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a-nul´, dis-a-nul´: God, as the Supreme Ruler, can disannul His covenant for cause (); 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 (; ), though there are some purposes and laws which the Almighty will carry out in spite of ungodly rage and ravings ( the King James Version); or an old law or covenant might be conceived as disannulled by a new one (), or because of its becoming obsolete and ineffective (). For the first idea, the Hebrew employs כפר, kaÌ„phar = “to cover,†“to expiate,†“condone,†“placate,†“cancel,†“cleanse,†“disannul,†“purge,†“put off†(); and the Greek (), atheteÌoÌ„ = “to set aside,†“disesteem,†“neutralize,†“violate,†“frustrate.†One covenant disannulling another by “conflict of laws†is expressed by ακυÏοο, akuroÌoÌ„, “to invalidate,†“disannul,†“make of no effect.†AtheteÌoÌ„ is employed to express also the disannulling through age and disuse ().