ἀπωθέω

ἀπωθέομαι — apōthéomai

ἀπωθέω, ἀπώθω: to thrust away, push away, repel; in the N. T. only the middle, present ἀπωθέομαι (ἀπωθοῦμαι); 1 aorist ἀπωσάμην (for which the better writings used ἀπεωσαμην, cf. W 90 (86); Buttmann, 69 (61)); to thrust away from oneself, to drive away from oneself, i. e. to repudiate, reject, refuse: τινα, Act 7:27; Act 7:39; Act 13:46; Rom 11:1; 1Ti 1:19. (Jer 2:36 (37); Jer 4:30; Jer 6:19; Psalm 93:14 and often. In Greek writings from Homer down.)