What does ἀπωθέομαι (apōthéomai) mean in the Bible?
ἀπωθέομαι (apōthéomai): To thrust away from oneself; active rejection implying deliberate refusal rather than passive dismissal.
Greek · G683
ἀπωθέομαι
To push off, figuratively, to reject
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ἀπωθέομαι G683
Pronunciation apōthéomai
What does ἀπωθέομαι (apōthéomai) mean in the Bible?
ἀπωθέομαι (apōthéomai): To thrust away from oneself; active rejection implying deliberate refusal rather than passive dismissal.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G683?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include did not reject (1), have rejected (1), pushed [Moses] aside (1), reject (1), they rejected [him] (1).
Where does ἀπωθέομαι (apōthéomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 7:27. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (3), Romans (2), 1 Timothy (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It did not reject 1× Romans 11:2
have rejected 1× 1 Timothy 1:19
pushed [Moses] aside 1× Acts 7:27
reject 1× Romans 11:1
they rejected [him] 1× Acts 7:39
you reject 1× Acts 13:46
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 7:27 ἀπώσατο to pushed [Moses] aside Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Acts 7:39 ἀπώσαντο to they rejected [him] Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural Acts 13:46 ἀπωθεῖσθε to you reject Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural Romans 11:1 ἀπώσατο to reject Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Romans 11:2 ἀπώσατο to did not reject Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular 1 Timothy 1:19 ἀπωσάμενοι to have rejected Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 7:27
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 3
Acts 3 Romans 2 1 Timothy 1
Source forms
ἀπώσατο 3x apōsato Acts 7:27, Romans 11:1, Romans 11:2
ἀπωθεῖσθε 1x apōtheisthe Acts 13:46
ἀπωσάμενοι 1x apōsamenoi 1 Timothy 1:19
ἀπώσαντο 1x apōsanto Acts 7:39
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular 3x Acts 7:27, Romans 11:1, Romans 11:2
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural 1x Acts 7:39
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x 1 Timothy 1:19
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural 1x Acts 13:46
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To thrust away from oneself; active rejection implying deliberate refusal rather than passive dismissal.
Strong's G683
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 2 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Romans 11:1-10 Source Gloss
to push off, figuratively, to reject
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To thrust away from oneself; active rejection implying deliberate refusal rather than passive dismissal.
to thrust away. Mid., to thrust away from oneself, refuse, reject: with accusative of person(s) (MM, see word), Act.7:27, 39 13:46, Rom.11:1-2, 1Ti.1:19.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 7:27 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Middle Deponent Indicative
ἀπώσατο apwsato
I push or thrust away, reject
Read verse Acts 7:39 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Middle Deponent Indicative
ἀπώσαντο, apwsanto
I push or thrust away, reject
Read verse Acts 13:46 Verb Second Person Plural Present Middle or Passive Deponent Indicative
ἀπωθεῖσθε apwqeisqe
I push or thrust away, reject
Read verse Romans 11:1 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Middle Deponent Indicative
ἀπώσατο apwsato
I push or thrust away, reject
Read verse Romans 11:2 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Middle Deponent Indicative
ἀπώσατο apwsato
I push or thrust away, reject
Read verse 1 Timothy 1:19 Verb Aorist Middle Deponent Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀπωσάμενοι apwsamenoi
I push or thrust away, reject
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.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 6 Tenses Aorist, Present Voices Middle
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 5×
Aorist Middle Acts 7:27 · Rom 11:1 · Rom 11:2 · Acts 7:39 4×
Present Middle Acts 13:46 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Aorist Middle 1 Tim 1:19 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 6 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 5 present 1
Voice
middle 6
Mood
indicative 5 participle 1
NT Occurrences
Acts 7:27 ἀπώσατο aorist middle indicative completed Acts 7:39 ἀπώσαντο aorist middle indicative completed Acts 13:46 ἀπωθεῖσθε present middle indicative ongoing Romans 11:1 ἀπώσατο aorist middle indicative completed Romans 11:2 ἀπώσατο aorist middle indicative completed 1 Timothy 1:19 ἀπωσάμενοι aorist middle participle participle
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
God's rejection of Israel as a people, with remnant salvation preserved
A son who rejects or pushes away his father's instruction and shame
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἀπωθέομαι is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain