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GreekG0720Verb

ἀρνέομαι

arneomai

30Occurrences
G0720Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to contradict, i.e. disavow, reject, abnegate

perhaps from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and the middle voice of G4483 (ῥέω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
with accusative of person(s), to deny, refuse to acknowledge, disown: Ἰησοῦν,; ἑαυτόν, (prove false to)
3.C. accusative of thing(s) (in cl. to refuse), to deny, abjure
LXX: (כָּחַשׁ pi.) 4 *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

ἀρνέομαι appears 30 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
4
John
4
Luke
4
2 Timothy
3
Matthew
3
1 John
2
Mark
2
Revelation
2

Key Passages

1 John 2:22BSB

Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.

2 Timothy 3:5BSB

having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!

John 1:20BSB

He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.”

Luke 22:57BSB

But Peter denied it. “Woman, I do not know Him,” he said.

Mark 14:68BSB

But he denied it. “I do not know or even understand what you are talking about,” he said. Then he went out to the gateway, and the rooster crowed.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.