THE FULL ARTICLE — from the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

dis-a-lou': "To disallow" as used in the Scriptures means either "to oppose," "not permit" (Hebrew no', Nu 30:5,8,11), or "to reject" (Greek apodokimazo, literally, "to consider useless," 1Pe 2:4,7 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "rejected").