Strong's Lexicon

G115

G115 — ἀθέτησις

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekathetesisnounOccurrences: 2

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G115
Word:ἀθέτησις
Part of Speech:noun
Etymology:from G114
Language:Greek
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:athetesis
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ath-et'-ay-sis
Meaning:1. cancellation {literally or figuratively}
KJV Renderings:disannulling, put away

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀθέτησις, (εως, (ἀθετέω, which see; like νουθέτησις from νουθετεῖν), abolition: Heb 7:18; Heb 9:26; (found occasionally in later authors, as Cicero, ad Att. 6, 9; Diogenes Laërtius 3, 39, 66: in the grammarians rejection; more frequently in ecclesiastical writings).

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

ἀθέτησις (disannulling)

Hebrews 7:18

KJV: For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof
GK: αθέτησις μεν γαρ γίνεται προαγούσης εντολής διά το αυτής ασθενές και ανωφελές

Hebrews 9:26

KJV: For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself
GK: επεί έδει αυτόν πολλάκις παθείν από καταβολής κόσμου νυν δε άπαξ επί συντελεία των αιώνων εις αθέτησιν αμαρτίας διά της θυσίας αυτού πεφανέρωται
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