Strong G767ἄσημος
insignificant
- Transliteration
- asēmos
- Pronunciation
- as'-ay-mos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἄσημος, -ον
(σῆμα, a mark), [in LXX: Gen.30:42 (עָטַף), Job.42:11, 3Ma.1:3 *;]
without mark (in π. of an uncircumcised boy: Deiss., BS, 153; MM, see word). Metaphorical (MM, see word), unknown, obscure: litotes, οὐκ ἄ (Eur., al.), πόλις, Act.21:39.†
(AS)
(σῆμα, a mark), [in LXX: Gen.30:42 (עָטַף), Job.42:11, 3Ma.1:3 *;]
without mark (in π. of an uncircumcised boy: Deiss., BS, 153; MM, see word). Metaphorical (MM, see word), unknown, obscure: litotes, οὐκ ἄ (Eur., al.), πόλις, Act.21:39.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G767 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mean1
- of1
First verses
- Acts 21:39But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄσημος,
Doric dialect ἄσᾱμος, ον, without mark or token, ἄ. χρυσός uncoined gold, bullion, or plate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.41)]; ἄ. χρυσίον, ἀργύριον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13, 6.8, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 69)]; frequently in Inscrr., opposed to ἐπίσημον, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“IG” 1.170.6, 2.652 B 22, etc., compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cont.” 10)]; also of cattle, not branded, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 7.3171)]; of persons, without distinguishing marks (e. g. οὐλαί), [Refs (“PGrenf.” 1.27.7, +others)]; ἄ. ὅπλα arms without device, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1112)]: generally, shapeless, formless, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.160.)]
2 later τὸ ἄσημον (i.e. ἀργύριον) plate, silver, [LXX+6th c.AD+ (LXX.Job.42.11, “Anthologia Graeca” 11.371 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus))]; μέταλλα ἀσήμου silver-mines, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Geographia” 7.2.17)]: also, = electron, alloy of gold and silver, or an imitation thereof, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Pseudo-Democritus Alchemista Alch. p.49 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, etc.)]:—masculine ἄσημος, ὁ, [Refs (“PLeid.X.” 6, +others)]
II of sacrifices, oracles, and the like, unintelligible, χρηστήρια[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92. ; χρησμοί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 662)]; ἄ. ὀργίων μαντεύματε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1013.)]
III leaving no mark, indistinct,
III.a to the hearing, πτερῶν γὰρ ῥοῖβδος οὐκ ἄ. ἦν [Refs ([prev. work] 1004)]; of sounds and voices, inarticulate, unintelligible, ἄσημα φράζειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86; ἄ. κνυζήματα [prev. author] 2.2)]; ἄσημα βοῆς, ={ἄσημος βοή}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1209.)]
III.b without significance, meaningless, [τοῦ διπλοῦ ὀνόματος] τὸ μὲν ἐκ σημαίνοντος καὶ ἀσήμου[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1457a33, “Rh.” 1405a35)]; ἄσημα τρίζειν, of a mouse, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 108.23; μόριον “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.46; λέξις 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 1164.4.)]
III.c to the eye, ἄσημον ἔχειν μυελόν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 652a1: generally, πρὸς τὴν αἴσθησιν -ότερα [prev. author] “Aud.” 802a14.)]
III.d generally, unperceived, unnoticed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1596, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 252)]; ἀσήμων ὑπὲρ ἑρμάτων hidden, sunken rocks, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 38.)]
IV of persons, cities, etc., of no mark, obscure, insignificant, οὐκ ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 849, compare “Ion” 8)]; νὺξ οὐκ ἄ. a night to be remembered (being a feast), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.8; τὸ τῆς πατρίδος ἢ τοῦ γένους ἄσημον 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Sto.Herc.” 339.16.)]
V adverb -μως without leaving traces,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.1, “Morb.Sacr.” 11; ἀ. πορεύεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 3.4)]; ἀ. καὶ κενῶς φθέγγεσθαι inarticulately, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 250.)]
V.2 ignobly, οὐκ ἀ.[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.52, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.10.4.)]
Doric dialect ἄσᾱμος, ον, without mark or token, ἄ. χρυσός uncoined gold, bullion, or plate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.41)]; ἄ. χρυσίον, ἀργύριον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13, 6.8, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 69)]; frequently in Inscrr., opposed to ἐπίσημον, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“IG” 1.170.6, 2.652 B 22, etc., compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cont.” 10)]; also of cattle, not branded, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 7.3171)]; of persons, without distinguishing marks (e. g. οὐλαί), [Refs (“PGrenf.” 1.27.7, +others)]; ἄ. ὅπλα arms without device, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1112)]: generally, shapeless, formless, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.160.)]
2 later τὸ ἄσημον (i.e. ἀργύριον) plate, silver, [LXX+6th c.AD+ (LXX.Job.42.11, “Anthologia Graeca” 11.371 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus))]; μέταλλα ἀσήμου silver-mines, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Geographia” 7.2.17)]: also, = electron, alloy of gold and silver, or an imitation thereof, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Pseudo-Democritus Alchemista Alch. p.49 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, etc.)]:—masculine ἄσημος, ὁ, [Refs (“PLeid.X.” 6, +others)]
II of sacrifices, oracles, and the like, unintelligible, χρηστήρια[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92. ; χρησμοί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 662)]; ἄ. ὀργίων μαντεύματε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1013.)]
III leaving no mark, indistinct,
III.a to the hearing, πτερῶν γὰρ ῥοῖβδος οὐκ ἄ. ἦν [Refs ([prev. work] 1004)]; of sounds and voices, inarticulate, unintelligible, ἄσημα φράζειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86; ἄ. κνυζήματα [prev. author] 2.2)]; ἄσημα βοῆς, ={ἄσημος βοή}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1209.)]
III.b without significance, meaningless, [τοῦ διπλοῦ ὀνόματος] τὸ μὲν ἐκ σημαίνοντος καὶ ἀσήμου[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1457a33, “Rh.” 1405a35)]; ἄσημα τρίζειν, of a mouse, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 108.23; μόριον “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.46; λέξις 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 1164.4.)]
III.c to the eye, ἄσημον ἔχειν μυελόν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 652a1: generally, πρὸς τὴν αἴσθησιν -ότερα [prev. author] “Aud.” 802a14.)]
III.d generally, unperceived, unnoticed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1596, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 252)]; ἀσήμων ὑπὲρ ἑρμάτων hidden, sunken rocks, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 38.)]
IV of persons, cities, etc., of no mark, obscure, insignificant, οὐκ ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 849, compare “Ion” 8)]; νὺξ οὐκ ἄ. a night to be remembered (being a feast), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.8; τὸ τῆς πατρίδος ἢ τοῦ γένους ἄσημον 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Sto.Herc.” 339.16.)]
V adverb -μως without leaving traces,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.1, “Morb.Sacr.” 11; ἀ. πορεύεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 3.4)]; ἀ. καὶ κενῶς φθέγγεσθαι inarticulately, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 250.)]
V.2 ignobly, οὐκ ἀ.[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.52, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.10.4.)]