To reject
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G593 is a Greek verb for rejecting after examination, disapproving, or refusing as unfit. First Peter 2:4 presents Jesus as the living stone rejected by people but chosen and precious in God's sight, distinguishing human verdict from divine valuation.
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G593 is a Greek verb for rejecting after examination, disapproving, or refusing as unfit. First Peter 2:4 presents Jesus as the living stone rejected by people but chosen and precious in God's sight, distinguishing human verdict from divine valuation.
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include rejected (5), be rejected (2), He must be rejected (1), he was rejected (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 21:42. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), 1 Peter (2), Mark (2), Hebrews (1).
G593 is a Greek verb for rejecting after examination, disapproving, or refusing as unfit. First Peter 2:4 presents Jesus as the living stone rejected by people but chosen and precious in God's sight, distinguishing human verdict from divine valuation. Mark 8:31 says the Son of Man must suffer, be rejected by elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and rise, locating institutional rejection within the passion and resurrection.
Hebrews 12:17 says Esau later sought the blessing but was rejected and could not change what had occurred, warning that consequences are not always reversible by tears. Other uses repeat the rejected stone that becomes cornerstone. G593 opens evaluation, exclusion, leadership judgment, consequence, and vindication. It corrects the belief that institutional rejection proves worthlessness and the opposite belief that being rejected automatically proves a person is righteous, prophetic, or beyond examination.
G593 denotes rejection or disapproval following an assessment. New Testament uses focus on Jesus rejected by leaders and builders, the rejected stone vindicated by God, and Esau's failed attempt to recover a forfeited blessing.
As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
Jesus is the living stone rejected by people yet chosen and precious before God, becoming the foundation of a new people.
Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and after three days rise again.
Jesus teaches that rejection by recognized leaders, suffering, death, and resurrection belong to His messianic path.
For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.
Esau's later tears do not recover the blessing he had treated lightly, showing that some consequences remain irreversible.
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Greek word. To reject after testing or examination; implies deliberate disqualification rather than mere refusal
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
9 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
I reject after testing, I disqualify
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Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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How this verb appears across 9 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
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Highlights the Messiah’s rejection by religious leadership.Luke 9:21–22
G593 exposes the limits of human judgment. Builders and recognized leaders reject Jesus, yet God makes the rejected stone foundational. Resurrection vindication does not mean every rejected person is another cornerstone. Some proposals, teachings, applicants, and leaders should be disapproved after fair review, especially where harm or unfitness is established.
Hebrews also reminds readers that remorse does not guarantee reversal of every consequence. Churches can offer dignity, care, and a path of repentance without restoring a person to office, access, or trust. Those rejected unjustly need communities that hear evidence, resist stigma, and remember that institutional decisions do not define human worth. Those removed justly should not frame accountability as proof of prophetic status.
Faithful discernment uses transparent standards, qualified reviewers, conflict disclosure, proportionate decisions, and appeal where appropriate. Final hope rests in God's true judgment, not in popularity, office, or the romance of being opposed.
1Pet.2.4
G593 intensifies the language of testing or approving with a prefix of rejection and means disapprove or reject as not meeting the test. Its contexts emphasize a verdict by builders, a generation, leaders, or a recipient seeking a lost blessing.
Psalm 118's rejected stone becomes the central scriptural image behind several New Testament uses. Joseph, David, prophets, and other rejected servants anticipate themes fulfilled uniquely in Jesus without making every rejection messianic.