Strong's Greek · G720

G720 arnéomai

ἀρνέομαι

deny, refuse

When arnéomai is spoken over you, Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against Scripture with people you trust, and return to it in a year.

Definition

to contradict, i.e. disavow, reject, abnegate

Derivation

perhaps from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and the middle voice of G4483 (ῥέω);

Appears 33 times in Scripture

Matthew 26:70

But he denied it before them all: “I do not know what you are talking about.”

Mark 14:68

But he denied it. “I do not know or even understand what you are talking about,” he said. Then he went out to the gateway, and the rooster crowed.

Mark 14:70

But he denied it again. After a little while, those standing nearby said once more to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you too are a Galilean.”

John 13:38

“Will you lay down your life for Me?” Jesus replied. “Truly, truly, I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.

John 1:20

He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.”

Luke 8:45

“Who touched Me?” Jesus asked. But they all denied it. “Master,” said Peter, “the people are crowding and pressing against You.”

Matthew 10:33

But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.

Matthew 26:72

And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know the man!”

Luke 9:23

Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.

When arnéomai is spoken over you

Words like this one get spoken over people: in a prayer line, in a message from a friend, in a moment nobody planned. The lexicon gives you what arnéomai means. What God is saying to you through it is yours to record and weigh.

Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against verses like Matthew 26:70 with people you trust, and return to it in a year to see what came of it.

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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).

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