Athétēsis — G115

Definition

feminine noun

cancellation (literally or figuratively)

Usually translated as

disannulling, put away

Origin

from G114

• athetéō (G114)

Occurrences

Athétēsis occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Hebrews (2)

• Hebrews 7:18 — For there is verily a disannulling (Ἀθέτησις) of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
• Hebrews 9:26 — For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away (ἀθέτησιν) sin by the sacrifice of himself.