Strong G111ἀθέμιτος
unlawful
- Transliteration
- athemitos
- Pronunciation
- ath-em'-ee-tos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀ-θέμιτος (late form of ἀθέμιστος, LS, MM, VGT, see word), -ον
(θέμις, custom, right), [in LXX: 2Ma.6:5 7:1 10:34, 3Ma.5:20 *;]
__(a) of persons, lawless (III Mac, l.with);
__(b) of things, lawless, unlawful: Act.10:28, 1Pe.4:3.†
SYN.: see: ἄθεσμος. (AS)
(θέμις, custom, right), [in LXX: 2Ma.6:5 7:1 10:34, 3Ma.5:20 *;]
__(a) of persons, lawless (III Mac, l.with);
__(b) of things, lawless, unlawful: Act.10:28, 1Pe.4:3.†
SYN.: see: ἄθεσμος. (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G111 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- abominable1
- thing1
First verses
- Acts 10:28And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
- 1 Peter 4:3For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀθέμ-ιστος
or ἀθέμιτος, ον, (the former in Poetry, the latter more correct in Prose) = {ἀθεμίστιος}, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.63)]; of the Cyclopes, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.106)]; ἀθεμιστότεροι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.5.)]adverb -ίστως Phaennis cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.15.3;)] -ίτως [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Αιβυκή” 53.)]
II of things, unlawful, frequently in neuter, ἀθέμιτα ἔρδειν[NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.33; ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.1.9; εὔχεσθαι [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.6.6; -ιστα δρᾶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 742 (uncertain), 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator “Fragmenta - Orat.” _Attic dialect_ 89.4S.; κείνοις δ᾽ οὐκ ἀθέμιστον “IG” 14.1389ii29:— ἀ. εἰδωλολατρεῖαι NT.1Pet.4.3: with _dative_, αἷς [θεαῖς] ἀ. νεκρὰ σώματα “PTaur.” 1 ii 22 (2nd c.BC).)]
or ἀθέμιτος, ον, (the former in Poetry, the latter more correct in Prose) = {ἀθεμίστιος}, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.63)]; of the Cyclopes, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.106)]; ἀθεμιστότεροι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.5.)]adverb -ίστως Phaennis cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.15.3;)] -ίτως [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Αιβυκή” 53.)]
II of things, unlawful, frequently in neuter, ἀθέμιτα ἔρδειν[NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.33; ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.1.9; εὔχεσθαι [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.6.6; -ιστα δρᾶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 742 (uncertain), 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator “Fragmenta - Orat.” _Attic dialect_ 89.4S.; κείνοις δ᾽ οὐκ ἀθέμιστον “IG” 14.1389ii29:— ἀ. εἰδωλολατρεῖαι NT.1Pet.4.3: with _dative_, αἷς [θεαῖς] ἀ. νεκρὰ σώματα “PTaur.” 1 ii 22 (2nd c.BC).)]