Deny (Hastings' Dictionary)
In the sense of 'refuse,' deny (Lat. de-ncgare, 'say no,' 'refuse') is not yet obsolete. Exau'iples in AV are 1 K 2" ' I ask one petition of thee, deny me not ' ('i^Titt "jpcrSi* ' turn not away my face ' ; in v." the same phraise is twice tr^ in AV 'say not nay,' RV 'deny not'; cf. Lk 12-'') ; 1 K 20', Pr 30' ' Two things have I required (RV 'asked') of thee ; deny me them not before I die' (both Vj^).
But we cannot now say ' deny to do • l^EPART DESCRY 595 a tiling, as Wis li-' 'tlie true God, whom before they denied to know ' {iipfoOirro dSh'ai, Vul;^. ncgabant se nosse, KV ' refused to know,' RVm ' denied that tliey knew ') j so 16" ' the ungodly that denied to know thee"; and 1 Mac st^di-w < He destroyeth Ephron for denying him to pass through it.' Cf. Shiiks. Winter's Tale, v. ii.
128 : ' You denied to figlit witli me this other day, because I was no gentlemsin born'; and Knox, llistorie, 88, *the Lord Gray . . plainely denyed to charge again.' J. Hastings.
This topic also has an entry in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Both articles offer independent scholarly perspectives.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Deny
Deny de-ni': This word is characteristic of the New Testament rather than the Old Testament, although it translates three different Hebrew originals, namely, kachash, "to lie," "disown" (Ge 18:15; Jos 24:27; Job 8:18; 31:28; Pr 30:9); mana`, "to withhold," "keep back" (1Ki 20:7; Pr 30:7); shubh, "to turn back," "say no" (1Ki 2:16). ⇒See the definition of deny in the KJV Dictionary In the New Testament, antilego, is once translated "deny," in the case of the Sadducees who denied the resurrection (Lu 20:27 the King James Version), and where it carries the sense of speaking against the doctrine. But the word commonly is arneomai, with or without the prefix ap-. In the absence of the prefix the sense is "to disown," but when it is added it means "to disown totally" or to the fullest extent. In the milder sense it is found in Mt 10:33; 26:70,72; of Simon Peter, Mr 14:68,70 (Ac 3:13-14; 2Ti 2:12-13; 2Pe 2:1; 1Jo 2:22-23; Jude 1:4; Re 2:13; 3:8). But it is significant that the sterner meaning is associated with Mt 16:24 and its parallels, where Christ calls upon him who would be His discipl…
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