# G720 ἀρνέομαι

ἀρνέομαι (arnéomai), Strong’s G720: to contradict, i.e. disavow, reject, abnegate KJV: deny, refuse. Occurs 34 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G720 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*arnéomai* — to contradict, i.e. disavow, reject, abnegate

KJV: deny, refuse

Built from [Α A](https://besorah.bible/word/G1) (the first letter of the alphabet) + [ῥέω rhéō](https://besorah.bible/word/G4483) (to utter, i.e. speak or say)

Occurs 34 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 10:33](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/10?v=33) — But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.
- [Matthew 26:70](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/26?v=70) — But he denied it before them all, saying, “I don’t know what you are talking about.”
- [Matthew 26:72](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/26?v=72) — Again he denied it with an oath, “I don’t know the man.”
- [Mark 14:68](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/14?v=68) — But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are saying.” He went out on the porch, and the…
- [Mark 14:70](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/14?v=70) — But he again denied it. After a little while again those who stood by said to Peter, “You truly are one of them, for…
- [Luke 8:45](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/8?v=45) — Yeshua said, “Who touched me?” When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, “Master, the multitudes press and…
- [Luke 12:9](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/12?v=9) — but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of God’s angels.
- [Luke 22:57](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/22?v=57) — He denied Yeshua, saying, “Woman, I don’t know him.”
- [John 1:20](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/1?v=20) — He declared, and didn’t deny, but he declared, “I am not the Messiah.”
- [John 18:25](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/18?v=25) — Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him, “You aren’t also one of his disciples…