† ἀθετέω, -ῶ
(< τίθημι), [in LXX for seventeen different words, פּשׁע, מרד, בּגד, מעל, etc., often meaning, as I Ki 13:3 (Heb., al.), to revolt; properly, to makeἄθετον, or do away with what has been laid down (v. DCG, i, 453 f.)].
1. to set aside, disregard (in Gramm., to reject as spurious): διαθήκην, Ga 3:16; ἐντολήν, Mk 7:9; νόμον, He 10:28; πίστιν, I Ti 5:12.
2. to nullify, make void: Lk 7:30 (v. Field, Notes, 59), I Co 1:19, Ga 2:21.
3. to reject: Mk 6:26 (Field, op. cit., 30), Lk 10:16, Jo 12:48, I Th 4:8, Ju 8 (for exx. in π., v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†