Definition

to disapprove, i.e. (by implication) to repudiate

Etymology

from G575 (ἀπό) and G1381 (δοκιμάζω);

Word family

• ἀπό apó
• δοκιμάζω dokimázō

How the KJV renders it

• disallow
• reject

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.