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# reject, push away
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## Definition
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To "push away" or "reject" someone means to refuse to accept that person. To reject God means to refuse to obey him.
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* The term "reject" can also mean to "refuse to believe in" something.
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* When the Israelites rejected Moses' leadership, they were actually rejecting God; they showed this through their idol worship and other sins.
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* The term "push away" is the literal meaning of this Greek word. Other languages may have a similar idiom that means to reject or refuse to believe someone or something.
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