21 occurrences

'Rejected' in the Bible

Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, "Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.

However, the Pharisees and the experts in religious law rejected God's purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)

But Jesus looked straight at them and said, "Then what is the meaning of that which is written: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone'?

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate after he had decided to release him.

This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone.

This same Moses they had rejected, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and judge?' God sent as both ruler and deliverer through the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

So I ask, God has not rejected his people, has he? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew! Do you not know what the scripture says about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

For you know that later when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no opportunity for repentance, although he sought the blessing with tears.

So as you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and priceless in God's sight,

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Root Form
Definition
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חדל 
Chadel 
Usage: 3

מאס 
Ma'ac 
Usage: 76

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ἀδόκιμος 
Adokimos 
Usage: 8

ἀθετέω 
Atheteo 
Usage: 10

ἀποδοκιμάζω 
Apodokimazo 
Usage: 4

ἐκπτύω 
Ekptuo 
Usage: 1

παραιτέομαι 
Paraiteomai 
Usage: 8

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