noun · feminine
athetēsias
Greekἀθέτησις (athetēsis)
Strong’sG115
nullification, abrogation
stem athetēsi-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† ἀθέτησις, -εως, ἡ
(< ἀθετέω), [in LXX, usually of unfaithful, rebellious action: I Ki 24:12 (פֶּשַׁע), Je 12:1 (בֶּגֶד), Da TH 9:7 (מַעַל), II Mac 14:28*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G115 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidath-et'-ay-sis
cancellation (literally or figuratively)
Fromfrom G114;
King Jamesdisannulling, put away.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | athetēsias1×ἀθέτησις | athetēsiais |
| object accusative | athetēsian1×ἀθέτησιν | athetēsiain |
| direct address vocative | athetēsiar | athetēsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | athetēsiau | athetēsiaiu |
| to, for dative | athetēsia | athetēsiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
athetēsia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
athetēsias“set aside”subjectnominative singular1×
Hebrews 7:18“set aside”athetēsias men gar ginetō proagarōtau entolau dia tem autau asthenem kai anōfelem,So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless
athetēsian“put away”objectaccusative singular1×
Hebrews 9:26“put away”epei date auton pollakis paschara apo katabolau kosmou; nuni de hapax epi sunteleia toiu aiōnoiu eis athetēsian hamartau dia tau thusiau autou faneritē.Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.