Strong G22ἄγαμος
unmarried
- Transliteration
- agamos
- Pronunciation
- ag'-am-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine or Feminine)
Definition
Detailed definition
ἄ-γαμος, -ον
[in LXX: 4Ma.16:9 *;]
unmarried: 1Co.7:8, 32; fem. (= cl. ἄνανδρος), ib. 11, 34.†
(AS)
[in LXX: 4Ma.16:9 *;]
unmarried: 1Co.7:8, 32; fem. (= cl. ἄνανδρος), ib. 11, 34.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G22 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- unmarried4
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 7:8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
- 1 Corinthians 7:11But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
- 1 Corinthians 7:32But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
- 1 Corinthians 7:34There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄγαμ-ος, ον,
unmarried, single, properly of the man, whether bachelor or widower (ἄνανδρος being used of the woman), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.40, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 9.7, etc.; ζῶ δὲ Τίμωνος βίον, ἄγαμον, ἄδουλον 5th c.BC: Phrynichus Comicus 18:—of the woman, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 143, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1502, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 205.)]adverb -ως Scholia (at [prev. work])
II γάμος ἄ. marriage that is no marriage, fatal marriage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1214, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 690.)]
unmarried, single, properly of the man, whether bachelor or widower (ἄνανδρος being used of the woman), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.40, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 9.7, etc.; ζῶ δὲ Τίμωνος βίον, ἄγαμον, ἄδουλον 5th c.BC: Phrynichus Comicus 18:—of the woman, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 143, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1502, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 205.)]adverb -ως Scholia (at [prev. work])
II γάμος ἄ. marriage that is no marriage, fatal marriage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1214, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 690.)]