebelled against the God of their fathers, and went a-whoring after the gods of the nations of the land, whom God cast out from before them.
2 Chronicles 10:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Israel rebelled against the house of David until this day.
2 Chronicles 36:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
not to do: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart, so as not to return to the Lord God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 36:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
was in Jerusalem.
Esther 2:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the time was fulfilled for Esther the daughter of Amminadab the brother of Mordecai’s father to go in to the king, she neglected nothing which the chamberlain, the women’s keeper, commanded; for Esther found grace in the sight of all that looked upon her.
Psalms 14:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In his sight an evil-worker is set at nought, But he honors them that fear the Lord. He swears to his neighbor, and disappoints him not.
Psalms 32:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord frustrates the counsels of the nations; He brings to nought also the reasonings of the peoples, And brings to nought the counsels of princes.
Psalms 88:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Neither will I by any means profane my covenant; And I will not make void the things that proceed out of my lips.
Psalms 131:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord swore in truth to David, and he will not annul it, saying, Of the fruit of thy body will I set a king upon thy throne.
Isaiah 1:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear, O heaven, and hearken, O earth: for the Lord has spoken, saying, I have begotten and reared up children, but they have rebelled against me.
Isaiah 21:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
so a fearful and a grievous vision was declared to me: he that is treacherous deals treacherously, the transgressor transgresses. The Elamites are upon me, and the ambassadors of the Persians come against me: now will I groan and comfort myself.
Isaiah 24:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord God of Israel, from the ends of the earth we have heard wonderful things, and there is hope to the godly: but they shall say, Woe to the despisers, that despise the law.
Isaiah 31:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore he has wisely brought evils upon them, and his word shall not be frustrated; and he shall rise up against the houses of wicked men, and against their vain hope,
Isaiah 33:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Woe to them that afflict you; but no one makes you miserable: and he that deals perfidiously with you does not deal perfidiously: they that deal perfidiously shall be taken and given up, and as a moth on a garment, so shall they be spoiled.
Isaiah 48:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast neither known, nor understood, neither from the beginning have I opened thine ears: for I knew that thou wouldest surely deal treacherously, and wouldest be called a transgressor even from the womb.
Isaiah 63:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Is it not my people? the children surely will not be rebellious: and he became to them deliverance
Jeremiah 3:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But as a wife acts treacherously against her husband, so has the house of Israel dealt treacherously against me, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 5:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the house of Israel have indeed dealt treacherously against me, saith the Lord: the house of Judah also
Jeremiah 9:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who would give me a most distant lodge in the wilderness, that I might leave my people, and depart from them? for they all commit adultery, an assembly of treacherous men.
Jeremiah 12:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Righteous art thou, O Lord, that I may make my defense to thee, yea, I will speak to thee of judgments. Why is it that the way of ungodly men prospers? that all that deal very treacherously are flourishing?
Jeremiah 12:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, even these have dealt treacherously with thee; and they have cried out, they are gathered together in pursuit of thee; trust not thou in them, though they shall speak fair words to thee.
Jeremiah 15:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
consume them; and thy word shall be to me for the joy and gladness of my heart: for thy name has been called upon me, O Lord Almighty.
Lamentations 1:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
She weeps sore in the night, And her tears are on her cheeks; And there is none of all her lovers to comfort her: All that were her friends have dealt deceitfully with her, They are become her enemies.
Ezekiel 22:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Her priests also have set at nought my law, and profaned my holy things: they have not distinguished between the holy and profane, nor have they distinguished between the unclean and the clean, and have hidden their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I was profaned in the midst of them.
Ezekiel 39:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the nations shall know that the house of Israel were led captive because of their sins, because they rebelled against me, and I turned away my face from them, and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, and they all fell by the sword.
Daniel 9:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To thee, O Lord, belongs righteousness, and to us confusion of face, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the dwellers in Jerusalem, and to all Israel, to them that are near, and to them that are far off in all the earth, wherever thou hast scattered them, for the sin which they committed.
Mark 6:26 New Testament, KJV
And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
Mark 7:9 New Testament, KJV
And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
Luke 7:30 New Testament, KJV
But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
Luke 10:16 New Testament, KJV
He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
John 12:48 New Testament, KJV
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
1 Corinthians 1:19 New Testament, KJV
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
Galatians 2:21 New Testament, KJV
I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
Galatians 3:15 New Testament, KJV
Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
1 Thessalonians 4:8 New Testament, KJV
He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
1 Timothy 5:12 New Testament, KJV
Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
Hebrews 10:28 New Testament, KJV
He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
Jude 1:8 New Testament, KJV
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
Judith 14:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
These slaves have dealt treacherously; one woman of the Hebrews hath brought shame upon the house of King Nebuchadnezzar: for, behold, Holofernes lieth upon the ground without a head.
Judith 16:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He bragged that he would burn up my borders, And kill my young men with the sword, And dash the sucking children against the ground, And make mine infants as a prey, And my virgins as a spoil.
1 Maccabees 6:62 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the king entered into Mount Zion: but when he saw the strength of the place, he broke his oath that he had made, and gave commandment to pull down the wall round about.
1 Maccabees 11:36 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And nothing hereof shall be revoked from this time forth forever.
1 Maccabees 14:44 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Also that it should be lawful for none of the people or priests to break any of these things, or to gainsay his words, or to gather an assembly in the country without him, or to be clothed in purple, or wear a buckle of gold:
1 Maccabees 14:45 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and whosoever should do otherwise, or break any of these things, he should be punished.
1 Maccabees 15:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Nevertheless he would not receive them, but broke all the covenants which he had made with him afore, and became strange unto him.
2 Maccabees 13:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
came to Ptolemais: the people there were grieved for the covenants; for they stormed, because they would make their covenants void.
2 Maccabees 14:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
When this came to Nicanor’s hearing, he was much confounded in himself, and took it grievously that he should make void the articles which were agreed upon, the man being in no fault.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then shall the righteous man stand in great boldness Before the face of such as have afflicted him, And made no account of his labors.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G114, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Mark 2 usages, New Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Galatians 2 usages, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Timothy 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
Jude 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G114 FAQ

What does atheteo (ἀθετέω) mean?

Atheteo (Strong's G114) is a Greek word most simply glossed "set aside". atheteo (ath-et-eh'-o) v. 1. to set aside 2. (by implication) to disesteem, neutralize or violate

How many times is atheteo (ἀθετέω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 65 linked usages for Strong's G114 across 28 books.

Where can I study atheteo (ἀθετέω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G114 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate atheteo (ἀθετέω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as cast. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G114 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 43 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 10 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G114, with linked reader references where each row is available.