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<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Ἀπεῖπον''''' ''' (Strong'S #550 — Verb — apeipon — ap-i-pom'-ane ) </div> <p> lit., "to tell from" (apo, "from," eipon, an aorist form used to supply parts of lego, "to say"), signifies "to renounce," 2—Corinthians 4:2 (Middle Voice), of disowning "the hidden things of shame." In the Sept. of 1—Kings 11:2 it signifies "to forbid," a meaning found in the papyri. The meaning "to renounce" may therefore carry with it the thought of forbidding the approach of the things disowned. </p> <div> '''2: '''''Ἀποτάσσω''''' ''' (Strong'S #657 — Verb — apotasso — ap-ot-as'-som-ahee ) </div> <p> "to set apart, to appoint," a meaning found in the papyri (apo, from, tasso, "to arrange"), is used in the Middle Voice in the sense either of "taking leave of," e.g., Acts 18:18 , or "forsaking," Luke 14:33 , RV, "renounceth" (AV "forsaketh"). See [[Forsake]] , Leave. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_166638" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_166638" /> == | ||
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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
lit., "to tell from" (apo, "from," eipon, an aorist form used to supply parts of lego, "to say"), signifies "to renounce," 2—Corinthians 4:2 (Middle Voice), of disowning "the hidden things of shame." In the Sept. of 1—Kings 11:2 it signifies "to forbid," a meaning found in the papyri. The meaning "to renounce" may therefore carry with it the thought of forbidding the approach of the things disowned.
"to set apart, to appoint," a meaning found in the papyri (apo, from, tasso, "to arrange"), is used in the Middle Voice in the sense either of "taking leave of," e.g., Acts 18:18 , or "forsaking," Luke 14:33 , RV, "renounceth" (AV "forsaketh"). See Forsake , Leave.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( n.) Act of renouncing.
(2): ( v. i.) To make renunciation.
(3): ( v. i.) To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters.
(4): ( v. t.) To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or to a throne.
(5): ( v. t.) To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to forswear.
(6): ( v. t.) To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit.
