Disallow
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Disallow . 1 Peter 2:4 , ‘a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God’; 2:7, ‘the stone which the builders disallowed.’ The Eng. word means emphatically disowned , as in the AV [Note: Authorized Version.] heading to 1 Samuel 29:1-11 , ‘David, marching with the Philistines, is disallowed by their princes.’ RV [Note: Revised Version.] gives ‘rejected,’ as the same Gr. verb is rendered in Matthew 21:42 , Mark 8:31 , Luke 17:25 . But in Numbers 30:5; Numbers 30:8; Numbers 30:11 ‘disallow’ means no more than disapprove , as in Barlowe’s Dialogue , p. 83, ‘ye can not fynde that they be dysalowed of God, but rather approved.’
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [2]
"to reject as the result of disapproval" (apo, "away from," dokimazo, "to approve"), is always translated "to reject," except in the AV of 1—Peter 2:4,7 . See Reject.
King James Dictionary [3]
DISALLOW, dis and allow. To refuse permission, or not to permit not to grant not to make or suppose lawful not to authorize to disapprove. God disallows that Christians should conform to the immoral practices of the world. A good man disallows every kind of profaneness.
2. To testify dislike or disapprobation to refuse assent.
But if her father shall disallow her int he day that he heareth, not nay of her vows or her bonds--shall stand. Numbers 30 .
3. Not to approve not to receive to reject.
To whom coming, as to a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious. 1 Peter 2 .
4. Not to allow or admit as just to reject as, to disallow an account or charge.
Webster's Dictionary [4]
(v. t.) To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
dis - a - lou ´: "To disallow" as used in the Scriptures means either "to oppose," "not permit" (Hebrew nō ), Numbers 30:5 , Numbers 30:8 , Numbers 30:11 ), or "to reject" (Greek αποδοκιμάζω , apodokimázō , literally, "to consider useless," 1 Peter 2:4 , 1 Peter 2:7 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "rejected").
