Reject (683) apotheo/apotheomai by Greek Word Studies

Rejected (683) (apotheo/apotheomai from apó = from + othéo = push away, thrust, drive) means literally to push aside, thrust way (from) or push off. Figuratively as used here it means to reject, repudiate, refuse to listen to, to cast away or to put away (from). Used from Homer onward meaning “to repel,” “to reject,” Apotheomai - 6x in 6v in NT- Usage: pushed...away(1), rejected(3), repudiate(1), repudiated(1) Acts 7:27 "But the one who was injuring his neighbor pushed him away, saying, 'WHO MADE YOU A RULER AND JUDGE OVER US? 39 "Our fathers were unwilling to be obedient to him, but repudiated him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt, Acts 13:46 Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, "It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first; since you repudiate it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles. Romans 11:1 I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel? 1 Timothy 1:19 keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith. Apotheomai - 70x in non-apocryphal Septuagint- 1 Sam 12:22; 2 Kgs 4:27; 17:20; 14" class="scriptRef">21:14; 23.27" class="scriptRef">23:27; 2Chr 35:19; Job 18:18; 34:33; Ps 43:2; 44:9, 23; 60:1, 10; 62:4; 74:1; 77:7; 78:60, 67; 88:5, 14; 89:38; 94:14; 11" class="scriptRef">108:11; 119:10; Pr 1:8; 24" class="scriptRef">4:24; 6:20; 14:32; 15:32; 19:26; Jer 2:37; 4:30; 6:19; 7:29; 23:17; Lam 2:7; 3:17, 31, 45, 54; 5:22; Ezek 5:6, 11; 16" class="scriptRef">11:16; 16:45; 19:5; 13" class="scriptRef">20:13, 16, 24; 21:10, 13; 43:9; Hos 4:6; 9:17; Amos 2:4; 5:21; Jonah 2:4; Mic 2:6; Mic 4:6-7; Zeph 3:19. Micah prophesied of the last days (Micah 4:1) when the Messiah would return and regather those Jews who had been temporarily rejected... Mic 4:6 “In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will assemble the lame, And gather the outcasts, Even those whom I have afflicted (Lxx = apotheo/apotheomai). 7 “I will make the lame a remnant, And the outcasts (Lxx = apotheo/apotheomai) a strong nation, And the LORD will reign over them in Mount Zion From now on and forever. Here are some other representative uses... 1 Samuel 12:22 "For the LORD will not abandon (Hebrew = natash - leave, forsake, permit; Lxx = apotheomai) His people on account of His great name, because the LORD has been pleased to make you a people for Himself. 2 Kings 17:20 The LORD rejected (Heb - maas = to reject, cast away, despise; Lxx = apotheomai) all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight. 2 Kings 21:14 'I will abandon (Hebrew = natash - leave, forsake, permit; Lxx = apotheomai) the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies, and they will become as plunder and spoil to all their enemies Psalm 43:2 For You are the God of my strength; why have You rejected (Heb - zanach = spurn, discard; Lxx = apotheomai) me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? Psalm 44:23 Arouse Yourself, why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not reject (Heb - zanach = spurn, discard; Lxx = apotheomai) us forever. Why this question? Read Romans 10:21 (remember there were no chapter breaks in the original Greek manuscripts)... But as for Israel He says, "ALL THE DAY LONG I HAVE STRETCHED OUT MY HANDS TO A DISOBEDIENT AND OBSTINATE PEOPLE." Has God thrust away Israel from Himself (middle voice = reflexive). The form of the question in the Greek text expects a negative answer. God did not permanently reject Israel even though they repeatedly rejected Him (Isa 30:12 "you have rejected this word") God did reject them for a while, the prophet Hosea recording... My God will cast them away Because they have not listened to Him; And they will be wanderers among the nations (Hosea 9:17) Paul is not raising a question to cause one to doubt God's faithfulness to fulfill His covenant promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He is driving home the fact that God did not cast Israel away permanently. Israel is God’s elect nation. He foreknew them. He chose them, and they are His. The fact that most of the nation rejected the Messiah is not proof that God is finished with Israel although sadly this is what is taught by many, especially since about 100AD and rejuvenated in 400AD by Augustine's teaching in the City of God that the church had replaced Israel. At stake is whether God can be trusted to keep His unconditional promises to that nation. MAY IT NEVER BE: me genoito (3SAMO): Far be the thought. Certainly not! Of course not! By no means! May such a thought never enter our mind! Perish the thought! Once again Paul uses the strongest form of negation in the Greek grammar. Israel's rejection is to be neither total nor final. In Jeremiah God emphasizes that the order of of the moon and the stars for light will have to cease before He rejects His people... "If this fixed order departs From before Me," declares the LORD, "Then the offspring of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before Me forever." Thus says the LORD, "If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out below, then I will also cast off all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done," declares the LORD. (Jeremiah 31:36,37) And again in Jeremiah God says that... "'If My covenant for day and night stand not, and the fixed patterns of heaven and earth I have not established, then I would reject the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, not taking from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them.'" (Jeremiah 33:25-26) In Amos God reiterates His promise declaring... Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Nevertheless (a very important qualifier!), I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob," Declares the LORD. (Amos 9:8,9) FOR I TOO AM AN ISRAELITE A DESCENDANT OF ABRAHAM, OF THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN: kai gar ego Israelites eimi (1SPAI), ek spermatos Abraam, phules Beniamin: (Ro 9:3; Acts 22:3; 26:4; ; Philippians 3:5) An Israelite is a descendent of Jacob (Israel) and thus an heir of the promises God gave to that nation. Paul is also a descendant of Abraham (Covenant: Abrahamic), the one to whom God gave the covenant promises. Tribe of Benjamin In Acts Paul defends himself before the Jews testifying... "I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated under Gamaliel, strictly according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, just as you all are today. (Acts 22:3) "(before Agrippa) So then, all Jews know my manner of life from my youth up, which from the beginning was spent among my own nation and at Jerusalem (Acts 26:4) Writing to the Corinthians defending his apostleship Paul asked... Are they (his distracters, who were false apostles, deceitful works, who were disguising themselves as apostles of Christ) Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I. (2 Corinthians 11:22) Paul is clearly an Israelite descended from Abraham and of the tribe of Benjamin and if God saved him, He could save other Jews. This chapter gives a beautiful illustration of the interweaving of God’s providential arrangements. The circumstances under consideration are seen to be to one another as cause and effect: (1) Israel’s downfall has resulted in the carrying of the gospel to the Gentiles (Ro 11:11, 12, 15, 30) (2) but this present mercy to Gentiles will lead to the obtaining of mercy by Israel (Ro 11:26, 31) (3) the mercy thus shown in the restoration of Israel will result in universal blessing (Ro 11:15) Scofield summarizes Romans 11 as follows... Israel has not been forever set aside is the theme of this chapter. (1) The salvation of Paul proves that there is still a remnant of Israel (Ro 11:1). (2) The doctrine of the remnant proves it (Ro 11:2- 6). (3) The present national unbelief was foreseen (Ro 11:7-10). (4) Israel's unbelief is the Gentile opportunity (Ro 11:11-25). (5) Israel is judicially broken off from the good olive tree, Christ (Ro 11:17-22). (6) They are to be grafted in again (Ro 11:23, 24). (7) the promised Deliverer will come out of Zion and the nation will be saved (Ro 11:25-29). That the Christian now inherits the distinctive Jewish promises is not taught in Scripture. The Christian is of the heavenly seed of Abraham (Ge15:5,v6 Ga3:29) and partakes of the spiritual blessings of the Abrahamic Covenant (Ge 12:2, note); but Israel as a nation always has its own place and is yet to have its greatest exaltation as the earthly people of God. 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