Strong G676ἀπρόσιτος

unapproachable

Transliteration
aprositos
Pronunciation
ap-ros'-ee-tos
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of a compound of G4314 and εἶμι eimi (to go); inaccessible: - which no man can approach.

Detailed definition

ἀ-πρόσ-ιτος, -ον
(πρόσειμι, to go to),
unapproachable: φῶς, 1Ti.6:16.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G676 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • approach1

First verses

  1. 1 Timothy 6:16
    Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀπρόσ-ῐτος, ον,
unapproachable, inaccessible, ὄρη[NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.49.7, compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.3.18; φῶς NT.1Tim.6.16)]; of persons, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 5.20.6, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.68e; καταφυγή 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.96: _metaphorically_, λόγοις ἀ. παρρησία 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 4; δύναμις τοῦ λόγου 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 32)]. adverb -τως[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.45f.)]