Strong G112ἄθεος
without God
- Transliteration
- atheos
- Pronunciation
- ath'-eh-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἄ-θεος, -ον,
1. in cl.
__(a) slighting or denyiyig the gods (Plat.; cf. MM, VGT, see word);
__(b) godless, ungodly (Pind.);
__(with) abandoned by the gods (Soph.)
2. In the NT (cf. Lft. on Ign. ad Trail, §3), of the heathen, without God, not knowing God (Cremer, 281): Eph.2:12.
† (AS)
1. in cl.
__(a) slighting or denyiyig the gods (Plat.; cf. MM, VGT, see word);
__(b) godless, ungodly (Pind.);
__(with) abandoned by the gods (Soph.)
2. In the NT (cf. Lft. on Ign. ad Trail, §3), of the heathen, without God, not knowing God (Cremer, 281): Eph.2:12.
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G112 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- god1
First verses
- Ephesians 2:12That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄθεος, ον,
B without vision, τινός[Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.3.17)] (assuming variant; ἀθέ[ατ]ος Volkmann).
B.2 unseen, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Scholia 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 1.10.)]
B without vision, τινός[Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.3.17)] (assuming variant; ἀθέ[ατ]ος Volkmann).
B.2 unseen, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Scholia 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 1.10.)]