Strong's Greek · G683
ἀπωθέομαι
apōthéomai
cast away, put away (from), thrust away (from)
Definition
to push off, figuratively, to reject
Derivation
from G575 (ἀπό) and the middle voice of or (to shove);
Appears 6 times in Scripture
“But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.”
“God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:”
“Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.”
“I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.”
“holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith.”
“But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).