ἀποδοκιμάζω
apodokimázō · G593 · Greek · 9 occurrences
Meanings
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to regard as not worthy, to reject
To judge someone or something as not being worthy or genuine and thus something to be rejected
ExamplesMatthew 21:42 Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘A STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS HAS BECOME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE; THIS CAME ABOUT FROM THE LORD, AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES’?
Mark 8:31 And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise from the dead.
Mark 12:10 “Have you not even read this Scripture: ‘A STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS HAS BECOME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE;
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
9 occurrences in 4 groups
- οἰκοδομέωto build, to build up 4
- Not stated (infinitive) 3
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
4 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὅςwho, which, that 4
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 8 groups
- ὑπόby, under+ γραμματεύςscribe, expert in the Law 1
- ὑπόby, under+ πρεσβύτεροςelder, older 1
- ὑπόby, under+ ἄνθρωποςman, person, people 1
- ὑπόby, under+ ἀρχιερεύςchief priest, high priest 1
- ἀπόfrom+ γενεάgeneration 1
- ἀπόfrom+ γραμματεύςscribe, expert in the Law 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- καίand 1
Named alongside itApposition
4 occurrences in 1 groups
- λίθοςstone 4
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- δέωto bind, to tie 3
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἀπωθέομαι apōthéomai · G683 · to push away, to thrust aside, to refuse to listen to
- Both terms describe rejection, but ἀπωθέομαι emphasizes the act of pushing away or thrusting aside (often with physical-metaphorical force), while ἀποδοκιμάζω centers on evaluative judgment that something is not worthy or acceptable. The former suggests active repulsion, the latter deliberate disapproval.
In the other Testament 1 word
- מָאַס mâʼaç · H3988 · to reject, to refuse, to waste away
- מָאַס (mâʼaç, H3988) is the direct Hebrew equivalent of ἀποδοκιμάζω (apodokimázō, G593), both denoting the act of rejection or repudiation after examination/testing, with the Greek term emphasizing the evaluative disapproval aspect and the Hebrew covering a broader semantic range including contempt and loathing.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To regard as not worthy, to reject30.117
- In Mark 8:31, Jesus “began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected (apodokimasthẽnai) by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes,” describing a formal, authoritative refusal to accept Him.
Word family 19 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : (see δοκιμάζω); 1 aorist ἀπεδοκίμασα; passive, 1 aorist ἀπεδοκιμασθην; perfect…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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