Annul, Disannul
Annul, Disannul
a-nul, dis-a-nul: God, as the Supreme Ruler, can disannul His covenant for cause (Isa 28:18); man, through willfulness and transgression, as party of the second part, may break the contract and thus release Yahweh, as party of the first part (Job 40:8; Isa 14:27), though there are some purposes and laws which the Almighty will carry out in spite of ungodly rage and ravings (Gal 3:15 the King James Version); or an old law or covenant might be conceived as disannulled by a new one (Gal 3:17), or because of its becoming obsolete and ineffective (Heb 7:18). For the first idea, the Hebrew employs , kaphar = to cover, to expiate, condone, placate, cancel, cleanse, disannul, purge, put off (Isa 28:18); and the Greek (Gal 3:15), atheteo = to set aside, disesteem, neutralize, violate, frustrate. One covenant disannulling another by conflict of laws is expressed by , akuroo, to invalidate, disannul, make of no effect. Atheteo is employed to express also the disannulling through age and disuse (Heb 7:18).