Disown
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (v. t.) To refuse to acknowledge as one's own; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings.

2. (v. t.) To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny.

Greek
533. aparneomai -- to deny
... to deny. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: aparneomai Phonetic Spelling:
(ap-ar-neh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I deny, disown, disregard Definition: I deny ...
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550. apeipon -- to forbid, renounce
... to forbid, renounce. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: apeipon Phonetic Spelling:
(ap-i-pom'-ane) Short Definition: I renounce, disown Definition: I renounce ...
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720. arneomai -- to deny, say no
... 720 -- properly, deny (refuse); hence, , refuse to affirm or to confess
(identify with); disown (repudiate). See also 4716 ("cross"). ...
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Strong's Hebrew
3584. kachash -- to disappoint, deceive, fail, grow lean
... A primitive root; to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint,
fail, cringe) -- deceive, deny, dissemble, fail, deal falsely, be found ...
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Library

When in the Clouds the Lord Appears
... When judgment fills the soul with fears,. And none can aught of sin disown;". ... But,
ah! my soul is filled with fears,. And gladly would its sin disown;". ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/brownlie/hymns from the east/when in the clouds the.htm

It is with a Certain Eloquence, Indeed, that He Appears to ...
... views, either pretend that they do not, or deny them, saying that "he who holds
a certain opinion ought not to feign recantation, or publicly disown it." And ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen against celsus/chapter viii it is with.htm

False Teachings of the Apostasy.
... Tertullian in the third century in writing on the subject of baptism says, "We solemnly
profess that we disown the devil and his pomp and his angels. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/orr/the gospel day /chapter iii false teachings of.htm

He is Lovely in his Relations.
... Peter denied him, yet he will not disown him; but after his resurrection he says,
"Go, tell the disciples, and tell Peter." Let him not think he has forfeited ...
/.../flavel/christ altogether lovely/he is lovely in his 3.htm

Homilies of St. John Chrysostom,
... If she disown us, the Lord too will disown us, and will say, "I know you not." But
may it not be ours to hear this voice, but that happy one instead, "Come, ye ...
/.../homilies of st john chrysostom.htm

The Third Day in Passion-Week - the Events of that Day - the ...
... but the call to believe on Him. On the other hand, they were afraid publicly
to disown John! And so their cunning and cowardice ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter iii the third day.htm

The Lutheran Church.
... Thy child would add a vow To that whose token once was signed Upon his infant brow:
Assault who may, kiss and betray, Dishonor and disown, MY CHURCH SHALL YET ...
/.../gerberding/the way of salvation in the lutheran church/the lutheran church.htm

Preface
... every sphere of knowledge were bringing forth the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries,
were not so blinded by the white light of vision as to disown the Greeks. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/on prayer and the contemplative life/preface.htm

Coming Judgment of the Secrets of Men
... blessings, but that he had so received it from Christ himself, and regarded himself
as so responsibly put in trust with it, that he could not disown it even ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 31 1885/coming judgment of the secrets.htm

By Divine Inspiration Philosophers Sometimes Hit on the Truth.
... Whom shall I take as a helper in my inquiry? We do not, if you have no objection,
wholly disown Plato. How, then, is God to be searched out, O Plato? ...
/.../exhortation to the heathen/chapter vi by divine inspiration philosophers.htm

Thesaurus
Disown (18 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To refuse to acknowledge as one's own; to disavow or deny, as connected
with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author ...
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Deny (48 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to
refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow. ...
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Recollected (6 Occurrences)
... Matthew 26:75 and Peter recollected the words of Jesus, how He had said, "Before
the cock crows you will three times disown me." And he went out and wept aloud ...
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Kingship (17 Occurrences)
... (WEY). 2 Timothy 2:12 "If we patiently endure pain, we shall also share His
Kingship; "If we disown Him, He will also disown us; (WEY). ...
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Declared (261 Occurrences)
... Matthew 26:35 "Even if I must die with you," declared Peter, "I will never disown
you." In like manner protested all the disciples. (WEY NIV). ...
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Disowned (10 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Disown. Multi-Version Concordance
Disowned (10 Occurrences). Luke 12:9 But he who disowns ...
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Protested (11 Occurrences)
... Matthew 26:35 "Even if I must die with you," declared Peter, "I will never disown
you." In like manner protested all the disciples. (WEY). ...
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Patiently (25 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). 2 Timothy 2:12 "If we patiently endure pain, we shall also share His
Kingship; "If we disown Him, He will also disown us; (WEY). ...
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Aloud (141 Occurrences)
... Matthew 26:75 and Peter recollected the words of Jesus, how He had said, "Before
the cock crows you will three times disown me." And he went out and wept aloud ...
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Disorderly (8 Occurrences)

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Resources
If I convert to Christianity, my family will disown me, and I will be persecuted. Should I follow Jesus? | GotQuestions.org

Is a backsliding Christian still saved? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean to let not your heart be troubled in John 14:1? | GotQuestions.org

Disown: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Disown (18 Occurrences)

Matthew 10:33
But whoever disowns me before men I also will disown before my Father who is in Heaven.
(Root in WEY NIV)

Matthew 16:24
Then said Jesus to his disciples, 'If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,
(YLT)

Matthew 26:34
"In solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that this very night, before the cock crows, you will three times disown me."
(WEY NIV)

Matthew 26:35
"Even if I must die with you," declared Peter, "I will never disown you." In like manner protested all the disciples.
(WEY NIV)

Matthew 26:75
and Peter recollected the words of Jesus, how He had said, "Before the cock crows you will three times disown me." And he went out and wept aloud, bitterly.
(WEY NIV)

Mark 8:34
And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, 'Whoever doth will to come after me -- let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;
(YLT)

Mark 14:30
"I solemnly tell you," replied Jesus, "that to-day--this night--before the cock crows twice, you yourself will three times disown me."
(WEY NIV)

Mark 14:31
"Even if I must die with you," declared Peter again and again, "I will never disown you." In like manner protested also all the disciples.
(WEY NIV)

Mark 14:72
No sooner had he spoken than a cock crowed for the second time, and Peter recollected the words of Jesus, "Before the cock crows twice, you will three times disown me." And as he thought of it, he wept aloud.
(WEY NIV)

Luke 9:23
And he said unto all, 'If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;
(YLT)

Luke 22:34
and he said, 'I say to thee, Peter, a cock shall not crow to-day, before thrice thou mayest disown knowing me.'
(YLT)

Luke 22:61
The Master turned and looked on Peter; and Peter recollected the Master's words, how He had said to him, "This very day, before the cock crows, you will disown me three times."
(WEY YLT NIV)

John 13:38
"You say you will lay down your life on my behalf!" said Jesus; "in most solemn truth I tell you that the cock will not crow before you have three times disowned me."
(Root in WEY NIV)

2 Timothy 2:12
"If we patiently endure pain, we shall also share His Kingship; "If we disown Him, He will also disown us;
(WEY NIV)

2 Timothy 2:13
If we are faithless, he remains faithful. He can't deny himself."
(See NIV)

Titus 1:16
They profess to know God; but in their actions they disown Him, and are detestable and disobedient men, and for any good work are utterly useless.
(WEY)

Jude 1:4
For certain persons have crept in unnoticed--men spoken of in ancient writings as pre-destined to this condemnation--ungodly men, who pervert the grace of our God into an excuse for immorality, and disown Jesus Christ, our only Sovereign and Lord.
(WEY)

Proverbs 30:9
For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.
(See NIV)

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Disown

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