ἀρνέομαι

Matthew 10:33 ἀρνήσηταί ἀρνήσομαι may deny, will deny

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

Here: Aorist subjunctive, picturing one decisive act: saying 'no' to Jesus by publicly refusing to acknowledge any tie to him. The object is a person, so it means disowning him, not denying a statement.

Matthew 26:70 ἠρνήσατο he denied

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

Here: "He denied." The verb has no object. The narrative presents it as one completed act. In Matthew this is the verb Jesus used for disowning him before people (10:33), and the stronger form appears in his prediction of Peter's three denials (26:34).

Matthew 26:72 ἠρνήσατο he denied

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

Mark 14:68 ἠρνήσατο he denied [it]

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 ἠρνεῖτο. he was denying.

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.”

Here: Imperfect tense, which presents the action as ongoing or repeated: “he was denying,” “he kept denying it.” He is denying a fact (that he belongs to Jesus’ group), and he is also disowning a relationship.

Luke 8:45 ἀρνουμένων When is denying [it]

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

Luke 9:23 ἀρνησάσθω he should deny

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.

Here: “Let him disown.” It is a command with no direct English form, so translations use “let him” or “he must.” This is the verb used for Peter’s denial of Jesus (Luke 22:57). Here a person disowns himself: he stops treating his own life as the claim that rules him.

Luke 12:9 ἀρνησάμενός having denied

But whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

Here: "Having disowned." The tense presents the act as one complete decisive act: saying in public, "I am not his. I don't know him." It is the exact opposite of homologeō, "to acknowledge, declare allegiance," in verse 8.

Luke 22:57 ἠρνήσατο he denied

But Peter denied it. “Woman, I do not know Him,” he said.

John 1:20 ἠρνήσατο denied

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

Here: "He did not deny," meaning he did not dodge or hold back the truth when asked. In the Gospels confess and deny are the paired verbs of loyal and disloyal witness.

John 13:38 ἀρνήσῃ you will deny

“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.

Here: 'You will disown'. It means refusing to admit any tie to a person. In John 18 Peter does this by saying 'I am not' one of his disciples.

John 18:25 ἠρνήσατο Denied

Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself. So they asked him, “Aren’t you also one of His disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”

Here: In Greek there is no object. It is not "denied *it*" but simply "he denied." In John this is the word for disowning a relationship (13:38, "you will deny me three times"), and it marks this as the second of the three foretold denials.

John 18:27 ἠρνήσατο denied

Peter denied it once more, and immediately a rooster crowed.

Acts 3:13 ἠρνήσασθε disowned

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.

Here: To refuse to acknowledge someone or renounce any tie with him. Here it means the public refusal of Jesus before the governor ("we have no king but Caesar", in John's version), not a false factual claim. Luke uses the same verb for Peter's own denial (Luke 22:57).

Acts 3:14 ἠρνήσασθε denied

You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.

Here: 'You disowned', meaning you publicly refused to acknowledge him and said no to him. Peter repeats the verb from v.13, so the accusation lands twice. The same verb describes Peter's own denial in Luke 22:57.

Acts 4:16 ἀρνεῖσθαι· to deny [it];

“What shall we do with these men?” they asked. “It is clear to everyone living in Jerusalem that a remarkable miracle has occurred through them, and we cannot deny it.

Here: 'To deny [it]', that is, to dispute that it happened. In the chapter before, Peter accused the people and their leaders of having 'denied' (ἠρνήσασθε) the Holy and Righteous One (3:13–14). The rulers could deny Jesus, but they cannot deny this sign.

Acts 7:35 ἠρνήσαντο they rejected

This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

Here: 'They disowned / repudiated' him. They refused to acknowledge him as theirs. Luke uses the same verb for Jerusalem disowning Jesus before Pilate (Acts 3:13–14).

1 Timothy 5:8 ἤρνηται he has denied

If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Here: The perfect tense means "has denied, and stands as one who has denied". The denial is done by conduct, not words. Neglect contradicts what he claims to believe, as in Titus 1:16: "they profess to know God, but by their works they deny him."

2 Timothy 2:12 ἀρνησόμεθα, ἀρνήσεται we will deny [Him],, will deny

if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;

Here: "If we will disown [him]." Disowning means publicly cutting the tie of loyalty, as a person might do when questioned or threatened. The future tense looks ahead to a possible hour of testing. No object is written, but "him" is clearly meant.

2 Timothy 2:13 ἀρνήσασθαι to deny

if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

Here: To disown or repudiate, the word used for renouncing someone you are bound to, especially before a court. The same verb appears twice in v. 12 ('if we deny him, he will deny us'). Here it is turned on Christ himself: he cannot disown his own self.

2 Timothy 3:5 ἠρνημένοι. already denying.

having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!

Here: A perfect participle: they have disowned it and now stand in that settled condition. 'Deny' here is less about saying something false and more about refusing allegiance. The life in vv. 2–4 is the denial.

Titus 1:16 ἀρνοῦνται they deny [Him]

They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

Here: The direct opposite of homologeō. It means repudiating someone you are bound to, as Peter did with Jesus. The object 'him' is understood. Present tense: an ongoing disowning.

Titus 2:12 ἀρνησάμενοι having denied

It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Here: A decisive turning away, put as a completed act (aorist participle): 'having renounced'. It is the language of disowning allegiance. In Titus 1:16 the false teachers 'deny' God by their deeds; here believers deny ungodliness instead.

Hebrews 11:24 ἠρνήσατο he refused

By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.

Here: Aorist, a single decisive act. Moses refused or disowned the status he had been given. The word is the same one used for 'denying' someone, so there is an irony: Moses 'denied' a royal identity instead of denying his own people.

2 Peter 2:1 ἀρνούμενοι, denying,

Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

Here: 'Disowning'. The present tense describes an ongoing stance. In a slave-and-owner picture it means refusing the owner's claim and authority, and the letter shows this happening through how they live (2:2, 10–19) as well as what they say.

1 John 2:22 ἀρνούμενος ἀρνούμενος denying

Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.

Here: A present-tense participle: 'the one who keeps denying', a settled stance and not a passing doubt. The verb carries the idea of publicly repudiating or disowning, the opposite of 'confessing' in v. 23.

1 John 2:23 ἀρνούμενος is denying

Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.

Here: A present participle (an "-ing" verb used to describe someone): the person who keeps on disowning the Son. It is a lasting public stance, not one wrong sentence. It picks up verse 22's denial "that Jesus is the Christ."

Jude 1:4 ἀρνούμενοι.¶ denying.

For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Here: 'Disowning.' The present tense makes it ongoing. Coming last in the Greek sentence, it lands like a verdict. Mainly it means rejecting his authority in how they live, not just rejecting a statement about him.

Revelation 2:13 ἠρνήσω you have denied

I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits, yet you hold fast to My name. You did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of My faithful witness Antipas, who was killed among you where Satan dwells.

Here: To disown or renounce, often a public act under questioning (compare Peter's denial, and Matthew 10:33). The tense (aorist) points to a particular past moment, most likely the crisis in which Antipas died, when they did not say 'I am not his'.

Revelation 3:8 ἠρνήσω denied

I know your deeds. Behold, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. I know that you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name.

Here: Aorist: 'you did not disown'. This means refusing to renounce allegiance to Jesus when under pressure, probably in a public or legal setting. It does not mean denying a fact.