Strong G811ἀσώτως
wildly
- Transliteration
- asōtōs
- Pronunciation
- as-o'-toce
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Adverb from the same as G810; dissolutely: - riotous.
Detailed definition
ἀσώτως
adv. (ἄσωτος, prodigal, wasteful), [in LXX for סָרַר, Pro.7:11 *;]
wastefully: Luk.15:13
(EV, in riotous living; but not necessarily dissolute; cf. MM, ut supr.; Milligan, NTD, 79).† (AS)
adv. (ἄσωτος, prodigal, wasteful), [in LXX for סָרַר, Pro.7:11 *;]
wastefully: Luk.15:13
(EV, in riotous living; but not necessarily dissolute; cf. MM, ut supr.; Milligan, NTD, 79).† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G811 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- riotous1
First verses
- Luke 15:13And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: ἄσωτος, ον,
(σῴζω) having no hope of safety, in desperate case, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 962b5.)]adverb -τως, ἔχειν to be past recovery, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.918d.)]
II in moral sense, abandoned, τᾶς ἀσώτου Σισυφιδᾶν γενεᾶς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 189 (Lyric poetry))]; spendthrift, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 743b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1107b12, 1120a1, +others)]: superlative, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 67.6)]; profligate, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 18.2)]. adverb -τως[NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 217a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 40.58, NT.Luke.15.13)]: comparative -ότερον[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 62.27.)]
III active, ἄσωτος γένει bringing destruction on the race, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1597.)]
(σῴζω) having no hope of safety, in desperate case, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 962b5.)]adverb -τως, ἔχειν to be past recovery, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.918d.)]
II in moral sense, abandoned, τᾶς ἀσώτου Σισυφιδᾶν γενεᾶς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 189 (Lyric poetry))]; spendthrift, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 743b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1107b12, 1120a1, +others)]: superlative, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 67.6)]; profligate, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 18.2)]. adverb -τως[NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 217a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 40.58, NT.Luke.15.13)]: comparative -ότερον[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 62.27.)]
III active, ἄσωτος γένει bringing destruction on the race, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1597.)]